Cobalt Silver Mines
Photos by Corey Lablans
For thousands of years the vast mineral wealth of Northern Ontario lay underground undiscovered.
Mother Nature gave up some of those riches with the discovery of
silver in Cobalt by two railway tie contractors - James McKinley and
Ernest Darragh. They followed their dreams of gold all the way to the
California gold fields only to come back empty-handed. Their luck was
about to change. In August of 1903, while under contract during the
construction of the newly formed Temiskaming & Northern Ontario (T.
& N.O.) Railway at Long Lake, they found the "glittering rocks" of
men's dreams.
"They had learned to test nuggets by biting them with their teeth.
When they tested the 'glittering rocks' they knew they had found native
silver." - Yankee Takeover of Cobalt, John Murphy
Read more: http://www.historiccobalt.ca/index.php/en/history
Cobalt Water Tower
McKinley-Darragh Mill Site
McKinley-Darragh Mill Site
Left and Center Photo: Silver Summit Mine / Right photo: Nipissing 96 Mine
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