Early mining history : Fort Wainwright and Fort Greely, Alaska
Title:
Early mining history : Fort Wainwright and Fort Greely, Alaska
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Ronald J. Burr Neely, Jr. ; edited by Glenda R. Lesondak ; prepared by Center for Ecological Management of Military Lands, Colorado State University [and] Russell H. Sackett, Natural Resources Branch, U.S. Army Alaska.
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Publication Information:
Fort Collins, CO : Center for Ecological Management of Military Lands, Colorado State University ; Fort Richardson, AK : Natural Resources Branch, U.S. Army Alaska, [2001]
Physical Description:
ii, 43 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
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General Note:
"March 2001."
Abstract:
Early mining in interior Alaska brought the first significant wave of Euro-American settlers to the region. Prospectors, chasing the rumors of pay dirt, followed the trails blazed by early government-sponsored expeditions. Miners and the supporting communities that developed in their wake affected the surrounding natural environment and left marks on the landscape; marks now referred to as cultural resources.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-43).
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Contents:
Geology and nature of gold deposits in interior Alaska -- Upper Tanana Valley discovery -- Prospectors and individual placer operations, 1902-1910 -- Transition to wage labor and industrialized placer operations, 1910-1923 -- Industrialization and corporate placer mining, 1923-1942 -- Decline of mining and development of military bases in interior Alaska -- Mining activity locations -- Previous cultural resource reports -- Evaluation of property for eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.