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@MiningNS

On June 18, 1865 Daniel Mackintosh, John Sims and Charles Sims discovered #gold on the estate of the late Richard John Uniacke.
Here's the story of the #MountUniacke Gold District!
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@mmillershubie @NS_Museum

The #MountUniacke #Gold District in #HantsCounty was so promising that between 1866-1867, the number of houses in the area grew from two to over 500 and over 200 residents. In fact, by mid-1866, more land was held under leases and prospecting licences in...
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...the #MountUniacke Gold District than in any other #gold district in #NovaScotia.
By the end of 1867, three stamp mills had been built for processing ore and production increased from 72 ounces of gold in 1866 to 1,622 ounces in 1867.
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Mining Association of Nova Scotia

@MiningNS

#NovaScotia had its first two gold rushes in the second half of the 1800s, in the same era that gold rushes happened in California (1848-1855) and the Yukon (1896-1899). But #NS’ #gold deposits were very different from the ones mined in California and the Yukon.
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Most #NovaScotia #gold is in quartz veins that started forming 400 million years ago as North Africa and North America started colliding. Sub-sea sediments were squished between the tectonic plates, upthrusted and folded as they turned into rock. This allowed fluid...
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...to leach gold from rock deep underground and flow into cracks in rock closer to surface, forming veins of quartz and gold as the fluid eventually cooled and hardened. The #MooseRiver gold mine and other deposits along the eastern shore currently being explored formed this way.

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@MiningNS

Gold in Clayton Park?!
There were reportedly several small-scale gold mines on Geizer Hill starting at the end of the 1800s.
Read this thread for more info!
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@geoffregan @RafahDiCostanzo @SeanFraserMP @LarryHarrisonPC

Geizer Hill, the other side of hwy 102 from #BayersLake, was forested back then. An article in the Feb. 1898 edition of Canadian Mining Reviews even described it as being “about three miles from Halifax,” a reminder of how much #Halifax has grown over the past century.
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According to the article, “a trial run of one ton [of ore] gave six penny weights, eight grains." One penny weight is 1.5 grams so this test of the ore produced about 9 grams of #gold, or a 1/3 of an ounce.
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Gold was discovered at #LakeCatcha, #Halifax County, in 1865 but not much attention was payed to the discovery until 1881.
Check out this thread for the history of the Lake Catcha #gold district!
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@darrellsamson @David_Hendsbee

Most of the mining and development in this district was done by the Oxford #Gold Mining Company which was very active from 1881-1896. By 1882 Oxford had acquired a number of areas north of the lake, erected a 10-stamp mill and become a steady producer.
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Under J. M. Reid, the company’s mine manager, Lake Catcha became one of the most productive #gold districts in Nova Scotia.
Unfortunately, Reid had to quit work in late 1894 due to health issues after running the Oxford mine for 10 years.
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@MiningNS

Mining is part of #NovaScotia’s heritage and many communities benefit from tourism attractions related to historical mining. In fact, this 1889 flyer advertised #gold mines near #Caledonia, #QueensCounty, as tourist attractions to people from Boston!

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It says, “Many tourists will find a profitable and interesting diversion in visiting the various gold mines within easy reach of their boarding places.”
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It describes gold processing as “curious and interesting, and well repays an intelligent sight-seer for a few days of travel and observation.”
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@MiningNS

We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were asked about mining in Gays River:

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#Gold was discovered in Gays River, Colchester County, by George Gay and Berry Corbett on their adjoining farms in June 1862. Unfortunately, the pair initially charged exorbitant prices for accessing their properties which delayed prospecting and mining.
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In 1866, a small crusher was built but was not kept very busy. In 1869, a handful of tunnels and shafts were dug.
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@MiningNS

Gold was discovered in Renfrew, originally known as Nine Mile River, in 1861 by William Thompson who found a boulder that contained #gold on the banks of the brook near his saw mill. Later that year, John McPhee discovered additional quartz veins near Thompson's mill.
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These discoveries led to a swirl of activity by many small companies and prospectors staking claims.
Production began in 1862 but didn't boom until 1863 when #gold recovery more than doubled from 308 ounces in 1862 to 785 ounces in 1863.
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In 1864 mining increased significantly but no crushing of ore was done during the last three months of the year due to a drought, water being essential to the process.
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A rising tide lifts all boats. That’s as true today as it was in the late 1880s when 20 years of #gold #mining in the Whiteburn played a key role in building Northern #QueensCounty.
See this thread for the story.
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Gold was discovered in Whiteburn, six miles southwest of #Caledonia, in 1885. A forest fire reportedly ravaged the area and uncovered the gold. Jim McGuire, supposedly hiding out from the tax collector, found it in the barrens near his home and triggered the Whiteburn #gold rush.

