Moose River Gold Mine is a Canadian rural community located in Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia. Located at the intersection of Moose River Road and Mooseland Road. No numbered highway runs through the Moose River Gold Mine. Gold was discovered in the area in 1866 and mining began in the 1870s. Interest decreased around 1900 but increased in the 1930s. Society gained international attention in 1936 when three men were trapped in a mine.
Video Moose River Gold Mines, Nova Scotia
Mining in the 19th and 20th centuries Edit
Gold was first discovered in the area in 1866, but no mining was done until the 1870s when the area was known as the Moose River Gold District. Interest was reduced in the early 1900s but continued in the 1930s and the mine was brought back to production in 1935. This historic work produced about 26,000 oz. gold is mostly taken from quartz veins, but some also from open slate quarries.
1936 disaster Edit
On April 12, 1936, the roof of the mine collapsed, trapping three people, Herman Magill, Dr. David Robertson and Alfred Scadding, 150 feet for 11 days. The men were accomplished by drilling a drill hole on the sixth day to bring food, water and phone until the rescue finished. Robertson and Scadding survived and Magill died on the seventh day. The event was broadcast by J. Frank Willis of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) to over 650 radio stations across North America, and was picked up by the BBC and broadcast to Europe. This is the first 24-hour live radio coverage of Canadian headlines.
Today, there is a provincial park with a rough stone pyramid and there is a plaque where drill holes are drilled, and there is a museum depicting the history of the gold mine. The plaque was stolen around June 28, 2006. It has not been restored.
Maps Moose River Gold Mines, Nova Scotia
Mine in the 21st century Edit
In the 1980s, drilling exploration in the slate work area had previously found significant gold deposits in what is known as the Touquoy zone, after Damas Touquoy's former mine. DDV Gold Ltd. filed an application to operate an open gold mine here in 2007. The savings on the project named Touquoy had an estimated 635,000 ounces (~ 18 tons) of gold, valued at $ 700 million in 2012. Surface operations would involve drilling, blasting, and gold cyanidation to process ore. The Moose River Gold Mine site will also process ore from the company's mine at Beaver Dam dam, 37 km away, which has an estimated yield of 426,600 ounces. This will save the construction of a second tailing pool, and old bush roads will be upgraded to facilitate transportation. The Moose River Mine will have a life of five years and Beaver Dam is just three. There are more deposits at Cochrane Hill and Fifteen Mile Stream, 57 km away.
Despite the land grabbing controversy, production is expected to begin in 2015 or 2016.
Nearby attractions Edit
- Moose River Gold Mine Museum
- Moose River Gold Mining Provincial Park
References Edit
External links Edit
- Virtual Museum Moose River Disaster
- The collapse of the Moose River Gold Mine
- Moose River Provincial Park
- Explore HRM
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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