...as well as artifacts, maps, and photographs from the mines of Southeast Alaska and the former U.S. Bureau of Mines Field Operations Center that was located on the Island from 1951 until 1996. For information, contact Barbara Corona at (907...

...than 300 rock and mineral specimens and 250 other artifacts from Southeast Alaska mining history and the Bureau of Mines Field Operations Center, DeWitt said. Specimens include fluorite, barite, bismuth and various minerals mixed with gold. The...