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…soon followed and in no time the hills around were teaming with men in search of fortune. And boy did they find it. Rich veins of Lead and Zinc, Silver and Gold. To those early on the scene, those who saw the potential, did their homework, then staked the claim,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 1 in comments.)

…in 1907 but I have a hunch it was mined at other times as well. Unofficially anyway. The PayRoll was a gold and silver property with some minor copper and lead. Small scale miners are mostly interested in the noble metals, the gold and silver, and often care little for… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 1 in comments.)

…showing promise. They’re nice and sharp, which in some ways was the biggest hurdle keeping us down. Thanks to a super-bright flashlight (800-ish lumens, a “daylighter”) and a better understanding on how to do it these conditions (thanks friends and experts who helped), it’s all coming together. Long streaks in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…into the photo as a streak. Wonder where it’s going? On the grounds, a boulder with the names of graduates from 2004 carved in. Rock on! A fire escape leads to the second floor. That’s a long way up for some who hates heights – and the see-through slotted tread… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the dwellings seen here and is almost hidden by the hedges out front. The streak in the sky an aircraft accidentally captured while shooting the time exposure. Doh! A second frame followed after it passed, but we kept coming back to this one. There’s an interesting contrast of eras represented,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…branch” running east/west through Saskatchewan and Alberta. One old paper describes it as two streaks of rust running from nowhere to nowhere. Infrequent trains were the norm. Still, the line lasted into the early 1990s. But with the town empty at that point, no one was witness to its passing… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Still we can piece together a history. It’s suggested work took place in the years 1905-1907 with a small test shipment (16 tonnes) being sent out by pack train that last year. From this came some four hundred dollars worth of silver (here, a secondary metal within a lead ore)… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the furnaces that forged the metals, looked bright. Greenwood is claimed to be Canada’s smallest city and is located in the Boundary district of south-central BC, so named for the nearby US border. The area is rich in metal ores, gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper and many mines pockmark… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…care of it ever since. It has not been moved. For a time, it was painted (by the museum) in the old mineral red scheme. Today it wears the more modern AWP blue/green company colours. The second elevator, the silver one, as mentioned earlier is one of the oldest in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…include Silver, Lead and Zinc in varying proportions. The ore was comprised of Galena (Lead component, likely containing the Silver as an impurity) and Sphalerite (Zinc component). The trending of the ore body confirms it was a continuation of the St Eugene structure across the lake. The small quantity of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…valuable deposit of Lead and Silver ore was discovered on the slopes above the south end of the lake. Soon a mine and not long after a town was established at this location. The ore was discovered by a native fellow, who was encouraged to search for this type of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…season the snow pack is too high. The Silver Cup and the Triune are two of the most famous examples and both are located way up on nearby ridges. Looking at production reports for these mines it’s clear they made their owners some serious money. There are old mine roads… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…of your author’s youth. That one structure in the shot with the pay station, in back, two stories in two tone brown, it’s that one. It was a corner store where we’d turn in bottles…money soon spent at the temple of the silver ball out front of Super S. Wasted… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…is this? 1920? 1950? Certainly not today? From certain angles you can’t really tell and therein lies the magic. Welcome to Meeting Creek Alberta! The station and the silver coloured elevator are managed by the Canadian Northern Society and open for public viewing select days and by appointment. The second… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…continues. The ore here is usually a mix of silver, lead, zinc, copper and gold. Is the next big find right around the corner? Some would say a resounding yes, while others might be skeptical. All the while, the town remains a shadow of its former self and it seems… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…other. There’s riches up there in the hills – lead and silver, zinc and copper, plus a smattering of gold – and with this came hoards of prospectors and business people hoping to somehow strike it rich. For a time it got so big and busy that the community could… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)