Mui Wo – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group

The Silver Mine of Silver Mine Bay

April 9, 2022 Admin Articles, Mines, Quarries + Dredging

Andrew Wood: People in Mui Wo will tell you that Silver Mine Bay, next to the town, is named after a silver mine or mines that closed a century or more ago. They will probably direct you a kilometre or so inland to the Silvermine Cave, on the side of Silvermine Hill, next to the Silvermine Bay Waterfall Garden, on the […]

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5 Salt pans in Mui Wo?

March 12, 2013 Hugh Farmer Queries + Answers

Eric Spain also has an enquiry about salt production in Mui Wo. He remembers seeing some RAF aerial photographs which showed salt pans there. [presumably immediately before, during or shortly after WW2?] Does anyone have any information about the pans and/or these photographs? Eric thinks they may be in a HK government archive. Newsletter 06 Eric Spain enquired asked whether there were salt […]

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