The first, and one of the largest placer gold finds, was discovered on the Seward Peninsula by three Swedes, Jafet Lindeberg, Erik Lindblom, and John Brynteson at Anvil, Glacier, Rock, and Dry creeks, and Snow Gulch Creek on September 22nd 1898. Those early finds would spur a rush to the peninsula, and by Spring of […]
Marine Corps combat veteran Steven M. Lipscomb lost his life, Nov. 8, while looking after the safety of his crew at the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County, West Virginia. “All of West Virginia mourns the loss of this courageous man,” said West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey in a Nov. 14 proclamation, which also ordered […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescued two stranded, hypothermic mine workers on the Tsirku River, off the Chilkat River, 23 miles North of Haines, Alaska, Saturday. The Jayhawk aircrew safely transferred the men to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Juneau. The men were reported to have […]