The mining engineers on the site also served as the
safety officers. Kennecott was the safest large-scale mining operation in
Alaska. In the last two years of operation there were no fatalities at all.
The engineers who served here were among the best and the brightest.
Typical crew load for Kennecott during the busier years was 500 people of which
about half were miners.
ABOVE: circa 1911 view of Kennecott office staff (mostly engineers)
BELOW: the
office as it appeared in the ghost town of Kennecott in 1981
The KM model: In this photo you can see the rooftop of the general office. Continue
