Shortly before the earthquake, the "News-Miner" placed an order for a modern offset printing press. To house the new press, which could not fit in the Lathrop Building, Snedden ordered the construction of a new printing facility and office—named the Aurora Building—north of the Chena River. The Alaska Railroad sold Snedden the land for the building, which was built at a cost of $1 million in 1965. Snedden ordered the foundation for the new building to be raised above the 100-year flood line. This fact saved the "News-Miner" two years later, when a massive flood swept through Fairbanks. The water was three inches deep throughout the paper's offices and even deeper in the press and boiler rooms, which were slightly below that raised level. The flood halted production for a time, and the "Anchorage Times" reciprocated the post-earthquake favor by publishing the "News-Miner's" masthead on its editions and posting occasional stories from Fairbanks until electrical power was restored to the town.