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Article: Cobalt dips into boom-town past for its economic future: nearly $4 million raised for tourism project.(TEMISKAMING SHORES & REGION)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- August 1, 2008
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If you look into the many abandoned silver mines dotted throughout Cobalt, you just might be able to catch a glimpse of the small town's past, present, and quite possibly its future.
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The fading, sepia-toned memories of the town's bonanza-fueled past may help to pave the path for its future prosperity, or so public officials hope.
"We're developing the town's history into a massive tourism project," says Doug Shearer, manager of the Historic Cobalt Mining Camp Project.
While many municipalities have spent their economic windfalls to escape or move beyond their mining past, Cobalt has done the exact opposite. In ...