Hedley in Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)

Gold in Nickel Plate

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1. Gold in Nickel Plate Marker

Marker is shown at a previous location. It now is mounted on an outside wall of the Hedley Museum & Tourist Booth entrance.

Inscription. From the heart of this mountain, men took $47,000,000 in gold. It started in 1904 when Hedley boomed with the opening of the mill in town and the Nickel Plate Mine on the mountain-top. The nearby Hedley Mascot Mine, on a claim of less than an acre, mined a fortune. Finally, in 1955 the great orebody of gold, silver and copper was exhausted.

Erected by British Columbia Department of Recreation and Conservation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.

Location. 49° 21.383′ N, 120° 4.674′ W. Marker is in Hedley, British Columbia, in Okanagan-Similkameen. It is on Daly Avenue north of Haynes Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is affixed to the wall at the Hedley Museum & Tourist Booth entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 712 Daly Ave, Hedley BC V0X 1K0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the BC Interior

and in Thompson-Okanagan.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: An American Railroad (approx. 21.2 kilometers away).

Also see . . . Hedley Mascot Mine. Wikipedia entry on the mine, whose founder took the unusual step of staking a vertical claim. (Submitted on December 12, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

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Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 29 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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