Mining and Uranium
Cyprus Anvil
2 pictures · 1978
- Founded
- 1965 (Anvil Mining Corporation / Cyprus Mines–Dynasty Explorations); Faro mine opened 1969
- Head office then
- Vancouver, British Columbia
Cyprus Anvil ran the Faro open-pit lead-zinc mine in the Yukon. The mine opened in 1969. The 1978 report was its ninth full year, seven days a week. The town of Faro was built for the workforce.
Faro was Yukon’s largest private employer and, for a time, Canada’s largest zinc-lead mine. Concentrate went out as a northern export.
Why it mattered
Faro was Yukon’s largest private-sector employer and, at peak, a large share of territorial economic output. It was for a time Canada’s largest zinc-lead mine and a major northern export operation.
Now
The mine shut in the early 1980s, reopened under Curragh, then under Anvil Range, and was abandoned in 1998. The Crown now runs the Faro Mine Remediation Project.
Still open
- Government and town histories differ on whether Cyprus Anvil’s own shutdown is dated 1982 or 1984.
- Exact 1978 street address in Vancouver not confirmed here.
Sources
The pictures
- Cyprus Anvil 1978 — annual reportarchive.org/details/Cypr2478_1978
- Cyprus Anvil 1978 — annual reportarchive.org/details/Cypr2478_1978
References
- Faro Mine Remediation Project: History of Minefate: opened 1969; Cyprus Anvil shutdown; Curragh bankrupt; Anvil Range 1995–97; abandoned 1998
- Yukon Geological Survey occurrence record (Faro / Grum)fate: HBOG then Dome 1981; Curragh 1985; Anvil Range Nov 1994; receiver 1998
- New York Times: Hudson's Bay set to buy Amoco unit (29 July 1981)HBOG to buy Cyprus Anvil of Vancouver from Amoco
- Archivaria: Faro Mine Recordsownership chain: CAMC, Amoco/HBOG/Dome, Curragh, Anvil Range
- Town of Faro: History of Faro1969 opening; later Curragh and Anvil Range; permanent closure