http://www.alaskaairstripproperty.com/gallery-1 daily 0.75 2015-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739561565-YIZHJCTVTRNP6H70ONOK/BOULDER-AND-COMPRESSOR-SHACK.jpg GALLERY - Compressor Shack Located on an upper black shale bedrock bench, the compressor shack served to house a large air compressor, providing air to drill and blast bedrock drains to facilitate the old time gold mining operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739561565-YIZHJCTVTRNP6H70ONOK/BOULDER-AND-COMPRESSOR-SHACK.jpg GALLERY - Compressor Shack Located on an upper black shale bedrock bench, the compressor shack served to house a large air compressor, providing air to drill and blast bedrock drains to facilitate the old time gold mining operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439740087407-JHDVIZL3X5C6JIEZ6LMS/compressor-in-compressor-shack-at-Dan-Creek-Alaska-in-Wrangell-St-Elias-National-Park.jpg GALLERY - COMPRESSOR Ingersoll Rand compressor housed in the Dan Creek compressor shack. Operated by a water-driven pelton wheel, it provided compressed air to drill and blast bedrock drains to facilitate the old time gold mining operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739380473-R8HFLSGAZ6B10MJWLR7Q/copper-nugget-new-background-dryas-leaf-wrangell-st-elias-national-park.jpg GALLERY - COPPER NUGGET and DRYAS LEAF Copper nugget weighing about two pounds with Dryas leaf. Found at Dan Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739760636-OHMZHCWVEYZQPJTR8BSF/NIZINA-RIVER-SOURDOUGH.jpg GALLERY - PANORAMA OF THE NIZINA RIVER VALLEY Looking across the Nizina River from Williams Peak. Mile-High-Cliffs on the right and Sourdough Mountain center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739400661-BEEYQER5HN5LW65B5XWS/earily-winter-2014.jpg GALLERY - EARLY WINTER VIEW LOOKING DOWN DAN CREEK November view looking down Dan Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739425592-IQFQRZO9M2AQTCWEV1K3/antiques-from-compressor-shack-porcelain-dinner-ware-velvet-tobbacco-cans.jpg GALLERY - ANTIQUES FROM DAYS GONE BY Compressor shack antiques porcelain dinner ware, velvet tobacco cans and blasting caps can cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739537544-A3QAHCEM9NBVGSCTKYKP/old-shovel-and-trademark-Wrangell-St-Elias-National-Park.jpg GALLERY - OLD ROUND POINT SHOVEL Old round point shovel used at Dan Creek, note the inset photo with the shovel trademark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739575771-CGGMPCTZYZ4496UHA0TW/sunset-dan-creek-wrangell-st.-elias-national-park.jpg GALLERY - ONE OF A KIND SUNSET Unusual sunset at Dan Creek, looking southeast towards the Chitina River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739624858-K00AJPGO64ATWS3SPT60/CLAIM-MARKER.jpg GALLERY - CLAIM MARKER FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY Claim marker axed into a live Black Spruce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739647900-EG2XG5HG0YZH7XVYJ5FW/dan-creek-safe-copy.jpg GALLERY - DAN CREEK SAFE One of the two Dan Creek safes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739687009-4COUNJ4K8RBYZMJES74M/bear-tracks2.jpg GALLERY - GRIZZLY BEAR TRACKS AT THE MOUTH OF DAN CREEK Tracks made in about 6 inches of snow and then windblown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439745436640-SMZMJ2XKCJLGGKRCRR6G/UPPER-DAN-CREEK.jpg GALLERY - VIEW LOOKING UP DAN CREEK Boulder mountain on the left, Nicholai Butte just left of center and the shoulder of Williams Peak on the right. View from bridge across Dan Creek looking up the creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739814371-QG4SUX8A4FQ5PLJJMHB6/1991-0156-00051.jpg GALLERY - LOOKING DOWN DAN CREEK Early 1900's view looking down Dan Creek, across the Nizina River, Sourdough Mountain in the background. Photo courtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks Regina Knill Cope collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739843184-F8VRZRK1NYSCWEBZMFND/Old--coal-oil-can-found-along-Dan-Ck-pack-trail-Wrangell-St-Elias-National-Park.jpg GALLERY - ANTIQE KEROSENE CAN Antique kerosene can found along the old pack trail going to Dan Creek. Note the pour spout on the top right of the can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739864536-NCZ1TVEKNEO71LCDCHV9/sunrise-on-sourdough.jpg