Keno City Mining Museum Explained

Keno City Mining Museum
Coordinates:	63.9096°N -135.3028°W
Established:	1979
Location:	Keno City Mining Museum
Type:	Mining
Collections:	Artifacts and photographs
Visitors:	Approximately 2,000 (1991)

Keno City Mining Museum is a history museum located in Keno City, Yukon, Canada. It was established around 1979 and has artifacts related to the area's gold and silver mining.^{[1] [2]}

The museum occupies Jackson Hall, the city's former community centre built in 1922.^{[3] [4]} It was established in 1979 with the assistance of Terry J. Levicki, a geologist who worked for United Keno Hill Mines Ltd., a company in Elsa.^[1]

The museum is open to visitors from June to September.^[1] Around 1991, the museum received roughly 500 visitors each month during its annual four months of operation.^[3]

Artifacts

The museum displays objects such as equipment, and memorabilia. It has a large collection of photographs on the second floor and a garage across the street that stores bigger items. Some of the artifacts are as follows:^[3]

• Listerine bottle circa 1900
• Rocking wooden washer
• Tins of Lucky Strike Cola
• The original telephone exchange that was used to send and receive all calls at the time
• Handmade axes
• Large saws that were needed to create ice blocks
• Safety helmets
• Drill bits
• A bucket that was hand-cranked to bring ore to the surface from underground locations
• An addressograph for producing employee pay checks that is said to have been used up until about 1981.
• The upstairs houses a myriad of old photos.

External links

• Examples of images on display

Notes and References

1. http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/publications/keno_wt.pdf
2. Web site: Yukon Museum Guide: Keno City Mining Museum. yukonmuseums.ca.
3. Web site: Keno City museum details mining history. northernminer.com.
4. Web site: Keno City Mining Museum. heritageyukon.ca.