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Galt No. 1 and No. 2 Mines | |||
The first miners lived in the valley near the mine entrances. Eventually, this settlement became known as Coalbanks. The company town of Coalbanks flourished and faded in three short years, from October 1882 to October 1885. The Northwestern Coal and Navigation Company Limited quickly established all of the facilities needed for the mining operation. By the end of 1883, four drift mines had been opened and a dock had been built into the Oldman River for barges to ship coal to the CPR mainline. Other company facilities included an office, store and sawmill. The Galt Company moved the community to the flats in 1885 and renamed the community Lethbridge. In 1893, the Galt Company closed the riverbottom drift mines in favour of large scale operations on the flats. |
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