MINING NEWS: Chandalar possesses glowing legacyCentury-old heritage of discovery meets modern push for development in remote Brooks Range gold mining district Rose Ragsdale Mining News Contributing Writer
In the waning days of the Klondike Gold Rush, the Arctic tundra far to the north gave birth to another Alaska gold mining legend. Japanese sailor Frank Yasuda left a whaling vessel to make his home among the Inupiat people at Point Barrow.
A few years later, disease and hardship had decimated the vi....
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