Ghost Mines Of Kennecott, Alaska
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Kenneccott Mines was a thriving mining camp but when the copper ran out so did the people.
Kenneccott Mines was a thriving mining camp when the richest known concentration of copper in the world was found there in 1900. However, the high-grade copper deposits were exhausted by 1939 and the camp became deserted.
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