But after the war the prizes sunk and the mines started to be hauted by accidents. In 1933 finally Michael lost the rest of his money as the state overtook the mines. He went bankrupt. I am currenty researching my great-grandfathetrs life for an upcoming documentary on the subject. I am a filmmaker wanting to track down his life, from Tacoma thru Klondike and AAlesund to Spitsbergen.
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