In 1860 Renfrew, Hants County was a unnamed district of Nine Mile
River a few families thought that they could make a living of
farming and logging...little did they know in the coming years they
would become millionaires. At the Renfrew Gold Rush height over 700
citizens lived and worked in Renfrewand the gold yeilded from the
Quartz would be over $20,000,000 in today's dollars.
On April 29, 1862 Renfrew was proclaimed a Gold District. The
early prospectors worked near the brook, digging surface gold or
cutting deep trenches, often using explosives to blast the shale
and quartz. It was not until 1867 that Alfred Nobel invented
dynamite, which was used later at Renfrew in blasting.
The common method was to find a vien containing gold, frequently
near the surface, then follow it by trenching or by blasting down
as far as possible.
Processing methods in the early years was very wasteful. At
least 30%of the gold was frequently left behind in the tailings.
Often when the gold was brought to the surface, water was splashed
on it and only if gold showed was the rock sent to the crushers.
Theres thousands of ounces of gold still lie hidden in the
hundreads of mounds of minestone scattered thoughtout Renfrew. I
found a loarge chuck of quartz with some gold in it when I was
scouting the area.
To claim the
earthcache you must send me the answers to these 2
Questions:
1.Get a picture with your gpsr infront of the minestone located @
N45.00.207 w063.37.823
2.Do a little research on the web to answer the following
questions :
How much gold was removed from Nova Scotia gold mines in the
past century ?
Identify the device located at the following coordinates N 45°
00.113 W 063° 37.730, and determine what it was used for.
You do not
need to wait for confirmiation from me before posting online.
However, any logs that do not fulfill ALL requirements will be
deleted.