GALLERY - WINTER SUNRISE ON SOURDOUGH MOUNTAIN Mid-winter sunrise on Sourdough Mountain, view from Dan Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739907628-IGGRHI0IDMI12JDTBPSC/Brass--T-valve-compressor-shack-Dan-Creek-Alaska-Wranghell-St.jpg GALLERY - ANTIQUE BRASS T VALVE Antique brass T valve found in the compressor shack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739951876-3DVYN3XI2SR7TZ9PC6CX/compressor-shack-copy.jpg GALLERY - COMPRESSOR SHACK Compressor shack, on upper black shale bench. Note the large boulders. The old timers left them and mined around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439739968495-6PLVSS3VOO9FSK9RQKMM/MONITOR.jpg GALLERY - HYDRAULIC MONITOR Hydraulic monitor, used high pressure stream of water to move gold bearing gravel through the sluice box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439740012653-1WXOSBC5XSFMBSQDB8B3/PIPELINE-AND-VAVLE.jpg GALLERY - PIPE AND VALVE Large pipe bringing a head of water from the dam at the Hole-In-The-Wall to the hydraulic monitor. Large valve used to divert the flow when not needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439740041851-1CZNKDQ835MX980EG744/Capture.jpg GALLERY - OLD TIME SLUICE BOX SETUP Old time sluice box setup in the lower Dan Creek Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439740060688-O47P0BCXWXALLU1B9TZX/texture-kennicott-glacier.jpg GALLERY - LOOKING DOWN KENNICOTT GLACIER Looking down the Kennicott Glacier toward the town of McCarthy, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440080335195-D8TZ2T75GLUGBSLWU7ZG/danck43.jpg GALLERY - EARLY DAM AT THE HOLE-IN-THE-WALL Early dam at the Hole-In-The-Wall to generate water pressure for hydraulic mining. Photo courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Regina Knill Cope collection. http://www.alaskaairstripproperty.com/transportation daily 0.75 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1556721163031-CDAJKBAZCNIBUBJBV216/Happy+Wrangell+Mountain+Air+customers+in+the+backcountry. TRANSPORTATION Happy Wrangell Mountain Air customers in the back country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1556721052431-E5KUILBRR2WD0TGDNHNB/Wrangell+Mountain+Air+on+the+McCarthy+Airstrip. TRANSPORTATION Wrangell Mountain Air on the McCarthy airstrip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1438702138304-9F5EMI3FMLKBB3KPDH92/freighting+log+cabin+kit+to+McCarthy+with+D-4+cat%2C+Rowcon+Services TRANSPORTATION Rowcon Services freighting log cabin kit across Kennicott River, McCarthy area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1556718613716-XFHRF13RK2LW9O21DSII/COPPER+VALLEY+AIRSERVICE+PILOT+CHRIS+MAIZE+DELIVERING+XMAS+MAIL+MCCARTHY+ALASKA.jpg TRANSPORTATION Copper Valley Air Service pilot Chris Maize delivering mail at McCarthy, Christmas 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1556718396431-V1YH3HW1U126BXIX784X/COPPER+VALLEY+AIRSERVICE+LOADING+MAIL+FOR+MAIL+RUN.jpg TRANSPORTATION Copper Valley Air Service employees loading mail for the twice weekly mail run to McCarthy, May Creek and Dan Creek flag stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1438702518721-IJXJQSTT4H3J45MRBBNA/image-asset.jpeg TRANSPORTATION Rowcon Services crew snowmachine freighting cabin kit to Dan Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1438443671366-1ZZLUMJ3ZGPZ4QDKOF18/snowmachines+and+freight+headed+to+Dan+Creek.jpg TRANSPORTATION http://www.alaskaairstripproperty.com/gallery daily 0.75 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439740125932-JBDT1E7QZ6MMB4UWCX3Y/compressor-in-compressor-shack-at-Dan-Creek-Alaska-in-Wrangell-St-Elias-National-Park.jpg GALLERY http://www.alaskaairstripproperty.com/about daily 0.75 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439478521472-CDYR8Q2ASZ6D902H4D4E/Looking+down+Dan+Creek+airstrip+Williams+Peak+in+the+background ABOUT Looking up the Dan Creek airstrip which is about 2300' long, 5 percent downgrade to the west and maintained by the owners. Williams Peak at right and Nicholai Butte just left of center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439481181103-4FIPC5QCAK5WOD1E1Q24/Looking+up+and+across+Dan+Creek+airstrip%2C+Boulder+Mountain+left%2C+Nicholai+Butte+just+left+of+center.