MINER'S PRAYER
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MINER'S PRAYER |
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NAME: Miner's Prayer COUNTY: CANADA ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Temperate in Summer, 60 below in Winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Late June through mid August |
COMMENTS:
Fewer than 80 residents. North of Access is shaky and unpaved, but possible in warm weather, leaving Highway 9 (somewhere between the US/Canada customs and the sod-roofed cabin near the Sixty Mile area). REMAINS: Ruins from gold rush and pre-1920s boom time. |
| Miner's Prayer sprang up near mining company town (name unknown) near the turn of the century. The mining town was supposedly "dry" with very strict rules of conduct, and neighbouring Miner's Prayer provided a source of "entertainment" and other diversion for the men. Though the copper mine closed down sometime in the early 1920's, Miner's Prayer survived the demise of its neighbour for several years, as prospecting for gold in the area continued for several years. Submitted by: H. Plume |
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