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unusual facts about silver mine



Batopilas, Chihuahua

Over the centuries scores of hugely productive silver mines have been dug in the area; one estimate (Wilson and Panczner) is that mines in the area have produced seven times as much silver as come from the famous silver mine of Kongsberg, Norway.

Coniagas Mine

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

Julian Segura Camacho

He has traveled to Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and from the travels in Potosi, which was the largest Spanish city because of the silver mine, this biological mixing was non-existent.

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.

Pedro Lucio Cuadra

In 1874, the owners of the newly discovered silver mines at Caracoles, Bolivia, gave Cuadra the general superintendence of the works, and in 1876 he was appointed president of the Bank of Valparaiso.


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Bonanza Kings

In 1871, John William Mackay, James Graham Fair, James Clair Flood and William S. O'Brien, organized the Consolidated Virginia Silver Mine near Virginia City, Nevada, from a number of smaller claims on the Comstock Lode and later added the near-by California mine.

Borroloola

The McArthur River zinc mine, a zinc, lead and silver mine about 70 km south-west of Borroloola, is operated by McArthur River Mining (MRM), which is wholly owned by the Swiss mining company Xstrata.

Coeur Mining

San Bartolomé mine is a surface silver mine located near the historic mining city of Potosi, Boliva; a world heritage site.

Jean Francisque Coignet

Jean Francisque Coignet (1835 - 18 June 1902) was a French mining engineer and government advisor in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan noted for his modernization of the Ikuno Silver Mine at Ikuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, near Kobe.

John P. Jones

In 1868, Jones moved to Gold Hill, Nevada where he was superintendent of the Crown Point silver mine which was part of the Comstock Lode.

Los Angeles and Independence Railroad

Opposition to continued construction East of Los Angeles by Southern Pacific Railroad's refusal to allow crossing of their main line tracks, and the unexpected depletion and closure of the Panamint silver mine in 1877 (owned by Jones), led to severe fiscal difficulties for the young steam line.

Mining in Papua New Guinea

Hidden Valley is an open-pit, gold-silver mine and processing plant in Morobe Province.

Olsenbanden Jr.

Olsenbanden Jr. og Sølvgruvens hemmelighet (English: The Junior Olsen Gang and the Silver Mine Mystery) (2007) set in 1960.