The Ruth Mine was a small
gold producer about east of
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It operated briefly during 1942 and resumed operations in 1959, extracting to date 550
troy ounces (17 kg) of
gold.
As of 2012, the old
mine
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was significant as one of the last intact
abandoned mining properties from the 1940s in the
Northwest Territories
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. The site was scheduled to be restored by the
federal government
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.
[Silke, Ryan. 2009. "The Operational History of Mines in the Northwest Territories, Canada." Self Published, November 2009] However, a
wildfire in July 2014 burned its remaining buildings to the ground.
References
Gold mines in the Northwest Territories
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