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Category: Mine Museums and Tours

  • ARIGNA MINING EXPERIENCE (COUNTY ROSCOMMON, IRELAND)

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    “This Energy Centre provides visitors with a unique insight into what coal mining life was like in the Arigna Valley, since its beginning in the 1700″s until closure in 1990.” Click Here for More Information on the Arigna Mining Experience [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”54.076595,-8.11789″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Arigna Mining Experience, Derreenavoggy, Arigna, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co.…

  • KENO CITY MINING MUSEUM (KENO CITY, YUKON)

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    “This museum captures the gold and silver mining history of the area dating from the early 1900s. Displays of early tools and equipment, as well as memorabilia and photographs, offer the visitor precious glimpses into the experiences of everyday life in isolated northern mining communities.” Click Here for More Information on the Keno City Mining…

  • TIMMINS UNDERGROUND GOLD MINE TOUR (TIMMINS, ONTARIO)

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    “Gather in the dry where you change into mining gear for your trip underground with experienced underground miners. We provide you with a hard hat, lamp, belt, coveralls and boots, but we do recommend that you bring a warm pair of socks and a sweater; the temperature underground is a year-round 3 degrees Celsius!” Click…

  • SIMPSON MINE SHAFT (BRUCE MINES, ONTARIO)

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    “The Simpson Copper Mine Shaft, a crucial piece of Canadian mining history, is located right in the town of Bruce Mines. The Bruce Mines, as they were collectively known, produced the first hard-rock copper in Canada in 1847. Having been restored to demonstrate copper mining of the 1800″s, the Simpson Shaft is open for guided…