INDEPENDENCE MINE- Hatcher Pass, Alaska

The Independence Mine, now independence Mine State Historic Park, is the site of a former gold mining operation in the Talkeetna Mountains, across Hatcher Pass from Palmer, Alaska. The areas mining history dates to at least 1897, when active claims were reported in the vicinity of Fishook creek. These early mining efforts were eventually joined to form the Wasilla Mining Company which work the mines from 1934 to 1943, and again from 1948 to 1950. The mining operation at Independence was the second- largest hard rock gold mining operation in the state, after a larger site near Juneau. The company and the miners that preceded in built a substantial mining camp, with as many as sixteen wood-frame buildings, which were originally connected to each other by sheltered "tunnels". When the company ended the operations in 1950, it had expected to eventually resume operations, but never did; this resulted in particularly well-preserved collection of mining equipment and buildings, although the weather has taken a significant toll on the latter.
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