Photography of a Clifface Silver Mine
April 22, 2006 by rockwatching
This is the breached entrance to an abandoned silver mine near Cobalt. I had suspected some sort of entrace by the debris lying all around the base of the clifface but it was not until I climbed the precipice that I found this gaping portal in a hidden cleft. There is a shaft behind this but from what I could tell it had been blasted shut. It looked like there was also a lower entry but exploration would have been suicide. The roof was in danger of imminent collapse.
If ever you want to see an amazing place visit the town of Cobalt. It is about an hour’s drive north of Temagami. The town has remnants of all sorts of mining gear strewn about and there is this amazing atmosphere. It is as though you travel back in time when you visit there. I personally found many pieces of raw silver lying on the mine dumps. There is also cobalt and many other rare and exciting mineral specimens in the area.
