Dawson to Eagle: 156 miles (7 to 10 days) From Dawson, the Yukon has become a giant river and runs northwest as it heads to the border with Alaska. The Ogilvie Mountains form the valley wall to the north and after 40 miles the Forty Mile River enters on river left. From Forty Mile it is about 110 miles to Eagle where the next access road is found.
The Mine & The Park. It's finder's keepers at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. The only public diamond mine in the world, Crater of Diamonds offers you a one-of-a-kind adventure-the opportunity to hunt for real diamonds and to keep any you find.ome diamond mining operations also began in the years after the discovery, but for many reasons, shrouded in mystery, lawsuits, fines, bankruptcy and other reasons, they were unsuccessful. Then, in 1952, Millar opened a tourist operation at the mine. He dubbed the site, the Crater of Diamonds..
Strip mining is a type of surface mining done in order to access buried deposits of useful minerals. Strip mining is often done to mine coal.