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unusual facts about Silver mining


Silver mining

The silver mines at Laurium were very rich and helped provide a currency for the economy of Ancient Athens.


Alexander Robey Shepherd

Shepherd remained in Washington for a further two years, still a real-estate magnate and a celebrated and influential member of Washington society In 1876, however, he declared personal bankruptcy and, once his accounts were settled, moved with his family to Batopilas, Mexico, where he made a fortune in silver mining and instituted many of the same reforms he had championed in the District of Columbia.

Coniagas Mine

The Coniagas Mine is an abandoned silver mine in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, located on the western side of Cobalt Lake.

Nipissing Mine

The Nipissing Mine is an abandoned silver mine in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, located on Nip Hill on the east side of Cobalt Lake.


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Atlanta, Idaho

It was founded in 1864 during the Civil War as a gold and silver mining community and named by Southerners after a rumored Confederate victory over General Sherman in the Battle of Atlanta, which turned to be wholly false, but the name stuck.

Benedikt Rejt

In addition, Prague, Most, Kutná Hora and Annaberg (the latter two then silver-mining centres) were among the richest cities of Central Europe and it is likely that only the best architects were invited to work there.

Carcross, Yukon

Silver mining was promoted nearby in Conrad, Yukon in the early 1900s, but there was little to be found and mining efforts soon ended.

Carson City, Michigan

The name Carson City was given to the post office by Thomas Scott, who had been in Carson City, Nevada, during the gold and silver mining boom days.

Eskay Creek

The Eskay Creek region is a rich gold and silver mining area in the Unuk and Iskut River region on north coastal mountains of British Columbia.

Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija

In the second stage, a nomination focused on mercury herigate in relation to silver mining, together with San Luis Potosí mine in Mexico - however, the nomination did not gather sufficient support.

Mineral del Monte

The twin silver mining settlements of Pachuca and Real del Monte (Mineral del Monte) in the State of Hidalgo are being marketed as 'Mexico's Little Cornwall' by the Mexican Embassy in London since 2007.

Potosi, Missouri

The city was founded sometime between 1760 and 1780 as "Mine à Breton" or Mine au Breton, and later renamed by Moses Austin for the Bolivian silver-mining city of Potosí.

Schwaz

At the town's height during the 15th and 16th centuries, it was an important silver mining center, providing mineral wealth for both the Fugger banking family and, through them, for the Austrian emperors.

St. Joe Minerals

In 1925 it expanded operations to lead, zinc and silver mining in South America including the Aguilar mine in Argentina near the Bolivia border.

Whitaker Wright

Wright made a fortune by promoting silver-mining companies in Leadville, Colorado and Lake Valley, New Mexico, although none of the companies made money for the shareholders.