Weird Ghost Town Found By Explorers Far in North
Pierre Berton recounts a wartime Pinchi Lake discovery in north British Columbia. Pinchi mercury mine, once the empire and North America's largest producer, sits idle since 1944 amid mystery of market forces and cartel rumors.
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Finlay Forks
INS
Pinchi Lake
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British Empire
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Italy
Spain
Pinchi Lake Prospecting saga ends in quiet ruin
A tale of backers, pilots, and failed claims around Pinchi Lake unfolds from a harsh winter to a secret wartime rush. Ostrem’s 13 stakes lead to wealth for others, while he alone survives with a general store as the area fades into silence and a caretaker tends the winter wood.
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Pinchi Lake
Geological
Andy Ostrem
Ostrem
Charley Elliott
Elliott
Pinchi
Dan Miner
Miner
Bill Martin
Ostrom
Russ Baker
Baker
Jack Blackie
Headless Valley
Lawrence Dickinson
Mercury
Blond Mustached Cowboy Fence Rider Hired
The United States employment service filled a job order in Tucson for a cowboy fence rider with a blond mustache. The rancher-employer believed blond mustaches brought good luck and preferred such workers.
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Ariz
United States Employment Service
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