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The last of the goldiggers.: Living the life of hermits in the open country of Finnish Lapland ther are still a few men who can call themselves goldiggers. Fifty-five year old Nipa Raumala is one such man. He has been panninghis claim since the 1940's, and once guided the President of Finland through the mountains and rivers that are his home. At Lemmenjoki Nipa and nine others have their log cabin homes, which they leave only twice a year to get supplies from the town of Enare, The land they pan is rich in gold-a thousand kilos has been found therein the last hundred years. Nipa himself has found twenty kilos since 1945 and is now the accepted Old aman of his kind. Nipa Raumala, the Old man of the goldiggers, and a living legend among his own kind

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Accepted Aman Claim Fifty-five Finnish Goldiggers Guided Hermits Kilos Lapland Nipa Themselves Ther Therein Thousand Twice

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