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  • ROSSLAND MUSEUM AND GOLD MINE TOUR (ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA)

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    “The replica mine-shaft headframe in front of the museum entrance, and the building itself, simulate a typical mine headframe and its hoist-house. The two cable sheave-wheels on top of the headframe came from the Velvet Mine. The weather-vane above is from the Nickel Plate Mine compressor house.” Click Here for More Information on the Rossland…

  • BRITANNIA MINE MUSEUM (BRITTANIA BEACH, BRITISH COLUMBIA)

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    “It was once the largest copper mine in the British Empire. Today, the Britannia Mine Museum opens up a little-seen world that fascinates all ages.” Click Here for More Information on the Brittania Mining Museum [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqalzq3ScH4[/embedyt] [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU_P3p7Sdyg[/embedyt] [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrK9Vza_EW4[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”49.62628,-123.204489″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Britannia Mine Museum, 1 Forbes Way, Britannia Beach, BC…

  • NORDEGG HERITAGE CENTER/BRAZEAU COLLERIES (NORDEGG, ALBERTA)

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    The museum focuses on the discovery and mining of coal deposits in the area. It also exhibits the vision of Martin Nordegg to develop a town that would not merely be another one of the thousands of dreary mining towns that dotted the American West from Alaska to Mexico. Click Here for More Information on…

  • BELLEVUE UNDERGROUND MINE TOUR (CROWSNEST PASS, ALBERTA)

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    “Put on an authentic miner”s helmet and lamp and follow the corridors taken by early coal miners as they worked this mine from 1903 to 1961.” Click Here for More Information on the Bellevue Underground Mine Tour [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa65OER2dSk[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”400px” center=”49.579666,-114.365444″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Bellevue Underground Mine Tours 21814 – 28th Avenue Bellevue,…