The Burwash Mine was a small gold property discovered in the fall of 1934 by Johnny Baker and Hugh Muir at Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories. The town of Yellowknife did not exist yet at that point, but the discovery of gold at Burwash was the catalyst that brought more gold prospectors into the region in 1935 and 1936. A short shaft was sunk in 1935–1936 at Burwash, and in the summer of 1935 a 16-ton bulk sample of ore was shipped to Trail, British Columbia for processing, yielding 200 troy ounces (6.2 kg) of gold. The mine did not become a substantial producer and it is believed the gold vein was mined out.[1][2]
The Burwash Mine has some historical significance in that the original ore sample kept "gold fever" alive in the area and helped in the establishment of Yellowknife as a viable northern community.
^History of Exploration and Development Archived January 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^Silke, Ryan. 2009. "The Operational History of Mines in the Northwest Territories, Canada" Self Published, November 2009.
The BurwashMine was a small gold property discovered in the fall of 1934 by Johnny Baker and Hugh Muir at Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories. The...
found on the east side of Yellowknife Bay in 1934 and the short-lived BurwashMine was developed. When government geologists uncovered gold in more favourable...
coordinates) This list of gold mines in Canada is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country. For practical...
This is a list of mines in the Northwest Territories and includes both operating and closed mines. Mines that are in operation are in italics. The list...
east side of Yellowknife Bay in 1934 at what becomes the BurwashMine. 1935–36 – The BurwashMine is developed—the regions first underground gold project...
Kipling bought Bateman's, a house built in 1634 and located in rural Burwash. Bateman's was Kipling's home from 1902 until his death in 1936. The house...
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periodical publication, and some others that only appeared in the Sussex and Burwash editions. Independence. Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, October...
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reached as far north as Britt; a separate segment connected the town of Burwash with Sudbury. However, the rationing of labour and materials due to the...
Gross" (Child 35) 3213. "Old Pike" 3214. "Life's Like a Ship" 3215. "The Burwash Carol" 3216. "The Ditchling Carol" 3217. "The West Wycombe Band" 3218....
railway ceased operation in the 1980s with the first closure of the Faro mine. It is now run during the summer months for the tourism season, with operations...
the Town of Horsham, and also the Road from Swingate, in the Parish of Burwash, to Shover Green, in the Parish of Ticehurst, all in the County of Sussex...
Raymond Briggs. He travels on to the seaside town of Bexhill and then to Burwash to visit nearby Bateman's, home to The Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling...
started. The earliest recorded mention is by a Department of Mines surveyor, E.M. Burwash, who reported seeing gold-bearing quartz as he travelled through...
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