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.[1]
In the early 2000s 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.
copper, mountain, british, columbia, this, article, about, ghost, town, former, mine, mountain, smilkameen, country, copper, mountain, british, columbia, other, uses, copper, mountain, copper, mountain, important, copper, mining, company, town, similkameen, co. This article is about the ghost town and former mine For the mountain in the Smilkameen Country see Copper Mountain British Columbia For other uses see Copper Mountain 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 1 In the early 2000s 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 edit Copper Mountain map geography ua edu 1934 See also editAllenby British Columbia John Fall AllisonReferences edit N L Barlee 1973 Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns Canada West Publications BCGNIS listing Copper Mountain abandoned locality Copper Mountain Mining Corporation BC Govt MINFILE Record Summary Copper Mountain BCGNIS listing Allenby abandoned locality permanent dead link 49 20 00 N 120 31 32 W 49 33333 N 120 52556 W 49 33333 120 52556 nbsp This British Columbia related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Canadian ghost town related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Copper Mountain British Columbia amp oldid 1130863928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
