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Jul 21, 2006 - Kinaskan Lake

July 21, 2006 39451 We have wet weather this morning but we made our schedules first stop at the Cassier Mountain Jade Shop to look for goodies. 75% of the world's jade is mined here in the Cassier Mountains and this shop represents several of the are mines. The items are designed and cut by the owners. There is a collection of stones out in front and they have saws cutting the stones where you can watch. The Cassier Mountains were the site of a gold rush in 1861 at Stikine River and again in 1870 around the town of Cassier, which is no...

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