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Sand River and Leitch Mines

Abandoned Mine, Foundations in Greenstone, Ontario

May 30 2024

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The abandoned sand river and Leitch gold mines outside of Beardmore ON. Some foundations remain, and the old shafts have been capped.

A large concrete pad
This would be a cap over the old mineshaft
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Looking down from the entrance where the shaft would have been, to a foundation
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A view of the edge of the waste pile and the forest beyond
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The lower foundation. Possibly a mill.
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Discarded drums at the edge of a rock pile
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Metal debris
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A tower of some kind just south of the old shaft, appears to be active
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The Leitch mine shaft cap

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