Most have have heard of the Klondike gold rush but few have heard of the more significant
Cobalt Silver RushIn 1903 TNO railroad was building a line to serve the Clay Belt when in August 1903 silver was discovered at mile 103.
Story goes a blacksmith, Fred Larose, threw a hammer at a fox and struck a vein of silver.
Probably a legend but there were 2 other discoveries at that same time. They were kept quite as long as possible
However word got o…
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