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July 19, 2021. (2021-07-19) Jade Fever is a Canadian documentary television series from Discovery Channel Canada, produced by Omnifilm Entertainment, [1] that ran for seven seasons between April 2015 [2] and July 2021. [3] The series follows a long-standing jade mining family as they explored and placer-mined nephrite jade in the Dease Lake ...
Jade City is a settlement in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, near the Yukon, located on Highway 37, west of Good Hope Lake and close to Cassiar, in the Cassiar Highlands. The region around Jade City is rich with serpentinite (a jade precursor), [ 1 ] greenstone (jade look-a-likes), [ 2 ] and Nephrite jade .
The jade trade in Myanmar consists of the mining, distribution, and manufacture of jadeite —a variety of jade —in the nation of Myanmar (Burma). The jadeite deposits found in Myanmar's northern regions are the source of the highest quality jadeite in the world, noted by sources in China going as far back as the 10th century.
(Reuters) - At least 36 people were feared dead at a jade mine in northern Myanmar after being swept into a lake by a huge landslide, a rescue worker and local journalist said on Monday.
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar left more than 30 people missing, and a search and rescue operation was underway on Monday, a rescue official said. The leader of a local rescue team ...
Looking down a rubble slope at a jade mine in Kachin State. Myanmar is the largest supplier of jade, [1] providing between 70% [2] and 90% [3] of the world's supply. While Myanmar's official statistics for 2016–2017 put the jade trade value at US$750 million, [4] independent estimates that include illegal mining put it at US$15–31 billion per year.
Wolverine Copper Mining Company. The Wolverine Mine was a small copper mining operation in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, that was in operation from January 1882 until November 1884. In August 1890, possession of the company was obtained and reorganized as the Wolverine Copper Mining Company. [1] It mined the Kearsarge lode until 1922 when ...
The pagoda itself is covered over 10,000 long tons (10,000,000 kg) of jade, rising to a height of 75 feet 6 inches (23.01 m), and is reputed to be the world's first jade pagoda. [1] The pagoda was erected by the jade mining family of Soe Naing and Aye Aye Khaing, who donated both the pagoda and pagoda grounds.