Though copper seems to have been the reason the Alaska Mine got started in Zimbabwe, the sign seems to indicate dolomite (limestone) is what has been most recently mined there. I am told a miner from Alaska started the mine, hence the name. In any case, there is a village next to the mine itself, presumably called Alaska Mine and a town a few miles away where the copper ore was processed called Alaska. As I happen to live in Anchorage, Alaska (USA, not Zimbabwe), I couldn't not take some pictures of this place. Between Alaska and Alaska Mine, Mariachitubu Forgiveness and Reconciliation Centre is under construction. Mariachitubu is Shona for Mary's Fountain.