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Hatcher Pass, Alaska: Visit Hatcher Pass
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Hatcher Pass is a sure-fire way to prove to yourself that
you have finally arrived in the North. Less than 2 hours
from Anchorage, and 3,886 feet above sea level, Independence
Mine State Historical Park offers pristine alpine scenery
and historic mine buildings in the place where Robert Hatcher
first found gold in 1906. The mines at Hatcher Pass employed
up to 204 people, and in 1941 alone they took $1 million
in gold ($17 million in today's currency) from the earth.
You can get to Hatcher Pass most easily either through Wasilla
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