Kasna Creek Mining District

Kasna Creek Mining District
Location Address Restricted, Port Alsworth, Alaska
Area 176.9 acres (71.6 ha)
Built 1906 (1906)
NRHP Reference # 10000017[1]
Added to NRHP February 17, 2010

The Kasna Creek Mining District encompasses a historic copper mining claim on the Alaska Peninsula of southwestern Alaska. The claim is located in the watershed of Kasna Creek, located on the south side of Kontrashibuna Lake, east of Port Alsworth, and was first staked in 1906 by men named Brooks and Hardenberg. They were reported in 1909 to have built a house and storage building near the mouth of the creek.[2] Although never developed, the claim continued to be of interest to mining companies into the 1950s, and was excluded from the nearby Lake Clark National Park and Preserve because of outstanding claims.[3]

The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Mineral Resources of Alaska: Bulletin, Issue 442. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. 1910. pp. 198–99.
  3. ↑ Proposed Lake Clark National Park, Alaska: final environmental statement. Washington, DC: United States Department of the Interior. 1974.


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