Cliff Marcus

SCS (Soil Conservation Service) Collection

July 1968

This summer photo, taken from the hill just north of the Independence Mine complex near Hatcher Pass, and looking up at the Gold Cord mine, shows several people in the process of surveying the intervening slope in preparation for installing a "T" bar ski lift. This ski hill, with facilities operated from some of the Independence Mine buildings remaining after mining activities ceased, provided the only developed downhill skiing opportunities in the Valley for many years in the 1960's.

Hatcher Pass area north of Palmer, Alaska

Black & White negative, 4" x 5"

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