Mineral Industry Boosted.

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Record production from the Red Dog and Greens Creek mines pushed the value of Alaska's minerals industry to a total of $1.249 billion last year, an increase of 11.6 percent from 1999. Production values of minerals reached record values for Alaska in 2000.

"Record production from those two mines, plus continued strong production elsewhere and a surge in investment in new development, helped offset declines in exploration that's largely the result of continued poor gold prices," said Gov...