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by Joan Bellinger

A short way up Highway
99 North, on the way to
Squamish, you will find a
most intriguing attraction—
the British Columbia Mus-
eum of Mining. This mus-
eum does not -just offer a
chance to look at a case of
rocks and miners’ picks; it is

a truly living museum where *“™

you don your hard hat and a
raincape, travelling under-
ground into the murky
depths of the old copper
mine, Anaconda.

Plans for the museum
started soon after the mines

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at Britannia were closed
because of a shortage of ore
and low world prices for
copper. Barney Greenlee, a

former mine manager, is
credited with the inspiration
to open a mine museum.

Now, after various gov-
ernment grants and a great
deal of work from many

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Museum of Mining is a
reality. A nonprofit society,
the Mining Museum Society
(formerly the Britannia
Beach Historical Society) was.
incorporated in 1972 and is
supported by government,
industry and the public.

On Highway 99 North,

about 29 miles from Horse- |

shoe Bay,.there is a large
parking lot and the word
‘Museum’—within sight of
the old mining buildings of

Britannia. A bright yellow

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