Sado mine [SEP] product
Sado mine
The Sado mine is the remains of a once flourishing large gold and silver mine on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The mine was worked from 1601 until 1974, and closed in 1989.
While the Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu led the development of Japan during the Edo era, it is believed that the Sado Mine had a major role in financing the Edo government for 300 years because of the rich amounts of gold and silver mined there. Currently, it is not operational anymore but has been
Hit a mine off Sado Island, Japan sometime after 30 June 1945. Salvaged by British and repaired. To MoWT and renamed "Empire Evenlode". Return voyage to UK protracted due to her poor condition. Started on 1 December 1945 and completed on 8 May 1946. Scrapped in 1949 at Briton Ferry.
Suffix beginning with E "Empire Evesham".
"Empire Evesham" was an 8,138 GRT tanker which was built by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees. Launched on 17 January 1946 and completed