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Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

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location of second dump remains

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

This is where the second dump remains are. They are located just right of the two gates to the mine beside the trail on the right side. You can fins some bits of smoky quartz here. The area is behind some shrubs & is littered with some small amount of garbage. The area is strongly radioactive compared to everything around it. There is a marsh ...
 © M. AdamowiczPhoto ID: 176402    View Count: 98

vie of old road leading to mine shafts

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

This is an old road that leads to the old mine shafts, it is filled with debris. The road is located along the ATV trail that follows the river.
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view of 2 capped shafts

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here are the 2 capped shafts, with 3 vents. The view is looking in the opposite way from the gate & parking areas. The level of radiation here is just background level, the rehabilitation was very well done. Radiation near the dump remains & parking area is greatly more elevated.
 © M. AdamowiczPhoto ID: 176397    View Count: 79

view of 2 shafts & 3 vents

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is see the second capped shaft & the 3 vents. The first vent from the left is the 1st capped shaft. The shafts are located on a slight slope. The field is infested with grasshoppers.
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view of dump remains

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is all that is left of any dump materials from the Bicroft Mine. This dump stuff is slightly over grown and is beside the river that runs on the left side of the mine. To reach this area you would walk through the gate on the left from the parking area. Power lines will mark the area where the material is.
 © M. AdamowiczPhoto ID: 176388    View Count: 110

Multiple photos availableview of mine road entrance

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is a photo of the road that leads to the Bicroft Mine in Cardiff. On the right of the image would be another gate which also leads to the mine, & to the right of that would be a trail. The mine has been rehabilitated & there is almost no evidence of its prior existence. Beyond the gate you walk by trail for about 50 meters where you will come ...
 © M.AdamowiczPhoto ID: 166699    View Count: 122

view of parking area in front of mine

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

This is the parking area in front of the mine entrance & the 2 gates. The parking area is considerably radioactive compared to the surrounding area. You reach this by taking Dickinson road from highway 118, you follow it, torn with it left and then alway keep to the right. Eventually you will come to a T in the road, the road going left is Inlet ...
 © M. AdamowiczPhoto ID: 176403    View Count: 73

view of some of the dumps & trail

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is some more of the dumps near the end of the mine area & near the ATV trail that runs near the remains of the mine shaft. The river is on the right & the power lines run along it for some distance. There is an ATV trail that runs through the area. Around here i found the highly radioactive sample.
 © M. AdamowiczPhoto ID: 176389    View Count: 124

view toward the general area of the 2 gates from mine shaft

Bicroft mine, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada

Here is the view you would get looking toward the general area of the 2 gates in the parking area, seen from the first capped mine shaft. The field is where the mine was and all the area around the shafts was rehabilitated. You can see the power lines that first follow the river then turn across the field. Follow the power lines from the trail & ...
 © M. AdamowiczPhoto ID: 176395    View Count: 97
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