Sulzer, Alaska

Sulzer was a small community on the shore of Hetta Inlet on Prince of Wales Island.

Sulzer, Alaska is a ghost town on Prince of Wales Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. The community centered on a copper mine established by William Sulzer on the shore of Hetta Inlet.[1] Operated by the Alaska Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company,[2] the Jumbo Mine was active from 1907 to 1918 and was one of Alaska's largest copper producers.[3]

Charles August Sulzer, brother of William and delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of Alaska, died in Sulzer in 1919.[4]

References

  1. ↑ William Sulzer Alaska mining papers, 1901-1941, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  2. ↑ Mines Register, Vol. 12, Walter Harvey Reed, 1916
  3. ↑ Guide to the William H. Case Alaska Photographs, circa 1908, University of Washington Library
  4. ↑ SULZER, Charles August, (1879 - 1919), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

55°17′20″N 132°37′15″W / 55.28889°N 132.62083°W / 55.28889; -132.62083

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