Once a former mining town, this off-grid community on Lake Superior boasts a laid back atmosphere with loads to explore from ...

Once the richest silver mine in the entire world, Silver Islet Mine Shafts were established in 1868, plunging up to 365 metres below Lake Superior and producing more than $3 million in silver ...

The Silver Islet community that housed hundreds of ... of coal — which powered the pumps that kept the underwater mine shafts from flooding — didn't arrive. According to the campers ...

A logbook found in the Silver Islet General Store, with a line referencing the shipment of coal that didn't arrive in 1883. The pumps keeping water out of the mine shafts ran on coal, and without ...

The fourth and southernmost Romios claim block is located over an old shaft at Cloud Bay ... Group" trend that localized the famous Silver Islet Mine, "the world's richest silver mine" in the ...