First Steam Diamond Drill - Red Lake (1926)
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- 'The heavy steam drills used at Howey Mine were transported 135 miles from the railroad at Hudson, Ontario to Red Lake, by teams of horses hauling sleds, carrying three ton loads. Forty percent of this load would be oats and hay for the horses and food and cooking utensils for the drivers.'
- Date of Original
- 1926
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- RLPL: 8
- Collection
- Red Lake Public Library
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 51.01676 Longitude: -93.83374
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Red Lake Public LibraryEmail:rllib212@yahoo.com
Website:
Agency street/mail address:117 Howey St.
P.O. Box 348
Red Lake, ON
P0V 2M0
