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Monday, 29 October 2018

Kennecott mine in Alaska - what happened?

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When prospectors were looking for pasture for their horses, they saw a green hill in the distance. On arrival in the vicinity, they discovered it was not grass, but a huge deposit of copper. 
A town and operations were soon established - only to collapse in 1939 when all the copper was exhausted. All that remained was the abandoned Kennecott Mine Camp.

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