lode mine

Esp. B.C. and Northwest

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a hardrock mine, as opposed to a placer mine.

Quotations

1958

Perhaps the lode mine most interesting to Quesnel people has been in the Hixon Hills.

1963

[Caption] Most northerly lode mine in the western hemisphere. A view of the surface plant of Tundra Gold Mine Ltd. at Mathews Lake, N.W.T.