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In 1885 a gold-bearing boulder was discovered in #Blockhouse, #Lunenburg County, but it wasn’t until 1896 that a significant #gold deposit was found. The Blockhouse #Mining Company sank two shafts but the mine closed down not long after.
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In 1898 a new owner, T. Foster, took over. The mine had produced 3259 ounces of #gold (worth $5 million at today's prices) by 1902 when it shut down again. It was mined again briefly from 1935-38.
Today the #Blockhouse gold mine is a forest.
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Today the #Blockhouse gold mine is a forest.
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Blockhouse is named after forts the British built throughout #NovaScotia and across #Canada. Forts were built in the #Blockhouse/#MahoneBay/#LahaveRiver area after a 1756 raid on #Lunenburg. The blockhouse in #Windsor, #NS, is the oldest in Canada that's still standing.
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We love TV show #TheCurseOfOakIsland which is about one of #NovaScotia's greatest mysteries! Here is a #geological take on the treasure hunt that highlights the searchers' challenge in figuring out what really happened on #OakIsland.
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Like many islands in #MahoneBay, #NovaScotia, #OakIsland is a #drumlin - rock, sand, gravel and clay deposited by glaciers as the last ice age ended
about 12,000 years ago. Actually, the island is 4 connected drumlins.
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about 12,000 years ago. Actually, the island is 4 connected drumlins.
#nspoli #NS
@CurseOfOak
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Because #OakIsland is #drumlins, it may have layers of #gravel below sea
level which could explain the flood tunnel mystery. Searcher shafts might
just be intersecting sea water naturally flowing underground through porous gravel.
#nspoli #NS
@CurseOfOak
@HISTORY #NovaScotia
level which could explain the flood tunnel mystery. Searcher shafts might
just be intersecting sea water naturally flowing underground through porous gravel.
#nspoli #NS
@CurseOfOak
@HISTORY #NovaScotia
