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100th anniversary of the Cobalt silver strike (1903-2003) Canada's mining industry was born. There is a legend that recounts how Cobalt's pivotal silver strike occurred when Fred La Rose, a railway blacksmith tossed a hammer at a pesky fox - an account that may be largely exaggeration, but does hold two verifiable facts true; the discovery was accidental and it did occur in 1903. At the time, Ontario's railway was inching its way into the north-eastern region of the province to open up new agricultural lands. Contractors J.H. McKinley and Ernest Darraugh were hired to supply railway ties. In the summer of 1903, they were surveying the area of Long Lake (later Cobalt Lake) for timber when glittering rocks strewn on the shoreline caught their eyes. Tom Hebert, another railway employee who was also prospecting on nearby Nipissing Hill, found vein after vein exposed at the surface. It was silver - the richest deposit the world had seen thus far. Within months, McKinley and Darraugh opened Cobalt's first silver mine. Dozens of mining companies followed and the success they experienced in Cobalt spurred the continued exploration of the North - Canada's mining industry was born. 70873
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Canada 1992 Commemorative 25 Cents 'Northwest Territories' Silver Proof , boxed with certificate FDC£29.00
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