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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Ontario County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [ 1 ]
In 1868 gold was discovered in Deloro, meaning "Valley of Gold". The Canadian Consolidated Gold Mining Company (a British company) began mining in 1873. This eventually failed since the recover of the gold was so poor. In 1896 Canadian Gold Fields Company bought Deloro and built the first mill where they used a new cyanide process to extract ...
Ironville Historic District is a national historic district located at Ironville in Essex County, New York.The district contains 12 contributing buildings. It encompasses the area associated with a once thriving iron works.
Gold pans and shovels are commonly allowed, but sluice boxes and suction dredges may be prohibited in some areas. [12] [13] There are public mining areas in many states, and prospecting may allow one to stake a gold placer claim or other type of mining claim in certain areas. Some public lands have been set aside for recreational gold panning.
On August 15, 1866, Ontario Divisional Court clerk employee and part-time prospector Marcus Herbert Powell discovered gold while prospecting for copper [1] on an Ontario farm near Madoc owned by John Richardson's. [2] [3] Powell initially leased 19 acres the farm in exchange for 50% of what gold could be extracted. [4]
"Panning out" ~ Stereoscopic view of print taken by the U.S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories ~ circa 1874–1879 Gold panning is a simple process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposits are scooped into a pan, where they are then wetted and loosed from attached soils by soaking, fingering, and aggressive agitation in water.
Glen Tonche is an estate atop Mount Tonche, in Ulster County, near Shokan, New York. The estate's house was built in 1928 as the summer family compound of American businessman Raymond Pitcairn, whose family founded PPG Industries. Since 1999 the property has been the location of Allaire Studios, a recording facility.
Chesterfield Larder Lake Gold Mining Company 1939-1950 Copperfields Mine: Temagami: 1954-1972 Secondary products included cobalt, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum and silver. David Bell Mine: Hemlo: closed 2013