Quenangen Mining Association

Around 1826, the Englishmen John Rice Crowe and Henry Dick Woodfall started a company to extract copper ore in the prestegjeld (parish]] of Alta.

[3] On May 17, 1827 the reindeer herder Maret Aslaksdatter signed a contract whereby she transferred the right to exploit the copper ore deposits found near the village of Kåfjord to John Rice Crowe.

As early as 1743, there were reports of copper ore in Kvænangen, but no one had taken steps to start mining there based on the finds.

[4] However, copper prices fell on the world market, and the Quenangen Mining Association experienced financial problems.

[1] The Alta works, which the Kvænangen mines were part of, were closed together with the company Sulitjelma Aktiebolag in 1896.