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Southern portion of the Copper River showing the location of the railway from Cordova to Kennicott. On April 24, 1973, the railway remains, comprising 11 trestles, an abandoned native village with a Russian post and the Tiekel Station, were added as a historic district to the National Register of Historic Places. [13]
Having given up on the Valdez route, in 1906 the Alaska Syndicate bought Heney's surveyed route, through the Abercrombie Canyon, for $250,000 from his Copper River Railroad company. After contracting Heney and purchasing the remaining Copper River Railroad company assets, the venture was renamed the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad. [10]
The Copper River or Ahtna River (/ ˈ ɑː t n ə /), Ahtna Athabascan ‘Atna’tuu ([ʔatʰnaʔtʰuː]), "river of the Ahtnas", [1] Tlingit Eeḵhéeni ([ʔìːq.híː.nì]), "river of copper", [2] [3] is a 290-mile (470 km) river in south-central Alaska in the United States.
Copper River Grill, a South Carolina-based regional chain serving American cuisine, closed permanently amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. ... Alberto Garcia, also co-owns Andale Way, a Mexican ...
The capital was to be used for constructing a railway, a steamship line, and development of the mines. In Nov. 1906, the Alaska Syndicate bought a 40 percent interest in the Bonanza Mine from the Alaska Copper and Coal Company and a 46.2 percent interest in the railroad plans of John Rosene's Northwestern Commercial Company. [6]: 57, 71–73
Michael James "Moose" Heney (October 24, 1864 – October 11, 1910 [1]) was a railroad contractor, best known for his work on the first two railroads built in Alaska, the White Pass and Yukon Route and the Copper River and Northwestern Railway. The son of Irish immigrants, Heney rose to the top of his profession before his death. His life ...
He quickly made a name for himself in the mining industry and found his wealth in copper mining in the Wrangell Mountains, the future site of Kennecott, Alaska. While there, he examined a vastly rich copper deposit in the Copper River region. He bought 21 claims and combined them in 1903 into the Alaska Copper and Coal Company.
[25] [26] In December 2009, the suit against Rocker, whose name had since been changed to Copper River Partners, was settled by Copper River paying $5 million. [27] In 2007, Overstock filed a second lawsuit against a number of large investment banks, alleging that the brokers engaged in illegal naked short selling.