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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Nome, Alaska, seeks the return of its Land Office from Fairbanks amid renewed interest in Seward Peninsula's mineral wealth, with investors from Shell Oil, British Petroleum, and others inquiring about land records for prospecting oil, tin, iron, coal, copper, bismuth, and asbestos.
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Nome has been asking for the return of its Land Office, repeatedly and especially since there is renewed interest in the mineral wealth of Seward Peninsula from the time Alaska became a state.
That this is the most highly mineralized area in the world is acknowledged by those who were responsible for the removal of the office to Fairbanks, and many promises have been made concerning the return of the records to Nome.
Promises, however, do not help those field geologists now in the field, those interested in prospecting, those potential investors and promoters who know of the hidden wealth around here.
Our passenger lists have included Shell Oil representatives, British Petroleum, copper interests, coal interests, Japanese and many others who seek oil, tin, iron, coal, copper, bismuth, asbestos, and so many other things which are less known.
They all ask -- where is your land office? Why aren't they convenient in the area? The Fairbanks office is so busy its director has been unable to visit Nome - which further points up the need for an office here.
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Nome
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promises made to return the land office and records to nome, but unfulfilled; fairbanks office too busy to assist local interests.
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Nome has repeatedly requested the return of its Land Office from Fairbanks since Alaska's statehood, due to acknowledged high mineralization in Seward Peninsula attracting geologists, prospectors, investors, and companies like Shell Oil, British Petroleum, copper and coal interests, and Japanese seeking various minerals; local passenger lists show influx of such representatives inquiring about the inconveniently located land office.