MINING NEWS: Fort Knox evacuatedFire crews close Steese Highway, evacuation order forces mine and mill staff to shut down; work now back to normal production Patricia Liles Mining News Editor
In the final hot and dry days of June, the Boundary wild lands fire was burning its way across rolling hills in Alaska’s Interior three to five miles from the Fort Knox gold mine, although workers couldn’t see its proximity due to smoke shrouding the area.
Weather conditions changed on July 4, with....
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