Survey · July 21, 2018

Hedley Famous for Gold

As documented July 21, 2018.

Survey date

July 21, 2018

Condition

Good

Condition notes

Sign in good condition, fully legible

Inscription

Hedley Famous for Gold Nestled between Stemwinder and Nickel Plate Mountains, the historic gold mining town of Hedley sprang up shortly after the yellow precious metal was discovered here in 1897. The town was named after Robert. R. Hedley, mining engineer. Both the mountain top Hedley Mascot and Nickel Plate mines extracted millions worth of gold, silver and copper before finally closing in the 1950s after the ore body was exhausted. Today tourism brings new life to the town famous for gold. COLUMBIA The Best Place on Earth BG50 YEARS The Best Place on Earth [UNVERIFIABLE: 1 short fragment elsewhere on this sign could not be corroborated and is not shown]

Machine-transcribed from photo · not yet human-verified · may be incomplete