phelps dodge corporation owns the mother lode mine in mccarthy alaska.
phelps dodge corporation owns the mother lode mine in mccarthy alaska.
who owns the mother lode mine in mccarthy alaska?
phelps dodge corporation
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kennecott had five mines: bonanza, jumbo, mother lode, erie and glacier. glacier, which is really an ore extension of the bonanza, was an open-pit mine and was only mined during the summer. bonanza and jumbo were on bonanza ridge about from kennecott. the mother lode mine was located on the east side of the ridge from kennecott. the bonanza, jumbo, mother lode and erie mines were connected by tunnels. the erie mine was perched on the northwest end of bonanza ridge overlooking root glacier about up a glacial trail from kennecott. ore was hoisted to kennecott via the trams which head-ended at bonanza and jumbo. from kennecott the ore was hauled mostly in 140-pound sacks on steel flat cars to cordova, 196 rail miles away on the copper river and northwestern railway (crnw).
kennecott, alaska