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Greater Sudbury

Smelter town, Canada, founded 1893.

About Greater Sudbury

City and unitary authority in Ontario, Canada.1

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Mines

Worked atCopper Cliff Mine (Sudbury)Copper Cliff Mine (Sudbury) lies about 5 km away.1Worked atCreightonCreighton lies about 14 km away.1Worked atSudbury Integrated Nickel Operations - FraserSudbury Integrated Nickel Operations - Fraser lies about 32 km away.1

Events

Led toCopper-bearing rock found during Canadian Pacific Railway works at SudburyRead the 1883 story that unfolded at Greater Sudbury.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q383434 (Greater Sudbury)

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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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Haul trucks by Lechhabmed, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 15 Crew, NASA JSC (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Elektrisk malmletning. Undersökningar på Billiton, 1920., Okänd / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).