Kennicott Mill and Buildings

The large build up of glacial morraine makes the works of man seem small. The Kennicott Mine area skirts the vastness of Glaciers, Mountains, and mounds of gravel and ice. Yet here, in austere plain, contained by the walls of stone and ore, the early 20th century civilization of the United States was build on copper. Here vast amounts of this ore were discovered amidst the rugged landscape. The green colored slopes, glinting in the sun, revealed huge amounts of copper. And with rivers and glaciers and mountain barriers, the power of money and reward made possible this remote place to be built.