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Independence Mine State Historical Park

Palmer, AK

Abandoned and restored mining buildings spread across the alpine slopes of Hatcher Pass where the Independence gold operation once housed hundreds of workers. Trails and interpretive areas provide lawful access to the mining landscape without requiring entry into unsafe structures.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aspunits/matsu/independencemine.htm

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