Nome, Alaska Braces For Start of Gold Rush Part Deux | Alaska Dispatch:
"Gold Rush Part Deux unfolding in Nome - Craig Medred | May 22, 2012
The news coming out of Nome, Alaska reads like something from 100 years ago: "Five hundred tons of mining equipment is on the way to Nome with Northland Service’s first barge,'' the Nome Nugget reported this week.
This could be the early days of the Alaska Gold Rush, but it's not. This is Gold Rush Part Deux.
Thank the skyrocketing price of the yellow metal and television. There has always been gold in the beaches of the fabled City of the Golden Sands. Mining in Nome waned after the early Gold Rush but never stopped. There were always people pulling money out of the ground, which is what drew the Discovery Channel north to start filming the reality show "Bering Sea Gold."
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