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Opal is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Thorhild County. [2] It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Highway 28 , approximately 53 kilometres (33 mi) northeast of Edmonton . Originally named Rutherford after Alberta's first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford but was renamed to the unique "Opal" when the first post office ...
Gagnon, Quebec, an iron mining company town of Québec Cartier Mining Company, abandoned in 1985. This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada. True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [1]
Opal, major parts of the city are underground, due to the excessive summer heat 29°00′36″S 134°45′19″E / 29.0100°S 134.7552°E / -29.0100; 134.7552 ( Umoona Opal Mine and Old Timers Mine
While opal mining around the town had slumped in the early 1940s, it picked up after a local Aboriginal woman, Tottie Bryant, discovered a large deposit in 1945. [24] In August 1956 at the 'Eight Mile' opal field, the Olympic Australis opal was found approximately 30 feet below the ground. It is the largest and one of the most valuable opals ...
Map of Mexico with Jalisco highlighted. Jalisco is a state in Western Mexico that is divided into 125 municipalities.According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the third most populated state with 8,348,151 inhabitants and the seventh largest by land area spanning 78,595.9 square kilometres (30,346.0 sq mi).
Jalisco is a popular tourist destination which is filled with beautiful cultural traditions such as mariachis, tequila, Ballet Folklórico, the Mexican Hat Dance, charros, sombreros, and much more. Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán is one of the most important group in the history of mariachi music and it was founded in 1898 by Gaspar Vargas in ...
This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical purposes, defunct and future mines are demarcated in italics and bold respectively. Asterisks (*) note mines which produce(d) gold as a secondary product..
Other map showing the location of the Municipality of San Sebastián del Oeste in Jalisco state.. San Sebastián del Oeste (Spanish: [san seβasˈtjan del oˈeste] ⓘ) is a town and municipality, located on the western part of Jalisco state, Mexico, between 20°39’45’’ - 21°02’30’’ N and 104°35’00’’ - 104°51’00’’ W, at a height of 1,480 metres (4,856 ft).