Is it legal to collect at Kennecott copper-mine camp?

Prohibited, look only. Kennecott is a National Historic Landmark District inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, run by the National Park Service; metal detectors are banned (36 CFR 2.1).

What can you find at Kennecott copper-mine camp?

(look only) mine and mill hardware, company-era coins and tokens

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Kennecott copper-mine camp

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittings

Coins and tokens

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

1900-1938 industrial copper mining camp

Camp at the Bonanza copper discovery of 1900, developed by the Guggenheim and J.P. Morgan Alaska Syndicate with a railroad and steamship line, and once the richest known copper deposit in the world. The mines closed by 1938 and the camp was deserted.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

glacier terrainUnstable buildings, remote

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