Whitehorse Daily Star

Family nears a half-century of mining

VANCOUVER 'Mother Nature hides her treasurers well. I love digging around in her garbage pail,' exclaims Hans Barchen with a wide smile. He has reason to smile. This garbage pail is a gold mine in central Yukon where the Barchen family has mined for almost 50 years.

By Whitehorse Star on March 3, 2006

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