Goldstream Provincial Park Mine - Langford, BC
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The A-Team
N 48° 28.601 W 123° 33.076
10U E 459258 N 5369430
Located on the Gold Mine Trail on the west side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Goldstream Provincial Park in Langford, BC.
Waymark Code: WMJ3YM
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/19/2013
Views: 12
A plaque outside the entrance says the following:
This tunnel (adit) and nearby shaft are probably evidence of a minor gold rush in the Goldstream area during 1863 (approx. 300 miners). Gold was seventeen dollars and eighty five cents per ounce.
In 1864 a larger gold rush took place at the junction of the Sooke and Leech Rivers, twelve km (7.5 miles) west. Some 1200+ miners recovered a considerable amount of gold by placer mining.
A small amount of copper ore was mined near Goldstream Park between 1898 and 1901.
The early crown colony of Vancouver Island and the newer colony of British Columbia were united on November 17, 1866 and joined the confederation of Canada on July 20, 1871.
There's a sign outside the entrance stating that visitors shouldn't enter the mine, but I went inside and it seems very stable. The adit is about 10 metres (~30 feet) long and 5-6 feet tall. There's a drill hole in the middle of the wall at the back of the adit.