It’s said that he registered the find in his brother’s name and hid his earnings - $5000 in the first year - in the floorboards of his cousin’s house to throw the authorities off his trail.
By 1887 three mines and mills were operating and mining continued until 1905.
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@MiningNS

#NovaScotia has 64 historical #gold districts – areas in which gold exploration and/or #mining took place in the 1800s and 1900s.
Check out this threat to learn more!
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Establishing #gold districts allowed @nsgov to administer NS mineral rights. It also helped avoid the crime, violence and disease that accompanied gold rushes in California (1848) and Australia (1851) by establishing a legal process for staking claims and managing areas.
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Some #NovaScotia #gold districts saw a lot of #mining but many saw very little.
The #Tangier gold district was one of the first established. Gold was discovered there in 1860 and over 600 miners and prospectors arrived in the Tangier area within a year.
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@MiningNS

Misconceptions re modern #gold #mining stem from historical mining practices that were not good enough. We agree mines 100-150 years ago were not properly managed, like most human activities back then. But historical sites have nothing to do with modern mining.
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Most industries have unfortunate legacy issues. Govs have paid to clean up sites like the Sydney tar ponds, Amherst Aerospace and Trenton's Tibbetts Paints. Mining also has legacy issues but they date from another era. We take proper care of the environment today.
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Modern mining is a sophisticated, science-based activity that takes proper care of the environment. Some people have questions about how we manage the environment, so below is information on some of the questions commonly raised.
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@MiningNS

We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were asked about the historical #Torbrook iron mines in #AnnapolisCounty. Here’s our answer:

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@GlavineLeo @KeithIrvingNS
@JohnLohrMLA @mmillershubie @scottbrison @AVRCE_NS @StephenMcNeil

#NovaScotia’s first #iron mines were developed in 1825 at #NictauxFalls, #AnnapolisCounty.

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@JohnLohrMLA @mmillershubie @scottbrison @AVRCE_NS @StephenMcNeil

Also in 1825, the #Annapolis Iron Mining Co. built a blast furnace at #MooseRiver (#Clementsport) to smelt the magnetic ore recovered from three seams in #Clementsvale (the Miller, Potter and Milbury), as well as to accommodate production from the #Nictaux deposits.
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@MiningNS

New #mines are often found next to old mines - historical sites worked with basic tools and little science can today be mined profitably and environmentally-responsibly with heavy equipment and sophisticated science and engineering.
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At the #MooseRiver #gold mine, tailings from a century ago are being remediated by modern #mining. Historic tailings are dug up and placed in a special cell in the mine's #tailings facility to contain them and ensure they don't continue interacting with the environment.
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This wood is century-old cribbing - support for an historic shaft at the #MooseRiver #gold mine. Modern #mines often find neat evidence of historical #mining like old tunnels, tools and wood. Mines today can also fix issues with #subsidence or #tailings at historic mines.
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@MiningNS

This is the anticline at the #MooseRiver #gold mine. It was formed by the collision of #NorthAmerica and #NorthAfrica 325 million years ago. Layers of horizontal sedimentary rock were crumpled into #anticlines (domes) and #synclines (troughs) - a series of rock waves.
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The #Anticline hosts the Touquoy #gold deposit. Its domes trapped melted, gold-containing rock as it rose from deep in #earth's crust. It flowed into fractures in the rock, creating quartz veins with gold. There are also tiny disseminated particles of gold throughout.
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The #MooseRiver #gold mine is the first in a series of proposed gold #mines along the #EasternShore. About 300 people work there and the other mines would create 100s more jobs for #NovaScotians.
#Mining employs 5500 in #NS and is the highest-paying #resource industry.
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@MiningNS

MANS in @Guysboro!
FACTS ABOUT GOLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
#Gold #mining is bringing 100s of millions of $ in investment to #NovaScotia and creating 100s of jobs for #NovaScotians.
Modern mining is a sophisticated science-based activity that takes proper care of the enviro.
#nspoli

@Guysboro #Reclamation - Before getting operating permits, #NovaScotia #mining companies must get government approval of reclamation plans and post reclamation bonds that ensure funds are available to properly take care of sites.
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@Guysboro Water Management: Mine operators are required to treat, strictly monitor and test water, and report to @nsgov. Water is usually recycled on-site. Water released back into a river or lake is usually cleaner after it has been used in a mine or quarry than it was beforehand.
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