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TuscaroraBorealis
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06/17/2014 06:52PM  
Jack Lake Mine




Video & photos taken May 2014.







LOCATION: About 50 yards west of Jack Lake landing of portage to Kelly Lake.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AREA: Maiden voyage exploring the Temperance River flowage
 
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Savage Voyageur
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08/09/2022 03:36PM  
My brother and I found this mine too in August 2005. I talked to a ranger and he said it was an old Gold mine more than a hundred years old. I could not stand up in this tunnel, about 5’ tall.
 
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