Coal Mining in Alaska: Coal Fields of the Alaska Engineering Commission
Unwritten Record
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Mining has been a vital part of Alaska’s economy for hundreds of years. Often when we think of mining in Alaska, we think of gold mining and the gold rush of the late 1800s. The first commercial coal mine in Alaska was opened in 1855 by the Russian-American Company in the same location. NAID: 59728269. NAID: 60006457.
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