• Source: Copper Mountain, British Columbia

      • Copper Mountain was an important copper-mining company town in the Similkameen Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, just south of the town of Princeton.
      In 1884 copper ore was discovered by a trapper named James Jameson while out hunting deer. This discovery of copper led to a rush of miners to the area which gave rise to the town of Copper Mountain. The first camps located in the area was "Volacanic" Brown's Camp and E. Voight's Camp. These two camps merged to create the Granby Company's Copper Mountain operation. Copper Mountain mining operation lasted over half a century. The Copper Mountain mining operation was officially closed in 1958. The town of Copper Mountain was abandoned shortly after.
      In 2011 mining was restarted by the Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, with open pit mining occurring in both the Copper Mountain pit and the nearby Ingerbelle pit, with projected reserves for a further 21 years of mining.


      Map


      "Copper Mountain map". geography.ua.edu. 1934.


      See also


      Allenby, British Columbia
      John Fall Allison


      References



      BCGNIS listing "Copper Mountain (abandoned locality)"
      Copper Mountain Mining Corporation
      BC Govt MINFILE Record Summary "Copper Mountain"
      BCGNIS listing "Allenby (abandoned locality)"

    • Source: Copper Mountain (British Columbia)

      • This page is about the mountain in the Boundary Country near Greenwood, British Columbia. For the ghost town and former mine near Princeton see Copper Mountain, British Columbia

      Copper Mountain is a mountain in British Columbia, north of Greenwood and north-west of Grand Forks.


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