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Page 1033
... mountains , the interior part of the St. Elias Mountains , and the Boundary Ranges of southeastern Alaska and flanking interior sectors of northwestern British Columbia - constitute the most massive and spectacular mountain system in ...
... mountains , the interior part of the St. Elias Mountains , and the Boundary Ranges of southeastern Alaska and flanking interior sectors of northwestern British Columbia - constitute the most massive and spectacular mountain system in ...
Page 1034
... mountains of the archipelago range in elevation from 2,000-3,500 feet in the southern Prince of Wales Mountains to more than 4,000-7,500 feet in the Chilkat Range and the mountains of Admiralty , Baranof , and Chicagof islands . These ...
... mountains of the archipelago range in elevation from 2,000-3,500 feet in the southern Prince of Wales Mountains to more than 4,000-7,500 feet in the Chilkat Range and the mountains of Admiralty , Baranof , and Chicagof islands . These ...
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... mountain interior are metal ( zinc , platinum , gold , and silver ) and coal mining and forestry . There are some gold and silver mining oper- ations in the mountains of the panhandle . Study and exploration . Alaska has been fully ...
... mountain interior are metal ( zinc , platinum , gold , and silver ) and coal mining and forestry . There are some gold and silver mining oper- ations in the mountains of the panhandle . Study and exploration . Alaska has been fully ...
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