Alaskans Weigh the Cost of Gold

 Alaskans Weigh the Cost of Gold

By Karl Vick

NONDALTON, Alaska — The gold mine proposed for this stunning open country might be the largest in North America. It would involve building the biggest dam in the world at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery, which it would risk obliterating.

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