Britannia Mine
From 1930-35, these mines were the British Empire's largest producers of copper. Originally prospected by Dr. A.A. Forbes in 1888, the ores of the Britannia Range were first staked in 1897 by trapper Oliver Furry. Since their opening in 1899, the Britannia operations have survived landslide, flood, fire and economic slumps to become the oldest continually working copper mines in British Columbia.
From BC's Stops of Interest