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Moffat Shaft, Bruce Mine A depiction of the sinking of the
Moffat Shaft, Bruce Mine, 1847, an early producer of copper. ID #21665 |
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Marmora Mine Early mine in Ontario, Marmora, Hastings
County, c. 1870. By Susanna Moodie (1803-1885). ID #20629 |
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Silver Islet Mine-1 Silver Islet Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, c.
1870s, yielded rich returns of silver from the late 1860s into the 1880s. ID #20479 |
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Silver Islet Mine-2 Silver Islet Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, c.
1870s, yielded rich returns of silver from the later 1860s into the 1880s.
ID #20480 |
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Miner's Cabin Miner's cabin at Eureka Silver Mine, British
Columbia, 1872. ID #21836 |
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1877 Mining Car A loaded mining car on tracks at the opening of
a mine, 1877. ID #21664 |
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Dominion Nickel Mine The Dominion Nickel Mine, Sudbury,
1887. Initially, copper was the chief product of value until uses and demands for nickel
mounted. ID #20484 |
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Drift Mine A pioneer mine truck in a Northern Ontario drift
mine, usually small-scale operations of partners, friends and associates. ID #20498 |
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Cobalt Mine The Cobalt Townsite Mine, with the mine buildings
and the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (T & N.O.R.) running between.
Subsequently, in the early 20th century, Cobalt became a major silver mining centre. ID #21663 |
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Nickel Mine The Dominion Nickel Mine, 1887. ID #21735 |
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Silver at Cobalt Canadian postage stamp commemorating the
discovery of silver at Cobalt, Ontario. ID #21957 |
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