Cobalt in Timiskaming District, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Glory Hole
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Le Glory Hole

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The Glory Hole Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

1. The Glory Hole Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

[English] The Glory Hole was an open pit operation that dropped over 250 feet below where you are standing. The thick wire cables you see used to form a spider web pattern across the opening to support a tin roof that kept the miners below dry. The exposed entrances that are still visible above the darkness of the water are said to run miles out into the forest. Back when the Glory hole was in operation, "high graders" would make their own private excavations here to get their hands on some rich silver ore using nothing but dynamite and their bare hands.

[Français] Le Glory Hole était une mine à ciel ouvert qui atteignait une profondeur de 250 pieds exactement à l'endroit où vous êtes. Les gros câbles métalliques encore visibles aujourd'hui et étalés en toile d'araignée au-dessus du puit supportaient le toit de tôle qui gardait les mineurs au sec. Les entrées que l'on distingue au-dessus de eaux sombres sont censées courir des milles et des milles sous la forêt. À l'époque de son exploitation, les "détrousseurs de filons" (high graders) faisaient à mains nues et à la dynamite leurs propres excavations privées dans le Glory Hole pour avoir leur part des riches gisements d'argent.

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 47° 23.566′ N, 79° 41.434′ W. Marker is in Cobalt, Ontario, in Timiskaming District. It can be reached from the intersection of Miller Avenue (Provincial Highway 11B) and Galena Street, on the right when traveling west. The marker and subject mine ruins are located at the north end of a 75-meter-long trail which begins from Miller Avenue near Galena Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cobalt ON P0J 1C0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northeastern Ontario

and specifically in Northern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Townsite #1 Shaft / Le puits n°1 de la mine Townsite

The Glory Hole / Le Glory Hole Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

2. The Glory Hole / Le Glory Hole Marker

The marker is mounted on the security fence overlooking the mine ruins.

(within shouting distance of this marker); The Nancy Helen Mine / La mine Nancy Helen (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Cobalt Public School (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Cobalt Street & Grandview Hill / La rue Cobalt et la côte Grandview (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Cobalt Town Hall / L'hôtel-de-ville de Cobalt (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Cobalt Mining Camp (approx. half a kilometer away); Silver Mining in Canada / Production de L'argent au Canada (approx. half a kilometer away); The Hilltop — Le Hilltop (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cobalt.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Heritage Silver Trail

Also see . . . The Glory Hole (Cobalt Historical Society). Excerpt:

(includes contemporary and historical photos) The ‘Glory Hole’ is an open pit connected to underground workings. Ore was mined from the sides of the pit and passed downward to a level below where it was loaded into cars and trammed to the nearby Townsite shaft for hoisting to the surface. Along the walls of the Glory Hole one gets a
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

3. The Glory Hole (Looking down from near marker)
rare glimpse of a cross-section of mine workings.

(Submitted on April 25, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

The Glory Hole (<i>Looking down from near marker</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

4. The Glory Hole (Looking down from near marker)

Marker detail: Miners at the Townsite Mine image. Click for full size.

Cobalt Historical Society

5. Marker detail: Miners at the Townsite Mine

Marker detail: Inside the Mine image. Click for full size.

Cobalt Historical Society]

6. Marker detail: Inside the Mine

Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 963 times since then and 122 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 25, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The Glory Hole⎯⎯⎯Le Glory Hole

— Heritage Silver Trail —

The Glory Hole
⎯⎯⎯
Le Glory Hole