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The Britannia Mine Museum, formerly British Columbia Museum of Mining, is a non-profit organization in Britannia Beach, 55 km kilometres north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on the Sea-to-Sky Highway on Howe Sound. It is governed by the Britannia Beach Historical Society. The museum preserves and presents to the public information and ...
A set of mining claims were made, eventually leading to the establishment of Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, [1] which included claims for mines at four sites named Bluff, Empress, Fairview, and Jane. [1] Britannia Mines began mining copper ore from Mount Sheer and the surrounding area on the eastern shore of Howe Sound in 1903. [2]
The Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, a branch of the Howe Sound Company, finally commenced mining in the early 1900s, and owned the site for the next sixty years. The first ore was shipped to the Crofton Smelter on Vancouver Island in 1904, and the mine achieved full production in 1905.
This is an incomplete list of mines in British Columbia, Canada and includes operating and closed mines, as well as proposed mines at an advanced stage of development (e.g. mining permits applied for). Mines that are in operation are in bold. Past producers which are under re-exploitation, re-development and/or re-promotion are in italics. Also ...
Britannia Beach 49°37′59.83″N 123°11′59.37″W / 49.6332861°N 123.1998250°W / 49.6332861; -123.1998250 ( Britannia Mines Concentrator A gravity-fed concentrator used to process copper ore for one of Canada's largest mining operations in the 1920s and 1930s; illustrative of the innovation that made the Britannia Mines ...
Pages in category "Copper mines in British Columbia" ... Britannia Beach; Britannia Mine Museum; G. Galore Creek mine; Gibraltar Mine; H. Highland Valley Copper mine; K.
copper mining (hard rock)and milling 1904-1959 Britannia Mining & Smelting Company; 1959-1962 Howe Sound Company; 1962-1974 Anaconda: several thousands in the 1940s and 1950s approx. 300 1904-1974 (now site of Britannia Mine Museum) Brooklyn: Boundary: Kootenay Boundary 0 Butedale: Central Coast: Central Coast
This list of deepest mines includes operational and non-operational mines that are at least 2,224 m (7,297 ft), which is the depth of Krubera Cave, the deepest known natural cave in the world. The depth measurements in this list represent the difference in elevation from the entrance of the mine to the deepest excavated point.