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Yellowknife

Boom town, Canada, founded 1936.

About Yellowknife

Capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories, Canada.1

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Mines

Worked atGiant MineGiant Mine lies about 7 km away.1

Events

Led toGiant Mine strike explosionYellowknife is part of this story: Giant Mine strike explosion.1Led toGiant Mine passes to the federal governmentYellowknife is part of this story: Giant Mine passes to the federal government.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q2061 (Yellowknife)

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: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Underground mining equipment by Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Gold prospectors constructing a long box with a filter for panning gold. Process print after H.M. Paget, 1899., Henry Marriott Paget (Public Domain Mark 1.0).