Burwash Mine
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burwash-mine-315-11515822
title:
Burwash Mine
text:
The Burwash Mine was a small gold property discovered in the fall of 1934 by Johnny Baker and Hugh Muir at Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories. The town of Yellowknife did not exist yet at that point, but the discovery of gold at Burwash was the catalyst that brought more gold prospectors into the region in 1935 and 1936. A short shaft was sunk in 1935–1936 at Burwash, and in the summer of 1935 a 16-ton bulk sample of ore was shipped to Trail, British Columbia for processing, yielding 200 tro
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encyclopedia
description:
Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwash_Mine
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date modified:
2023-08-04T19:29:51Z
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