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This tower is located in the St. Mary Valley in the East Kootenay region of south east British Columbia. Likely used by the local ranchers/farmers. Kimberley (the Bavarian City of the Canadian Rockies) is the nearest community.
Kimberley - British Columbia
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Kimberley’s story begins in 1891 with the discovery of Galena at the North Star Mine – now the location of the popular Kimberley Alpine Resort.
A year later, four prospectors were drawn to the area to ultimately discover one of the greatest lead-zinc mines in the world.
A small settlement called Mark Creek Crossing rose on the heels of the Sullivan Mine’s growth. In 1896 the settlement’s name was changed to Kimberley in expectation that the Sullivan Mine’s lead, silver and zinc deposits would be as rich as the diamond mines of Kimberley, South Africa.
Large-scale production of the ore started in 1923, following the takeover of the mine in 1910 by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company Ltd. (Cominco). Cominco went on to construct a Concentrator at Chapman Camp in 1922 and a Fertilizer Plant in 1951.
City of Kimberley

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