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Mar. 31 The last of the Goldiggers.: Living the life of hermits in the open country of Finnish Lapland there are still few men who can call themselves goldiggers. Fifty-five year old Nipa Raumala is one such man. He has been panning his claim since the 1940's, and once guided the President of Finland through the mountains and rivers that are his home. At Lemmenjoki Nipa add nine others have their log cabin homes, which they leave only twice a year to get supplies from the town ofEnare, The land they pan is rich in gold-a thousand kilos has been found there in the last hundred years. Nipa himself has found twenty kilos since 1845 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 Panning Themselves Thousand Twice

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