Album: Neversweat, Denali NPP, Alaska

Denali National Park and Preserve

The Neversweat Prospect is located on the right bank of Eldorado Creek, a tributary of Moose Creek. The site is a contributing feature of the Kantishna/Wonder Lake cultural landscape, located in Denali National Park and Preserve. The Neversweat Prospect is a 4.3 acre historic site and contains a small collection of historic buildings and structures, small scale features and landscape features associated with lode mining. The extant features consist of one building (cabin), and 15 structures (three collapsed adits, one partially collapsed adit, one partially collapsed outhouse, a historic road, a historic trail, six rock retaining walls). There is one historic archaeological deposit at the site as well. Contributing landscape characteristics include buildings and structures, circulation, small-scale features, and views and vistas. The site is significant under Criterion A for its association with the Kantishna/Wonder Lake cultural landscape. The period of significance is 1930 to 1969, the area of significance is Industry and level of significance local. Only a few of the site features maintain individual integrity (cabin, trail, rock retaining walls). However collectively all the features contribute to the historic character of the site and collectively represent a complete and well preserved example of a small-scale lode mining site from the period of significance.The site maintains integrity of location, design, workmanship, materials, setting, feeling, and association. The mine is still active, and will be mined this summer. The cabin will be lived in as well.