Explore / North America / Canada
Canada, Ontario
Cobalt ON
Heritage Silver Trail mine sites
Old dump ground Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensAlso reported: eyes-only: headframes, glory hole, mill foundations, pink-grey tailings fields.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Canada's great 1903 silver rush camp: headframes, glory holes, mills and vast tailings ring the town, interpreted by a signed driving trail
Trail sites (Townsite headframe, Cart Lake tailings, McKinley-Darragh mill, Colonial adit tour) documented by the Cobalt Historical Society and a detailed mindat field article
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open stopes and shafts throughout the bushArsenic-bearing tailings (Cart Lake), stay on paths
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.