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Well into the 1900s, the hills around Sandon were actively mined by mines such as the Silversmith, the Slocan Star and The Payne. Smaller communities, such as Cody and Three Forks appeared on the map, continuing to provide opportunity to the miners. Like the other silver towns of the era, Sandon faded with the silver prices, and in 1951, a massive flood of Carpenter Creek swept away most of the town. Today, all that is left of the once-great Sandon are a few buildings and a handful of residents. Both railways that served the town have been dismantled and turned into hiking trails, leaving only traces of a rich mining history.

Photos - Frame left: Old Mine buildings at the edge of the hill behind Sandon town site.

Frames right and center: Part of a gathering of old mining artifacts: Ore cars with hinged buckets for emptying their rocky contents.

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Photos - More mining artifacts on the hill beside Sandon: An old blower (frame left), A ball Mill for crushing rock into a powder so it may be leached by chemicals and extracted via electrolysis (center frame), a piece of equipment made by Ingersoll & Rand (size-JB3) manufactured in New York - Serial # 4508 (frame right).

Photos - Pump parts, winches and various other odds and ends piled together in a scattered bundle of mining artifacts.

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