This morning we were catching the 9 am shuttle to Kennicott to go on the Mill Tour. We are waiting with our favorite dog in McCarthy, Dynamite. Dynamite is an 11 year old sled dog that once raced in the Iditarod. She was a very sweet dog. This picture is being taken by our new friends that we met who are from Springfield. (Tom and Helen Martin) They taught us to play Farkle, a dice game in the evening and it was really fun.
This is the mining town of Kennicott. When copper was discovered here in the early 1900's, a town was born. It was quite progressive for the time.
This was the recreation center. They held parties here every Saturday because they wanted to keep the workers happy. However, it was only for the upper management and the miners were not allowed to take part in any of the activities.
This was the school house for the children of upper management. Miners were not allowed to have family live here.
The hospital was very up to date because they wanted to keep the workers healthy. It was the only place women were allowed to work and they had to be single.
The building in the background, that is climbing up the side of the mountain is the Mill. It is 14 stories high and is supposed to be the tallest wooden structure in the country. We walked to the top of the hill and descended 220 steps to learn the process of the copper from the mines to the time it was placed on the train and sent out of town to Cordova.
Mr. B heading down the stairs. He was not too happy about the walk to the top of the mine. He kept saying he thought this was a bus tour. We ate at the Glacier Lodge when the tour was over so he was happy again.
We all wore hard hats on the way down through the mill. The mill is open by tour only and is operated by the National Park Service. Notice how high we are.
The copper came from even higher elevations where the mines were and it was sent down on cars attached to cables similar to a ski lift. It was quite an operation. The mine closed in 1938 and made over 500 million dollars. The train and the mine were abandoned when it closed. The National Park Service is continuing to restore the town helping to preserve it's history.
This morning we were catching the 9 am shuttle to Kennicott to go on the Mill Tour. We are waiting with our favorite dog in McCarthy, Dynamite. Dynamite is an 11 year old sled dog that once raced in the Iditarod. She was a very sweet dog. This picture is being taken by our new friends that we met who are from Springfield. (Tom and Helen Martin) They taught us to play Farkle, a dice game in the evening and it was really fun. 
This is the mining town of Kennicott. When copper was discovered here in the early 1900's, a town was born. It was quite progressive for the time. 
This was the recreation center. They held parties here every Saturday because they wanted to keep the workers happy. However, it was only for the upper management and the miners were not allowed to take part in any of the activities. 
This was the school house for the children of upper management. Miners were not allowed to have family live here.
The hospital was very up to date because they wanted to keep the workers healthy. It was the only place women were allowed to work and they had to be single.
The building in the background, that is climbing up the side of the mountain is the Mill. It is 14 stories high and is supposed to be the tallest wooden structure in the country. We walked to the top of the hill and descended 220 steps to learn the process of the copper from the mines to the time it was placed on the train and sent out of town to Cordova.
Mr. B heading down the stairs. He was not too happy about the walk to the top of the mine. He kept saying he thought this was a bus tour. We ate at the Glacier Lodge when the tour was over so he was happy again.
We all wore hard hats on the way down through the mill. The mill is open by tour only and is operated by the National Park Service. Notice how high we are.
The copper came from even higher elevations where the mines were and it was sent down on cars attached to cables similar to a ski lift. It was quite an operation. The mine closed in 1938 and made over 500 million dollars. The train and the mine were abandoned when it closed. The National Park Service is continuing to restore the town helping to preserve it's history.
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