Dec 19, 2013· Description The Salt Chuck Mine is an abandoned historic gold, silver, copper and palladium mine on the southeast side of Prince of Wales Island The site is 4½ miles from Thorne Bay, and is accessible by road, or by water The mine and mill operated from 1905 to 1941, processing more than 326,000 tons of ore
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Get PriceNAME MINE / MILL COMPANY page county metal/coal 1879 ASHLEY, ELI M PHENIX MINING & MINERAL LAND 230 Gilpin m 1879 ASHLEY, H TULLY COPPER MINING 206 Larimer m 1910 ASTOR, W B ASTOR MINING 131 Clear Creek m 1879 ATKINS, H H CARR 202 Gilpin m 1879 ATKINS, H H PARENT 229 Gilpin m 1879 ATKINS, HORACE GUNNELL 216 Gilpin m 1879
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Get PriceSep 25, 2014· Fenghuang lead-zinc mine is located in Hunan province, South China, and has more than 70 years of mining history From the 1960s to 1980s, the mining activity reached its peak of 3 × 10 5 t per year Currently, the productivity declined to 15 × 10 5 t per year Mining activity has caused severe soil contamination
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Get PriceThe Southeast Missouri Barite District and the Valles Mines are located in Washington, Jefferson, and St Francois Counties, Missouri, where barite and lead ore are present together in surficial and near-surface deposits Lead mining in the area began in the early 1700’s and extended into the early 1900’s Hand mining of lead in the residuum resulted in widespread pits (also called shafts .
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Get PriceOn January 19th, 1943, a catastrophic flood in the tunnel caused the Argo Mill and Tunnel to cease operations Due to the devastating force of the accident, as well as WWII, the operations ceased permanently Much of the equipment used in the Argo history remains in place today, including mining and milling artifacts, original payroll documents .
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Get PriceThe Tri-State mining district was the leading zinc-mining district in the world for nearly half a century, and it was also an important producer of lead, silver, cadmium, germanium, and gallium Mining of lead-zinc ended in 1970 with the closing of the Eagle-Picher Industries Swalley Mine near Baxter Springs and the closing of the Eagle-Picher .
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Get PriceCalico Ghost Town Mining History On April 6, 1881, S C Wardan, Hues Thomas and John C King located claims on Calico Mountain They named their discovery the Silver King Mine 263 Below the Silver King Mine the town of Calico grew slowly In the spring of ,
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Get PriceSummary: Middle Tennessee Mines is comprised of three operating mines: Gordonsville, Elmwood, and Cumberland and one project, Stonewall, which are located approximately 80 kilometres east of Nashville, Tennessee Zinc mineralisation occurs in Mississippi Valley Type (‘MVT’) deposits as open-space fillings of breccias and fractures within .
Get PriceMay 18, 2021· Barry County Lead and zinc mining in Barry County occurred primarily in the 1880s through 1890s, with some production in the 1910s, 1930s and 1940s (IMOP database) There was likely unrecorded production in the 1930s The primary lead and zinc mining area was the Purdy mines area, located east of the town of Purdy The mines are hosted by limestones of the Mississippian Osagean ,
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