Mascot Mine
Mascot Mine, Hedley BC Canada.
Gold was found on Nickel Plate mountain in 1898. The ore was rich but it had to be extracted from the host rock by crushing and chemical treatment.
By 1903, men were digging the first of 120 kilometers of tunnels into the mountain and building a tramway and a 40 stamp mill. Men climbed the mountain each day to go to work.
67 kilometers of tunnels were dug at Mascot Mine between 1935 and 1949.
Mascot Mine
Mascot Mine, Hedley BC Canada.
Gold was found on Nickel Plate mountain in 1898. The ore was rich but it had to be extracted from the host rock by crushing and chemical treatment.
By 1903, men were digging the first of 120 kilometers of tunnels into the mountain and building a tramway and a 40 stamp mill. Men climbed the mountain each day to go to work.
67 kilometers of tunnels were dug at Mascot Mine between 1935 and 1949.