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Name, City, Type of Resource

Mining Alaska

Central
Circle District Central Museum
Mile 128, Steese Highway
PO Box 1893
Central AK 99730
Phone 907 520-1893
Web Site *****
Alt Web www.newsminer.com/heartland/hland81797/Library.html
Description mining equipment, miner's cabin
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Field of Study Science Facility Gold Rush
Industry Profession Mining
Research Reading Library

Cordova
Cordova Historical Museum
622 First Street
PO Box 391
Cordova AK 99574
Phone 907 424-6665
Web Site www.quincymine.org/
Description explorers, Native culture, Copper River Railway, Kennicott Mine, fishing
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Industry Profession Mining
Group Identity Native American
Owner/Operator: Cordova Historical Society

Alaska
Girdwood
Crow Creek Mine
Crow Creek Road
PO Box 113
Girdwood AK 99587
Phone 907 278-8060
Web Site www.crowcreekgoldmine.com/
Description original mining camp, gold panning
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Industrial
Industry Profession Mining
Era 1898

  Hope
  Hope & Sunrise Historical & Mining Museum
  2nd Street
  PO Box 88
  Hope  AK   99605
  Phone   907 782-3740
  Web Site  *****
  E-mail  mailto:timbers@chugach.net
  Alt Web  http://www.advenalaska.com/hope/otherservices.htm
  Description  log building recalls 1890's Gold Rush, grounds hold Canyon Creek Mining
                    buildings
  Type of Resource   Museum
  Primary Focus  Building Collection
  Industry /Profession Mining
  New or Updated:   6/6/2004

Alaska
Juneau
Juneau Douglas City Museum
114 4th Street
MAIL: 155 South Seward
Juneau AK  99801
Phone 907 586-3572
Web Site www.juneau.lib.ak.us/parksrec/museum/mus1.htm
Description early life and gold mining history
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Industry Profession Mining

Last Chance Mining Museum
1001 Basin Road
PO Box 21264
Juneau AK 99802
Phone 907 586-5338
Web Site *****
Alt Web www.museums.state.ak.us/list.html
Description gold rush museum in historic building, 3D glass map, underground exhibits
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Industry Profession Mining
Owner/Operator:  Gastineau Channel Historical Society

Trapper Creek
Trapper Creek Museum @ Spruce Lane Farm
.7 mile Petersville Road
PO Box 13011
Trapper Creek AK
Phone 907 733-2557
Web Site BROKEN http://trappercreekmuseum.homestead.com/bubbles.html
Description mining and trapping in area settled in 1959
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Field of Study Science Facility Gold Rush
Industry Profession Mining
Collection N-Z Photography