Keno City Mining Museum

Keno City Mining Museum is a history museum located in Keno City, Yukon, Canada. It was established around 1979 and has artifacts related to the area's gold and silver mining.[1][2]

Keno City Mining Museum
Establishedc.1979
LocationKeno City Mining Museum
Coordinates63.9096°N 135.3028°W / 63.9096; -135.3028
TypeMining
CollectionsArtifacts and photographs
VisitorsApproximately 2,000 (1991)

The museum occupies Jackson Hall, the city's former community centre built in 1922.[3][4] It was established in 1979 with the assistance of Terry J. Levicki, a geologist who worked for United Keno Hill Mines Ltd., a company in Elsa.[1]

The museum is open to visitors from June to September.[1] Around 1991, the museum received roughly 500 visitors each month during its annual four months of operation.[3]

Artifacts

The museum displays objects such as equipment, and memorabilia. It has a large collection of photographs on the second floor and a garage across the street that stores bigger items. Some of the artifacts are as follows:[3]

  • Listerine bottle circa 1900
  • Rocking wooden washer
  • Tins of Lucky Strike Cola
  • The original telephone exchange that was used to send and receive all calls at the time
  • Handmade axes
  • Large saws that were needed to create ice blocks
  • Safety helmets
  • Drill bits
  • A bucket that was hand-cranked to bring ore to the surface from underground locations
  • An addressograph for producing employee pay checks that is said to have been used up until about 1981.
  • The upstairs houses a myriad of old photos.

References

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