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    Thunder Bay, Mines-Mining-Dorion-Ogema Mine, Ontario

    In 1890, Ogema Mine was located two kilometres west of Quimet Canyon Provincial Park. The company was idle between September 1892 and January 1927. Prices for lead were low, so the mine area was aban

    The mineral occurrence of Ogema Mine was discovered in 1890. The mining was abruptly stopped due to water difficulties and the mine was sold to Ogema Mining and Smelting Company in 1892. Gold content

    Unidentified men and women around the compressor fly wheel at Ogema Mine, Dorion Ontario. Work was started in January 1927, camps erected and a road constructed for 6 miles (with Government assistanc

    Photo shows two unidentified men bringing out ore from the mine.

    View of five young men at Chippewa Park, Fort William, Ontario, lounging near their tent. Chippewa Park was a popular local camping area.

    View of five young men at Chippewa Park, Fort William, Ontario, in the doorway of their tent. A cushion in the foreground indicates that they were looking for female companionship, "Girls Wanted."

    View of the first two ships to use the new Western Dry Dock and Ship Building Company's dry dock in Port Arthur, June 1911. The photo shows the sterns of the SS Beaverton and the SS Dunelm in dry doc

    This black and white photograph shows Dryden Smith and Jim Walmsley outside of Bonanza mine at Contact Bay (Lake Wabigoon).

    Discovery Post on Howey claims, Red Lake. Scene of the first discovery of gold in Red Lake.

    Photo of construction of the Howey Mill, Oct 6, 1929. The Howey mine was the first major discovery in the Red Lake area that would justify the cost of building of a highway or power plant in the remo

    Howey Gold Mine from the shore of Red Lake in 1937. Over 92 percent of Red Lake's gold production in 50 years came from the equilateral triangle with sides three miles long and included Balmertown, C

    Installing the Howey's new steam boiler at the mine in 1928, Red Lake.

    '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 th

    Clerk, Robert Tyre, and mining recorder, H.E. Holland, in front of their office in Red Lake, Ontario, April 1926. Over 10,000 mining claims were recorded that year.

    Red Rock School was located approximately 3 miles from the present town site.

    School located approximately 3 miles from the present town site.

    This engine was originally built in August of 1926, and scrapped December 1958. It worked Passenger Service Chapleau and Fort William and in Freight Service on the Nipigon and Heron Bay Sub.

    This engine was originally built in August of 1926, and scrapped December 1958. It worked Passenger Service Chapleau and Fort William and in Freight Service on the Nipigon and Heron Bay Sub.

    Framed black and white panoramic photograph of Schreiber. Frame is loose and damaged.