Green Butte Copper Company, McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Significance: Originally staked by John Barrett, mine promoter and town father of McCarthy, this site is representative of the copper camps that sprung up near the productive Kennecott mine during the high metal market prices of World War I and the speculative 1920s. From 1922 to 1925, a few carloads of copper were extracted and, in 1926, the owners ceased production. Many artifacts and machinery remain in place because the site is remote and inaccessible, giving the appearance that the owners just closed the doors, intending to return the next season.

Survey number: HAER AK-9

Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction

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