Site # 14 – Pan Silver Headframe

     This is a monument and not a working mine site. The headframe was originally mounted on the Harrison-Hibbertshaft in North Cobalt and was functional until 1978. The owner, Pan Silver, donated the structure to the Heritage Silver Trail Committee and in 1998 it was dismantled and relocated to this site, and reconstructed as a visitor attraction.

     Inside is the office of the Cobalt Historical Society. Around the building is a display of mining artifacts with accompanying signs explaining how the various items were used. This is well worth a look as much of the significance of the sites on the Heritage Silver Trail become clearer when there is an understanding of the tools and methods of mining.

 

GPS Co-ordinates: 47.395453′, -79.685428′

 

Historical Photos of the Pan Silver Headframe

 

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