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And Just Like THAT .... The Town Was GONE!

#pinepoint #northwestterritories #nwt This video is about the once bustling mining town of Pine Point Northwest Territories Canada. This mine had a town of around 2000 people and was one of the largest lead zinc mines in North America at the time. The mines closed down in the late 1980's and the town was then abandoned and reclaimed. Nothing remains of the town other than a cemetery and a few streets. Prospectors heading along the Great Slave Mackenzie route to the Klondike in 1898 met a party of Dene, who had musket balls and fishing weights made from local metal. A staking rush developed in the winter of 1898 based on the belief that the mineralization carried high values of gold and silver. It was in the dead of night that dog teams carrying gold seekers left Fort Resolution NWT. They were tracked by many others including missionaries and traders and soon the area was staked far and wide, for the good of the Church and for private gain. But there was disappointment the following summer after the receipt of the first accurate assays revealed the deposits were lead and zinc and had no precious metal values. Although many claims were staked that year, but it would be 67 years before the mine became a reality. Pine Point was one of Canada's most profitable lead-zinc mines ever. Production started in 1964 by Pine Point Mines Ltd. (controlled and operated by Cominco). Pine Point was an open-pit operation extracting ore from at least thirty-six separate pits. The processing plant produced separate lead concentrate (assaying about 75 percent lead) and zinc concentrate (about 57 percent zinc). The concentrates were shipped on rail to the Cominco smelter at Trail BC, Japan and the United States. Thank you for watching! If you enjoy videos like this, why not consider becoming a subscriber. You can read about this gold rush at: http://lostmines.net/pinepoint.html See many more old lost mine stories at: http://lostmines.net/index.html Check Out These Camouflage Phone Cases at: https://camorebel.com See Old Lost Mines on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/lilbowster/o... #abandonedmines #ghosttowns #goldprospecting #goldmines #goldpanning #goldrush #mininghistory #goldminers #lostmines #buriedtreasure #goldmining #miningtown #goldprospectors #goldmine #silvermines #silvermining #silverminers