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Paradise mine road, Toby Creek

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: galena, cerussite, sphalerite, barite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

High-elevation silver-lead mine above Invermere worked from the 1890s

Documented Windermere district mine known to regional collectors.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

steep 4x4 road, altitude weather

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