GECO Under Construction
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- Image
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- Photographs
- Description
- The possible presence of copper deposits in the Manitouwadge area was first indicated in a report by James Thomson, a field geologist of the Ontario Department of Mines. In late June 1953, Roy Baker and William Davidowich, two part-time prospectors, staked claims that sparked a frenzied staking bee. Eventually more than 10,000 claims were staked in the area and four base metal deposits were defined. Two major mining companies, General Engineering Company Ltd. (GECO) and Willroy Mines Ltd., went into production in 1954. A variety of minerals— copper, gold, lead, silver and zinc—were mined. Photo showing GECO under construction. Front right building - main office; front left building - machine shop; middle building - processing mill.
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- Local identifier
- MPL: 22(3)
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 49.12152 Longitude: -85.8403
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- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Manitouwadge Public LibraryEmail:reference@tbpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:2 Manitou Road
Community Centre
Manitouwadge, ON
