Vancouver company digs deep to revive historic Ouray silver mine

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Vancouver company digs deep to revive historic Ouray silver mine

Aurcana Silver Corp. prepared for the venture by studying a long list of failed North American mines
Ouray Silver Mines Inc. hopes to reopen the historic Revenue-Virginius Mine by spring, which lays claim to one of the richest lodes of silver in the world. The mine is expected to provide dozens of jobs as it provides silver for use in photovoltaic batteries for solar power systems, parts for wind-power turbines, and as a germicide in hospitals.
Miners pose near burro drawn mine ore cars and piled logs at the tailings dump of the Revenue Mine near Ouray in August 1896.
To prepare to reopen the Revenue-Virginius Mine in the San Juan mountains, Ouray Silver Mines Inc. did test drilling in Governor Basin.
A worker from Ouray Silver Mines Inc. surveys progress toward lining a tailings pond at the Revenue-Virginius Mine. As the company works to minimize the impact of its contemporary mining activity, it also is cleaning up pollution left 150 years ago.

Vancouver company digs deep to revive historic Ouray silver mine

Ouray Silver Mines Inc. hopes to reopen the historic Revenue-Virginius Mine by spring, which lays claim to one of the richest lodes of silver in the world. The mine is expected to provide dozens of jobs as it provides silver for use in photovoltaic batteries for solar power systems, parts for wind-power turbines, and as a germicide in hospitals.
Miners pose near burro drawn mine ore cars and piled logs at the tailings dump of the Revenue Mine near Ouray in August 1896.
To prepare to reopen the Revenue-Virginius Mine in the San Juan mountains, Ouray Silver Mines Inc. did test drilling in Governor Basin.
A worker from Ouray Silver Mines Inc. surveys progress toward lining a tailings pond at the Revenue-Virginius Mine. As the company works to minimize the impact of its contemporary mining activity, it also is cleaning up pollution left 150 years ago.
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