++Dan+Creek+mining+camp+very+top+of+strip. ABOUT Looking up and across Dan Creek airstrip, Boulder Mountain left, Nicholai Butte just left of center. Dan Creek mining camp at the top of strip. Mixed cottonwood , willow and second-growth spruce typical ground cover on all the lots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440168939802-P75JX457RZG7QA33GR6D/image-asset.jpeg ABOUT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1438188571060-IPKXJEFVXNMV6ZNR6Q09/copper-nugget-and-map-1.jpg ABOUT http://www.alaskaairstripproperty.com/recreation daily 0.75 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440256935150-0S59W7IR83FASYZY80AE/McCarthy+Air+Porter+and+a+group+of+happy+hikers. RECREATION McCarthy Air Porter and a group of happy hikers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440257616190-1CJDLM8M2RM9KQF8EV0B/Fred+Denner+in+garden+cabim+in+background+Dan+Creek RECREATION Park resident Fred Denner harvests produce from his garden. Photo courtesy National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440257072424-45NPRIE2IVTBEZRBOFFK/McCarthy+Air+Porter+setting+out+hunters+in+Wrangell+St.+Elias+National+Park. RECREATION McCarthy Air setting out hunters in Wrangell St. Elias National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440257385503-RBTJOHQLC004F8R7LONL/Gary+Green+hobby+mining+at+Dan+Creek. RECREATION Gary Green hobby mining at Dan Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440257575877-X1XSL3ZZZ1N5XQ5XFSGC/gold+pan+and+numerous+copper+nuggets RECREATION Afternoon find metal detecting at Dan Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1440257239314-Z8LQMGHI2WM65AHWSBQ2/group+of+snowmachines+on+a+high+ridge+in+Wrangell+St.+Elias+National+Park RECREATION Rowland clan almost at the top of the world! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439130114278-D7QF9PKOUVJNFEDCJR0K/explore+the+wrangells+ice+caveweb.jpg RECREATION http://www.alaskaairstripproperty.com/documents daily 0.75 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/8d2eaa41-41a7-4dc4-bc6e-398fd1e4e9a9/DAN-CREEK-PLAT-MAP-Recovered-OCT-7-2022-UPDATED-LOT-17-SOLD-MAY29-2024.jpg DOCUMENTS Plat map showing the layout of the Placerview subdivision and the relationship of the airstrip to the lots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439998474055-TCJOYY7VX1ES4U18OGP2/image-asset.jpeg DOCUMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439998307595-JOIBOHV5V310KGTNGB9O/image-asset.jpeg DOCUMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439999573502-87RLHVVEJVYX4ZD5X693/image-asset.jpeg DOCUMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439999512571-I7UT5YZB4VRKW03J487Q/image-asset.jpeg DOCUMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439999332266-10OUWT6JDRD1UQ1EPUMU/image-asset.jpeg DOCUMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439908594735-2SG4T78WYCNW1NT8GATG/Mile-High-Cliffscontest-web.jpg DOCUMENTS http://www.alaskaairstripproperty.com/home daily 1.0 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/e1410240-7d58-47cf-b666-642d47d04f14/DAN-CREEK-PLAT-MAP-Recovered-OCT-7-2022-UPDATED-LOT-17-SOLD-MAY29-2024.jpg Home - Make it stand out Dan Creek subdivision showing sold and unsold lots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439131201856-VARBY5L88C6KELHMPWC1/Group+of+snowmachiners+on+Chititu+Creek+in+Wrangell+St.+Elias+National+Park%2C+Alaska. Home Group of local snowmachiners on Chititu Creek in Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1438017106519-NLU88Y0FL711KOJAPK47/image-asset.jpeg Home Wrangell Mountain Air Beaver unloading people and supplies on the Dan Creek Airstrip at the foot of Williams Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1439567383181-9WVJTO9X6FZ77ZHM20W6/image-asset.jpeg Home View from the mouth of Dan Creek looking up the Nizina River. Mile-High-Cliffs on the left, Nizina Mountain center, Chitistone Mountain right of center, and Boulder Mountain on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1438352804531-MGTF8P8KK919IT9MCOI1/Google+Earth+view+of+Dan+Creek+airstrip+and+property Home Google Earth view of Dan Creek and surrounding mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a90bbde4b0a37bc13a43df/1438003622335-AQ7B7YZ411Z91UEZ6RCT/dan-creek-williams-2013web.jpg Home