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    View of Silver Islet showing a number of excursion boats and people holidaying at Silver Islet, a popular vacation spot on Lake Superior. This was a couple of decades after the famous Silver Islet mi

    A distant view of the Silver Islet mine and the various out-buildings on the Islet surrounded by Lake Superior. Photo is dated August, 1911, Port Arthur, Ontario.

    A black and white photo of several buildings comprising Silver Islet Mine. A cribbing protects the mine from Lake Superior.

    Black and white photo of the wooden building identified as the Silver Islet Mine Stamp Mill

    Group of unknown men gathered in front of a wooden building at the entrance to the main mining shaft at Silver Islet.

    Black and white photo of Miner's cabins at Silver Islet

    Stamp Mill at Silver Islet mine.

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    Black and white photo of the Silver Islet Stamp Mill, used to extract silver from the ore. This photo was taken during the Northern Ontario winter on Lake Superior.

    Black and white photo of Silver Islet with large ship beside it.

    Black and white photo of Silver Islet from a distance. Photographer is F. Tonge, Caswell & Davy, corner of Superior Street and first Ave., West, Duluth Minnesota.

    Stunning black and white photo of the buildings on Silver Islet and their reflection in the water of Lake Superior. In 1868, silver was first discovered there and by 1871 more than 175 men were emplo

    James Wilmington Cross shown at right with unidentified man. Cross became a caretaker to the abandoned houses at Silver Islet when the mine failed. Silver Islet became a popular site for tourist excu

    Black and white photo of the Silver Islet Mine Hoist House where the ore is landed. Picture of the head frame over main shaft and connecting stamp mill at Silver Islet on Lake Superior, Ontario.

    Black and white photograph depicting the mining building located at Silver Island (Silver Islet) Mine in the 1880's.

Andra-Warner, Elle, Lake Superior Magazine, 1 Mar 2001, p. 32     Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library

    Black and white photograph of Silver Islet Mine in the 1880's.

    Black and white photo of some houses on Silver Islet.

    Black and white photo of dock at Silver Islet - May 1938

    Map housed at the Brodie Resource Library