Blakeburn is an abandoned locality in the Similkameen region of south central British Columbia, Canada.[1] The former coal mining community is by road about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Coalmont.
In 1920, the aerial tramway at Boundary Falls was dismantled and transported to Coalmont,[2] where a 4-kilometre (13,110 ft) tramway was installed for connecting the mine site with the Coalmont tipple for shipping by rail.[3][4] By 1922, the mine site was called Blakeburn[5] after the principals. The largest shareholders in Coalmont Collieries were William John "Blake" Wilson and his employer Patrick Burns at P. Burns & Co., meat packers.[6]
When the colliery closed in 1940,[7] the aerial tramway and other equipment were dismantled and sold.[8]
See also
Further reading
- Blake, Don (1984). Blakeburn From Dust to Dust. self-published.
Footnotes
- ^ "Blakeburn (abandoned locality)". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Ledge (Greenwood)". library.ubc.ca. 3 Jun 1920. p. 1.
- ^ Goodfellow 1958, p. 79 (73).
- ^ "Princeton Star". library.ubc.ca. 22 Oct 1920. p. 3.
- ^ "Daily News (Nelson)". library.ubc.ca. 26 Jul 1922. p. 6.
- ^ Goodfellow 1958, p. 81 (75).
- ^ Goodfellow 1958, p. 80 (74).
- ^ Minister of Mines annual report, 1940. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 126 (A125).
References
- Goodfellow, John C. (1958). "The story of Similkameen". library.ubc.ca.