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Kennecott, also known as Kennicott and Kennecott Mines, is an abandoned mining camp in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska that was the center of activity for several copper mines. [3] It is located beside the Kennicott Glacier, northeast of Valdez, inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
An Alaska Native village which has been largely abandoned due to runoff from a nearby mountain pass. [2] Amalga: Juneau Borough: 1902 1927 mining stopped for good at the Eagle River Mine, and the town of Amalga was abandoned.
These early mining efforts were eventually joined to form the Wasilla Mining Company, which worked the mines from 1934 to 1943, and again from 1948 to 1950. The mining operation at Independence was the second-largest hard-rock gold mining operation in the state, after a larger site near Juneau. The company and the miners that preceded it built ...
The 1910 explosion was the worst disaster in Alaska mining history. [7] The mine was still yielding gold in 1917 when the Treadwell, 700-Foot and Mexican mines (excavated to a depth of more than 500 feet (150 m) below sea level under Gastineau Channel) suddenly began leaking and were evacuated. Hours later the mines collapsed.
Old mines pose myriad dangers, with 381 people killed and 152 injured at abandoned mine sites nationwide between 2000 and 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Victims can fall into hidden shafts, get lost in underground tunnels or perish from poisonous gases present in many old coal mines.
The Greens Creek mine is a silver-lead-zinc-gold mine owned and operated by Hecla Mining, located on private and federal land in the Admiralty mining district, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Juneau. The Greens Creek deposit is a polymetallic, stratiform, volcanogenic massive-sulfide deposit that opened in 1989.
The Top 10 Most Haunted States of America. Whether it's ancient cemeteries, abandoned factories, or brushes with paranormal activity that give people the creeps, visitors to these spooky states ...
Pages in category "Mines in Alaska" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alaska-Gastineau Mine; B.