Millions of people travel to Persistence every year, and not because they want to see Half-Blood Falls.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 Two rivers, one dyed red by mineral deposits, meeting at a kilometer-high waterfall is a sight very few people will ever forget as long as they live.\u00a0 But it\u2019s the minerals in question that bring prospectors to Persistence, all of them hoping to stake out a claim filled with gold, silver, or other heavy metals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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