| Town of Cobalt | |
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| Nickname: Silver City | |
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| Country | Canada  |
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| Province | Ontario  |
| District | Timiskaming District |
| Established | |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | André Bélanger |
| - Governing Body | Cobalt Town Council |
| - MPs | Anthony Rota (LPC) |
| - MPPs | David Ramsay (OLP) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| - Total | 1,229 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code | P0J 1C0 |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
| Website: Town of Cobalt | |
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In 2001 Cobalt was named "Ontario's Most Historic Town" by a panel of judges on the TV Ontario program Studio 2, and in 2002 the area was designated a National Historic Site. TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language Studio 2 was a daily (weeknights current affairs Newsmagazine on TVOntario in Ontario, Canada. A national historic site is a designation that an area possesses national historical significance
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History
Silver was discovered in the area in the summer of 1903, during the construction of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway from North Bay to the communities of Haileybury and New Liskeard, north of Cobalt. Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen North Bay ( time zone EST) is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada (2006 population 53966 Temiskaming Shores is a City in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Temiskaming Shores is a City in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Within a few years the area was one of the largest silver producing areas in the world. Speculation over mining stocks led to riots on Wall Street in New York City. Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The City of New York In 1911 silver production exceeded 30,000,000 ounces (937. 5 tons). Mining continued until the 1930s, then slowed to a trickle. Activity renewed in the 1950s then slowly dropped off, and there are no longer any operating mines in the area. However, one mill still operates in the area, and there continues to be exploration, including exploration for diamonds. In Mineralogy, diamond is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in
The silver mines of Cobalt, and the prospectors and miners that discovered them and worked the mines, have left an indelible mark on Canadian history, and the town is known as the birthplace of hard rock mining in Canada. Underground hard rock Mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals such as those containing metals like Gold, The ore in Cobalt was close to surface, which meant that men with limited experience could prospect and begin mining, and then hone their skills as the mines went deeper. An ore is a volume of rock containing components or Minerals in a mode of occurrence that renders it valuable for mining Those who learned their trade in Cobalt moved north, discovering gold in Kirkland Lake and Timmins and further afield in Canada and around the world. Kirkland Lake is a town and municipality located in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
The Cobalt Silver Kings played in the inaugural 1910 NHA season. The Cobalt Silver Kings are a defunct Ice hockey club which played in Cobalt Ontario, Canada from 1906 to 1911 notably during the 1910 NHA season The 1910 NHA season was the first season of the National Hockey Association men's Ice hockey league
Cobalt, Haileybury, and New Liskeard were formerly known as the Tri-Towns. When Haileybury and New Liskeard were amalgamated into the city of Temiskaming Shores in 2004, Cobalt decided to remain a separate town. Temiskaming Shores is a City in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. However, the two municipalities continue to have a close relationship, including the operation of a shared public transit system.
Also noteworthy is that in 2001 the town voted overwhelmingly to stop adding fluoride to the drinking water. Fluoride is the reduced form of Fluorine. Both organic and Inorganic compounds containing the element fluorine are considered fluorides
Environmental issues
The mining activities in Cobalt have left a significant environmental legacy. Millions of tons of mine waste rock and mill tailings were dumped on the land and in local lakes. Tailings (also known as slimes, gangue, tailings pile, tails, leach residue, or slickens) are the materials left over In Cobalt ores, silver was associated with arsenic minerals. Arsenic (ˈɑrsənɪk is a Chemical element that has the symbol As and Atomic number of 33 A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific Little of this arsenic was ever recovered - most of it ended up in the tailings and waste rock. Today this arsenic contaminates surface water in the area and poses risks to the environment.
The Cobalt area is also laced with many miles of underground mine workings, as well as surface trenches, pits and shaft openings. As a result, there are risks of collapse, or subsidence of underground mine workings, and many areas that have been fenced off to prevent entry. In Geology, Engineering, and Surveying, subsidence is the motion of a surface (usually the Earth's surface as it shifts downward relative to
Tourism and attractions
Visitors to Cobalt can visit the Cobalt Mining Museum, which boasts the world’s largest display of silver, as well as "The Bunker" which is a military museum, and a firefighter's museum. The Heritage Silver Trail is a self-guided driving tour of several mine and mill sites in the area. The trail is well marked, guiding visitors around the backroads of Cobalt. At each site, signs are posted, identifying the site, and providing a brief description of the site. The trail guides visitors to many of the remaining mine headframes in the Cobalt area, some of which are quite picturesque, and stand as an important reminder of Cobalt's past. The Gallows Frame or Headframe is the structural frame usually made of steel or timber at the top of an underground mine shaft.
Visitors can also take a tour of an old underground mine. Tours start at the Mining Museum, and are guided by museum staff. The narrow damp tunnels of the mine give a real appreciation for the conditions under which miners worked, and tour guides sprinkle the tour with many stories to help bring the past to life.
On February 14, 2008, plans were announced to convert the vacant Fraser Hotel building into a complex which will include The Bunker museum, housing units, tourist accommodations, and a proposed culinary school. [1]
References
External links
- Town of Cobalt
- Cobalt Classic Theatre
- Historic Cobalt
- SilverQueen.ca
- Cobalt2006.ca celebrating 100 years since the town of Cobalt was incorporated.
- NormC.ca The Home page of the Northern Ontario Rock and Mineral Club ( NormC )
- Cobaltmininglegacy.ca
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