H. Kory Cooper, a Purdue assistant professor of anthropology, holds a raw copper nugget from Alaska's Copper River region. In August, Cooper and a graduate student will demonstrate to Ahtna youth from ...

Many gold seekers who chose the arduous path inland from Alaska’s port of Valdez also discovered rich copper deposits along the way. The U.S. Army soon started work on the Valdez Trail ...

In Alaska, 195 mi. up the winding Copper River Valley, is Kennecott, a raw mining town sprawled on the edge of what was once the richest copper mine in North America. Alexander Baranof ...

2000-08-30 04:00:00 PDT On the Copper River, South Central Alaska-- Brown bears are not seen particularly often in this region, but they are omnipresent -- both in the bush and inside your head.

Many gold seekers who chose the arduous path inland from Alaska’s port of Valdez also discovered rich copper deposits along the way. The U.S. Army soon started work on the Valdez Trail ...