Alaska’s Legacy Mines: Red Devil Mine
The Red Devil Mercury Mine was intermittently active between 1933 and 1971. It’s located along the southerly bank of the Kuskokwim River in southwestern Alaska, between the villages of Sleetmute and Red Devil. The mine produced roughly 35,000 flasks of mercury (at roughly 76 pounds per flask). At the current value of US $1,100 per…