Cobalt Mining Museum Archives - The Temiskaming Speaker

Cobalt mining and military museums working together

speakeradmin — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:50:34 +0000

è��AV Speaker Reporter COBALT - The Cobalt Mining Museum has a new board chair in Brit Griffin.Griffin, along with other representatives of the mining museum, as well as representatives of the Bunker Military Museum, also located in Cobalt, was present at the town council’s Tuesday, February 21,

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Old-time explosives found among artifacts

speakeradmin — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:03:50 +0000

COBALT (Staff) -- The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the Cobalt Mining Museum on Sunday, July 3, after interim curator William Hamilton discovered artifacts on display that were used as explosives during the early era of mining in the Cobalt Mining Camp.“The board of directors determined

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Good times

speakeradmin — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 15:44:49 +0000

The board of the Cobalt Mining Museum presented a clock to retiring curator Anne Fraboni on Saturday, May 14 during an open house to honour her many years of dedication. Pictured here making the presentation is board chair Reg Holdsworth. (Staff photo by è��AV)

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Long-time curator retiring from Cobalt Mining Museum

speakeradmin — Wed, 11 May 2016 17:22:43 +0000

è��AV Speaker Reporter COBALT -- Anne Fraboni will be retiring from the Cobalt Mining Museum after 26 years of service as the museum’s curator.Ms. Fraboni said she began working at the museum after her son went away to school and “I needed something to do.”The Cobalt

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Lavigne inducted into Hall of Fame

speakeradmin — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:35:51 +0000

COBALT (Staff) – Mervyn Lavigne of Haileybury was recently inducted into the Cobalt Mining Museum’s Founders and Mining Partners Hall of Fame.Mr. Lavigne was honoured for his work in preserving the museum and the Cobalt mining camp, said museum manager Ann Fraboni.Born in Ottawa on June 9,

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On a roll in Cobalt

speakeradmin — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:51:37 +0000

è��AV Speaker Reporter COBALT -- It’s always easy to escape into the past in Cobalt. A tour of the Colonial Mine Adit will take visitors deep into the past of damp rock walls, and dimly lit passages where miners searched for silver.Visitors

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