Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark - Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
At the beginning of the 20th century, the world was hungry for copper. Copper was essential for building ships, locomotives, and automobiles. Every home needed copper pipes. Electricity was the energy of the future, and copper wire was the key to bringing electricity to the world. In 1900, two prospectors discovered the richest deposit of copper ore left in the American West. The copper was on a steep, rocky peak surrounded by rivers of ice in the heart of the Alaskan wilderness. This region ...| www.nps.gov
