AK Rundown  for October 2, 2004

Intro/Newscast /Credits

1. Movie clips.. host intro with sound from The Far Country, with Jimmy Stewart.  :41

2. Pebble Project.. a Canadian mining company is in the early stages of planning an open pit gold mine near Lake Illiamna. Locals have mixed feelings about the project.  Ashley Gross / pack  8:33

3. Gold Rush diaries.. Actor Jerry Harper reads from actual diaries of old sourdoughs. Gross/ wrap  1:47, 4:36

Break #1 Klondike Rag  (from Music of the Alaska-Klondike Gold Rush.. pianist Paul Krejci)

4.Gold Rush songs.. a two – way interview with Anderson’s  Jean A. Murray, who wrote Music of the Alaska – Klondike Gold Rush  6:43

5.Calendar   Arctic Brotherhood Two - Step (from Music of the Alaska - Klondike Gold Rush)

6.A-J Mine tour.. visit the mill house of the famous Juneau mine. Ed Schoenfeld/ pack 5:30

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7.Aerial geophysics.. yep, new mining techniques to detect the presence of metal.. and plants help, too.  Lockyer / wrap :19,:23, :20

8.More miners’ diaries.. readings by Jerry Harper  :02, :83

Break #2  March of the Gold Miners (from Music of the Alaska-Klondike Gold Rush.. pianist Paul Krejci)

9.Miners Hall of Fame.. Fairbanks pays homage to the early prospectors who shaped Alaska’s destiny.  Lockyer / pack   4:22

10.More miners’ diaries.. readings by Jerry Harper :43

11.Three hundred villages.. a weekly segment. This week, we talk to people in Chitina, Rampart and Crooked Creek.

12. Klondike race.. Shana Sheehy reflects on her upward climb in the popular relay race from Skagway to Whitehorse.. Sheehy/ commentary 3:46

13.Panning.. Ashley Gross learns the time-honored skill of panning for gold. Gross / pack 4:05

Close  Dear Evalina, Sweet Evalina (from Music of the Alaska-Klondike Gold Rush )