![]() The pipeline had to be constructed on permafrost and withstand a magnitude 8.5 earthquake. Walking under the Alaska pipeline.Ĭonstruction of the pipeline began April, 1974 and began transporting crude oil in July, 1977. It is also at this time that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was created as a cartel to control the price of crude oil. The building of the pipeline was a direct result of the first energy crisis in the early 1970’s and the need to lessen our reliance on Middle East Oil. The 800-mile pipeline from the Arctic Sea south to Valdez, Alaska using twelve pumping stations. Our guide, Tim did a great job in explaining the building of the pipeline, the challenges faced during construction and what it takes to keep the oil flowing from the North Slope to the Alaska port of Valdez, a distance of 800 miles. Nome Creek is now a state recreational mining site limited to non-mechanized operations.You will walk underneath the Alaska pipeline as soon as you enter the site. Some work was also done on Sumner Creek, just above its junction with Nome Creek. Most of the mining has been about 1 km above the junction with Sumner Creek to the junction with Moose Creek, a distance of about 10 km. Mining occurred during several seasons between 19 (Menzie and others, 1983). ![]() ![]() 8).Gold was discovered in 1910 (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911). ![]() Concentrates contain gold, cassiterite, monazite, topaz and tourmaline (Wedow and others, 1954, p. ![]() The pay streak is 2 to 4 feet thick overlain by about 15 feet of gravel (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911, p. Prindle area where a small lower Tertiary pluton intrude Paleozoic and (or) Precambrian schist (Cobb, 1973, p. ![]()
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