Mining Railroads of British Columbia
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Mining Railroads
Baynes Sound Colliery Company.
36in Gauge. Tramway constructed to haul coal from the mine to a wharf at the company town of Quadra on Baynes Sound. A drop in market price left the company unprofitable as the result of depressed market prices. The mine closed down in 1878.
Baynes Sound, Vancouver Island. 1875 - 1878
Dolly Varden Mines Railway.
36in Gauge.The Dolly Varden Mine proceeded some of the richest silver ore ever discovered. In 1917 the company constructed a railroad from the mine to an ore bunker and wharf at Alice Arm. Operations were short lived and the line shut down due to litigation in 1921.
Dolly Varden Mine to Wharf (Alice Arm, BC). 1917 - 1921.