Sunday, September 20, 2009
Kennecott Copper Mine
The Kennecott copper mine in McCarthy, Alaska was opened in 1906. A railroad was formed two years later to transport the copper from McCarthy to Cordova, which transported approximately 200 million dollars worth of copper ore. The mine officially shut down in 1938 due to the falling cost of copper.
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