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Pala gold district

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Placer and vein gold worked around Pala and Gamboke since colonial times

Documented in Chadian mining reviews.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

deep pits

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