Amalga, Alaska

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Amalga is a former gold-mining town outside of Juneau, Alaska. [1] [2] The area is now part of the Tongass National Forest. [3] The Library of Congress has a photograph of Amalga by Winter & Pond in its collection. [4] The area was once homesteaded and farmed. [5] A horse tram brought goods delivered by steamship to the mine.

Amalga had a post office near the Eagle River Mine. Amalga was established in 1902 and abandoned by 1927. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Amalga (historical)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ "You searched for Amalga - The Alaska Life". www.thealaskalife.com.
  3. ↑ "Juneau's Hidden History: Amalga, Juneau's ghost town - Juneau Empire". October 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Amalga, Alaska". Library of Congress .
  5. ↑ (U.S.), Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations (November 26, 2018). "Report of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Orth, Donald J. (November 26, 1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. p.  69 – via Internet Archive. amalga alaska.

58°44′30″N134°46′00″W / 58.74167°N 134.76667°W / 58.74167; -134.76667

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