Yerranderie Silver Mine History… The Rise and Fall of Silver Peak Mine

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[00:00:00]With just a short [music] walk through the town center, you'll find the town's mine site. The Silver Peak Mine started in 1904.

[00:00:08]It then started to deplete when World War I come because there were so many deaths on the front line, they started to lose the workers out there.

[00:00:17]Something that was quite unique to here was the safety break. Now, Frank Hocking, [music] he designed that safety break back in the day, but at the same time, in the 1960s, they tried to get the mine going again.

[00:00:30]This mine, Silver Peak Mine, did 20 ton of silver back in the day.

[00:00:37]Now, also in this mine, they got 20 ton of lead and 563 oz of gold.

[00:00:45]Ooh.