Mining news summary: Alaska mining industry running at over capacity

The author The author Curt Freeman, CPG #6901, is a well-known geologist who lives in Fairbanks. He prepared this column July 20. Freeman can be reached by mail at P.O. Box 80268, Fairbanks, AK 99708. His work phone number at Avalon Development is (907) 457-5159 and his fax is (907) 455-8069. His email is [email protected] and his web site is www.avalonalaska.com.

The annual running of the bulls in Pamplona can’t hold a candle to the statewide frenzy that is going on right now across the length and breadth of Alaska. Measure it any way you like — meters drilled, helicopter hours used, geologists or engineers on the payroll, gallons of fuel burned or gallons o....

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Western Alaska

Eastern Interior

Alaska Range

Northern Alaska