Contest #371 answer: Nanisivik mine and town
From 1976 to 2002, Nanisivik, located on northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, was the site of a zinc, lead and silver mine.
As part of its history, it was part of a trade by Mineral Resources International of Calgary involving the rights to a sulfur deposit in Mexico.
The mine was shut down in 2002 and the town now no longer exists. This is what it looks like now:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanisivik
Those who found the mother lode before abandonment:
- mehmet durmus
- Phil Ower
- Charley Seavey
- krenek
- steve willis
- Eloy Cano
- rob de wolff
- Lighthouse
- hhgygy
- Garfield
- Walter_V_R
With the hint:
Contest #371 hint
Before you could find me here, I was involved in a swap for yellow stuff.
Contest #371
Contest #370 answer: Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire, UK
Wentworth Woodhouse is the largest privately-owned house in Europe.
The facade is 180 meters long (606 feet for you at the other side the pond) and it has 365 rooms.
It was built in the early 18th century and privately owned ever since.
The current owner is 90 years old and decided to sell the hous.
Asking price is £ 7,000,000,- which doesn’t seems much. But you will get a renovation report with your purchase, advising you to do some restoration work for about £ 40,000,000,-
O well,
Those who made an offer:
- Walter_V_R
- Garfield
- Eloy Cano
- hhgygy
- rob de wolff
- mehmet durmus
- krenek
- R Hays
- steve willis
- Phil Ower
- Lighthouse
– Hint –
- Luís Filipe Miguel
- Chris Nason
- Bill Close
- Charley Seavey
- Steve Hoge
This concludes another series.
Winners are Garfield and Lighthouse. Congrats, boys!
And it was also my last contest that I drew up for you.
My five years are over and it makes me a bit sad to leave you all.
I’m gonna miss you all.
But you will be in good hands. Andrew Giles (ACG) and Paul Franson will take over from me and I am sure that they will come up with some amazing contests, as they are renowned players in this contest.
I wish them all succes and from me it is: So long and thanks for all the fish
🙂
Karel
Done!
If you see this post, the transfer of this site to the new host is done!
Contest #370 hint
If you buy this house, you’ll get a room for each day in the year
Contest #370
Not Contest #370 answer: Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal
Mustang is the former Kingdom of Lo which ended in 2008 when Nepal became a republic. The walled city of Lo Manthang is its capital.
It is the part of an ancien trade route between Nepal and Tibet, trough the Kora La pass of the Himalaya.
Those who found the wrong picture:
- steve willis
- Garfield
- Lighthouse
- Phil Ower
Contest #370 problem
When I took the screenshot for contest #370 early last week, the image shown on the contest popped up. The image date in Google Earth is 12/22/2013. However when you go to the same location now, somehow the image has been replaced by an older version, with image date 10/25/2011. The newer image of the contest still shows up when you click on the ‘historic imagery icon’.
(Thanks to Steve Willis and Phil Ower for alerting me)
Because of this I decided to skip this weeks contest and come up with a new contest #370 next Friday, feel free to submit your answer, however it won’t be added to your score
Here is the current imagery:
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