Surf Inlet, British Columbia
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Port Belmont, also known as Belmont and Surf Inlet, was a gold-mining camp located on northern Princess Royal Island
on the Coast of British Columbia
, Canada
.
It was staked during the copper rush of the 1910s on the Alaska Panhandle
, on the seaward site of the remote and exposed Surf Inlet.
Access to the inlet was on the rough Pacific side of Surf Inlet. The mine operated from 1918 until 1926 when the operation had a
wharf, camp, 20 ton/hr mill, Riblet
tramway and Fairbanks-Morse
diesel plant. Eight million dollars worth of gold ore was produced in the
8 years of production.
Princess Royal Island
Princess Royal Island is the largest island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located amongst the isolated inlets and islands east of Hecate Strait on the British Columbia Coast. At , it is the fourth largest island in British Columbia...
on the Coast of British Columbia
British Columbia Coast
The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
It was staked during the copper rush of the 1910s on the Alaska Panhandle
Alaska Panhandle
Southeast Alaska, sometimes referred to as the Alaska Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, which lies west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of Southeast Alaska's area is part of the Tongass National Forest, the United...
, on the seaward site of the remote and exposed Surf Inlet.
Access to the inlet was on the rough Pacific side of Surf Inlet. The mine operated from 1918 until 1926 when the operation had a
wharf, camp, 20 ton/hr mill, Riblet
Riblet
The Riblet Tramway Company was once the largest ski chairlift manufacturer in the world.The Riblet Tramway Company was founded by Byron Christian Riblet. Riblet was born in Osage, Iowa, in 1865 and earned a...
tramway and Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks Morse and Company was a manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Originally a weighing scale manufacturer, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, locomotives and industrial supplies until it was merged in 1958...
diesel plant. Eight million dollars worth of gold ore was produced in the
8 years of production.