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    Oil painting entitled 'Diamond Drill' by artist Harold Nelson, with text from an article that appeared in 'The Atikokan Progress' displayed in the frame below the painting. The other picture below sh

    '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

    Unknown miner breaking through rock using a hand-held rock drill at the Starrett Olsen Gold Mine, 1942. Incorporated in 1945, Starrett Olsen Mine was the ninth producing gold mine in Red Lake, with a

    A seasoned miner standing beside his steam powered diamond drill at Howey Gold Mine, an example of open pit mining, 1940. Red Lake District.

    Ed Mumford, diamond driller for Howey Gold Mine, Red Lake, 1940. Howey Gold Mine began production in 1930, and continued for eleven years. It closed in 1941 due to a collapse in the shaft pillar in t

Chronicle-Journal, 1 Dec 2021, A1, A3     Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library

Chronicle-Journal, 23 Feb 1979     Full text available at Brodie Resource Library