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Dennis Browning's avatar

I was working in Nome summer of 1968 and we tried without success to pan gold on the beach, there was an old guy still using a rocker eking out a living!

I actually bought gold over the counter at the bank! Bought a 1/4 ox in a vial.

Spent about 6 weeks there as we installed Fire Sprinklers in the Northern Commercial building.

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Michael R Dougherty's avatar

Dennis - Great story. At least you tried and can say, “I panned for gold in Nome, Alaska.” Thank you for sharing.

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