“ Although Hollywood has
depicted the wild west as a place of cowboys, in reality the west was busted
open by miners and prospectors. Cobalt brought the wild-west to settle in
Ontario. Until then, investors in Ontario had paid little attention to
prospecting booms. Cobalt changed all that. Almost overnight, it exploded into
the world stage with bravado and a devil-may-care exuberance.”
-Charlie Angus: A place like no other
Scores
of mines were opened up, and at one time Cobalt boasted a population of over
20,000. Like all booms there will always be a downside. The high grade silver
veins ran out, the price of the metal dropped, and one by one the 50 mines that
made up the Cobalt Mining Camp, closed.
In
1985 The Heritage Silver Trail was developed
the Cobalt Heritage Silver Trail, a self guided tour of 15 of some of the
larger, more interesting sites.. Featured here are a few of these, designed as
an incentive for you to visit Cobalt, actually feel it’s deep history, and
return to a time, when fortunes were made by a lucky “swing of the
prospector’s hammer”
Cobalt
invites you to:
