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Dawson City wants to designate worm-like piles of mine tailings as protected historical site

National Post | March 7, 2017 | 2:54 pm Precious Metals Canada Gold 
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In what appears to be a first in Canadian history, a community is hoping to inaugurate mining waste as a protected historic site. Dawson City, Yukon, the former capital of the Klondike Gold Rush, is aiming to preserve several hectares of unremediated dredge tailings.

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