WELCOME TO THE YUKON'S
VENUS MILL
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WELCOME TO
VENUS MILL
The first and largest of the early gravity-fed ore processing mills in the Yukon, and the last remaining.
Venus Mill is on the Traditional Territory of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/TFN) and is part of a cultural landscape centered on Chílíh Dzéłe'/Tsálgi Shaayí /Montana Mountain and Tséi Zhéłe Méne', the Windy Arm of Tagish Lake. Chílíh Dzéłe'/Tsálgi Shaayí and its surroundings have supported the Tlingit and Tagish peoples and their way of life since time immemorial.
Colonial miners arrived in the area in 1899. The discovery of deposits of gold and silver on Chílíh Dzéłe’ briefly transformed the area into an early twentieth century hard rock mining hub in southern Yukon.
The town of Conrad was formed nearby as the commercial and administrative centre for work on the mines. Tramlines, trails, and the lake connect Venus Mill to the mountain, Conrad, and Carcross.
Venus Mill is a seven-level gravity-fed ore concentrating mill built in 1908 into the side of a steep slope on the west shore of Tséi Zhéłe Méne’, Windy Arm on Tagish Lake. The Venus Mill and mine were developed based on promising silver deposits found above Windy Arm.
Built by Conrad Consolidated Mines Limited, the Venus Mill was active between 1908-1912 and again from 1917-1919.
Here, rough ore from the mines above was milled into mineral concentrate and waste material. Ore moved through the mill via gravity, so the steep slope here was critical to the operation.
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