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Category: Mine Museums and Tours

  • COBALT NORTHERN ONTARIO MINING MUSEUM (COBALT, ONTARIO)

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    “One of the world”s largest displays of native silver ore. Unique collection of mining and prospecting equipment and artifacts. Displays and exhibits highlighting the social and cultural life of the Cobalt Camp in early 1900″s. Flourescent rock display. Heritage Silver Trail Tours. Silver jewellery hand-crafted at the museum.” Click Here for More Information on the…

  • SPRINGHILL MINERS’ MUSEUM (SPRINGHILL, NOVA SCOTIA)

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    “Tour the depths of a Springhill coal mine, famous in song and legend, with a knowledgeable guide. Hear stories of the disaster of 1891, the 1916 subeterranean fire which raged through the galleries, the loss of 39 men in the 1956 explosion and the major “bump” in 1958 in which 75 men lost their lives.…

  • MOOSE RIVER GOLD MINES MUSEUM (MIDDLE MUSQUODOBOIT, NOVA SCOTIA)

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    “A small museum (former one room school) chronicling mainly the events of the Moose River Cave In of 1936. Also showing some history of mining in the area and the community itself. A very short distance away is a Provincial Park at the site of the actual cave in.” Click Here for More Information on…

  • CAPE BRETON MINERS’ MUSEUM (GLACE BAY, NOVA SCOTIA)

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    “Situated on one of the most picturesque coasts of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the Miners” Museum pays tribute to the region”s long and rich history of coal mining.” Click Here for More Information on the Cape Breton Miner”s Museum [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bU15pxNdYw[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”46.192827,-59.942024″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Cape Breton Miners” Museum, 42 Birkley…