This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Mine Attractions In Palmer

x
Palmer is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Mine Attractions In Palmer

  • 1. Independence Mine State Historical Park Palmer
    The Independence Mines, 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 area's 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 worked 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 it built a substantial mining camp, with as many as sixteen wood frame buildings, which were originally connected to each other by sheltered wooden tunnels. When th...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Palmer Videos

Shares

x
x
x

Near By Places

Menu