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Gold-quartz-sulfide hydrothermal vein at the old Grant Mine, Fairbanks Mining District. The Fairbanks mining district is a gold-mining area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Placer mining began near Fairbanks in July 1902, after Felix Pedro (real name Felice Pedroni), an Italian immigrant and Tom Gilmore discovered gold in the hills north of the Tanana and Chena Rivers in 1901.
The Alaska Syndicate traded its Wrangell Mountains Mines assets for shares in the Kennecott Copper Corporation, a "new public company" formed on April 29, 1915. A similar transaction followed with the CR&NW railway and the Alaska Steamship Company. Birch was the managing partner for the Alaska operation. [6]: 75, 212–213
An Inupiat village abandoned when most of the residents left for Mary's Igloo. [citation needed] Kennicott: Copper River Census Area: 4.5 miles from McCarthy: 1938 Abandoned/historic [17] Kern: Kenai Peninsula Borough: Kijik: Lake Clark Village, Nijik, Nikhkak, Nikhak, Old Keegik Lake and Peninsula Borough: 1909 A native Athabascan village. [18 ...
This list of gold mines in the United States is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Independence Mines, Alaska; K. Kennecott Mines; R. Red Dog mine This page was last edited on 23 December 2023, at 21:10 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Berners Bay map with locations of key mines: 1-Jualin, 3-Comet, 4-Northern Belle, 6-Eureka, 7-Bear, 8-Kensington, 9-Savage, 10-Horrible, 11-Mellen. Jualin Mine is a defunct gold mine located within the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska approximately 44 miles (71 km) northwest of downtown Juneau, Alaska. The Jualin gold deposit was discovered ...
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The mining camp of Petersville, Alaska served as the area Post Office for several years in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Two areas have been set aside for recreational gold mining, the North and South units of the Petersville State Recreation Mining Areas. Many smaller one-man and family placer mining operations continue today.