Tag: commercial

• lichtenstadter and mount andrew mine kasaan peninsula

  

  Lichtenstadter and the Mount Andrew Mine Abundant natural resources have attracted prehistoric native peoples, European explorers/traders, and Americans to Prince of Wales Island. The Island’s has a long history of natural resource development. Mining has been an important part of that history. This blog continues our series of blogs about mining on the Kasaan Peninsula. […]

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  April 12, 2017

  Mines and commercial ventures, Prince of Wales History, Uncategorized

  commercial, exploration, hiking, kasaan, mines, prince of wales, prince of wales island, South Thorne, southeast alaska, thorne bay

• Copper Queen of Kasaan

  

  Baranovich and the Copper Queen of Kasaan This is the first in a series of blogs focusing on Prince of Wales (PoW) Island’s geology and its rich mining history. This blog is about Charles Vincent Baranovich, a Dalmatian immigrant, and the Copper Queen Mine thought to be the first lode mine in Alaska. This early […]

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  April 4, 2017

  Prince of Wales History, Uncategorized

  baranovich, commercial, copper mining, copper queen, haida, kasaan, prince of wales, prince of wales island, south thorne bay