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Green Butte Copper Company, Bunkhouse, McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK
LocationMcCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER AK-9-C
Building/structure dates:
1921 initial construction
Significance: This structure was used by the Green Butte Copper Company from 1921 to 1926. It is reported that it housed fifty miners. This rectangular, 20' x 45', 2-1/2 story structure was built with hand-sewn square logs with square saddle notched corners and fabric chinking and has a corrugated metal roof. The first floor contains the sitting area, kitchen and dining area; the second level contains the bedroom. The top 1/2 level is the gable.
Subjects
BunkhousesLog BuildingsCopper Mining
Related Names
Green Butte Copper Company
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Faulkner, Sandra M., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF SIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
2. VIEW OF FRONT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
3. VIEW OF SIDE, LOOKING EAST
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