Site # 16 – The Colonial Mine Site

     Discovered in 1904 by local prospectors Murdy McLeod and George Glendenning, this was the first sign of silver outside the immediate Cobalt area. The claim was sold to two capitalists from North Bay who in turn sold it to the Colonial Mining Company Limited from the State of Maine.

     The site was developed by several horizontal adits, a 967-foot vertical shaft and a mill. One of the adits is currently used for guided underground tours, available at the Cobalt Mining Museum. (Contact them between June and before August 15th at 24 Silver Street or call 705-679-8301 or email cobaltminingmuseum@gmail.com) These tours are extremely valuable as they provide an opportunity to experience working conditions as they were in a Cobalt mine over one hundred years ago.

 

GPS Co-ordinates: 47.394388′, -79.660930′

 

Historical Photos of The Colonial Mine Site

 

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