Cobalt Silver Mining Town

Cobalt, Ontario has been designated Ontarios Most Historic Community for the key role it played in opening the north to settlement and launching Canadas massive mining industry. The discovery of massive silver deposits in 1903 launched a world wide silver rush.
In many ways, Cobalt was the last of the wild west mining boom rush towns and the first of the modern mining communities of the 20th century.
This footage was taken by amateur film maker Anthony Giachino in the years following the silver boom (1920s 30s). Mr. Giachino was a grocer and he ran his grocery store in an old mining headframe (Coniagas No. 4). He stored the meat in the shaft which acted as a natural refrigerator.
The Coniagas Headframe/grocery store features at the beginning of the footage.

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[juantrippe82]

I've been to cobalt. Interesting film, looks like more was going on back then.

[VickyBorean]

I reconize some parts of the streets.

[TreasuresTresors]

Hi dooleywindsor, great historic video footage! You should consider submitting this, and any other relevant videos, to the Canada’s Got Treasures collection by joining our YouTube group (/group/TresorTreasure). It would be made available on our channel and website. Help celebrate Canadian diversity!

Hamish,

Canada's Got Treasures, a VMC initiative

[776cookie]

im from cobalt and its a nice town but its getting bad like the people there last time i was there a girl cut her wrists with a beer bottle and cracked her head open but dont get me wrong there is alought of good people there but i just wish it had more stores and i wish the was nicer i looks like shit

[sachamartel16]

p.s. i know who you are ROGER!

p.s.s. Sherry says Pay Up!

[sachamartel16]

FOR CANOOK NINJA ! you wanna talk about cobalt ? how women are on welfare? I wonder why there on welfare .. because theres so many MEN out there that are making babies and NOT paying uppp! Its a little something called Childs Support. You could sell a house here, you just cant have a bad reputation UNLIKE YOU ROGER! Your nothing but a sperm doner. I know lots like you - and not very fond of people like you.. if only i could tell you the things i do to low lifes like you !

[MrOhcanada]

cobalt and haileybury once had an NHL team. Art Ross played on it. it aint no shit hole explore and youll think different, Josh Jodouin

[randy7051]

Cobalt is not what it once was, true, but there are many happily successful and content people who live there, buying a nice home at a really good price - people who work in neighbouring areas.

[CanookNinja]

For anyone not familiar with this little town, it's just a shit hole now, Couldn't sell a house here if your life depended on it. 90% of women are on welfare just waiting for sugar daddies to come and impregnate them so they can live off of child support : CASH FOR LIFE.

[jerolife]

Hi chuck, great video. Jeremy smith