End of the (Mc. Carthy) Road

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Travel story: End of the (Mc. Carthy) Road

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MC. CARTHY, JULY 1997 - Alaska is the land of the goldrush. Nowadays, the real goldmines are all but a few little ones closed. Now black gold is the primary treasure, as is illustrated by the Alaska pipeline you encounter along the road on several occasions. Deep into the Wrangell mountains, in the beginning of the 20th centrury, a mountain of copper was discovered. This was the foundation of the little mine town Kennicott and the village of... More