Keno City Mining Museum

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Established c.1979 Address Keno City, Yukon, Canada Founded 1979		Type Mining Phone +1 867-995-3103

Location Keno City Mining Museum Collections Artifacts and photographs Visitors Approximately 2,000 (1991) Hours Closed now Saturday10AM–6PMSunday10AM–6PMMonday10AM–6PMTuesday10AM–6PMWednesday10AM–6PMThursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PM Similar Kluane Museum of Natural H, George Johnston Museum, SS Keno, Old Log Church Museum, Copperbelt Railway & Mining M

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.

The museum occupies Jackson Hall, the city's former community centre built in 1922. 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.

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

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:

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

Keno City Mining Museum Wikipedia

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