Description: in 1900, Jack Smith And Clarence Warner, Two Prospectors, Spotted A Large Green Spot On The Mountainside Between The Kennicott Glacier And Mccarthy Creek. What Looked Like A Patch Of Green Grass Turned Out To Be One Of The Richest Deposits Of Copper Ore Ever Found! Stephen Birch, A Young Mining Engineer Looking For Alaskan Claims In 1901, Was Approached By Smith To Make An Inspection Of His Findings. Eventually, Birch Got The Backing Of Men Such As The Guggenheim Brothers And J.P. Morgan Who Bought The Existing Claims. In 1906 Kennecott Mines Company Was Formed, Which Later Became Kennecott Copper Corporation.
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Location: Burleson, Texas
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Book Title: HISTORIC MCCARTHY: THE TOWN THAT COPPER BUILT
Original Language: English
Item Length: 6 in
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 9.25 in
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Unit Quantity: 1
Topic: Exploration, Copper, Alaska, Mining
Item Width: 1 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Alaska Cedar Press
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Historical
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 2000s
Author: Kirchloff, M.J.
Genre: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 13.1 oz
Number of Pages: 139 Pages