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Kongsberg

Boom town, Norway, founded 1624.

About Kongsberg

Municipality in Buskerud, Norway.1

Where next

Mines

Worked atKongsberg silver minesKongsberg silver mines lies about 4 km away.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q108988 (Kongsberg)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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