McKinley Darragh : More to the story
Today’s feature is the McKinley Darragh Mine – not only new-to-us photos, but also new-to-us details about the two men who made the first silver discovery.
Mining History
Historic Sites to be Revisited at Cobalt – 1969
From 1969 – the Heritage Tour – a forerunner of the Heritage Silver Trail
Denis Newman and the Canadian Mining Heritage Series
An introduciton to artist Denis Newman and the Canadian Mining Heritage Series
Announcing! Award-winning Video
After the Vox Popular Film Festival, the North Bay Film Festival, and taking home the Best Documentary and Best Direction
New Resource – 1907 Claims Map
The delegation of American Institute of Mining Engineers stopped in Cobalt in 1907. They published a report of their tour, including a “Pocket Map of the Cobalt Silver Camp.”
More to the Story – Cobalt’s First Magistrate R.H.C. Browne
Things I learned from studying the Coleman Township assessment rolls for 1907. Robert Henry Coulson Browne, Cobalt’s first stipendiary magistrate.
Unknowns on the Montreal River
Trying to solve the identity of an unknown building interior. It’s possibly a hydro installation on the Montreal River, at Ragged Chute.
From Mrs. Fauteaux to Miss Rita Murray
16 Photographic Views of Cobalt, Ont.
Gowganda and the Millerett Mine
In this story, we feature the Millerett Mine. It was the first to ship ore of any substantial quantity from Gowganda.
Ragged Chute – video review
a new video about the Ragged Chute air compression station on the Montreal River