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    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

    A view of the stamp mill at Silver Mountain West, also called West End mine, which was located at mining locations R55, R 56, R57 and 178 T west of Thunder Bay near the community of Nolalu. TBPL: per

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    People standing outside a mine office building. There are also silver bars stacked outside.

    Silver Islet Mill

    Black and white photograph of Silver Islet Mine, as seen from the mainland.

    Black and white photo of Silver Islet Mine.

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 30 Sep 1915     Full text available on microfilm

    Also P3445

Fort William Daily Times Journal, 22 Feb 1935     Full text available on microfilm

    Full text available on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library.

    Full text available on microfilm at the Brodie Resource Library.

    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.

    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.

    Thunder Bay, Ontario, mines, mining, silver mines, Badger Mine, stampmill, tramway, Stanley

Chronicle-Journal, 30 Dec 1971     Full text available in Newspaper Clipping File File subject: LF - Thunder Bay - Industries - Mining Full text available on microfilm

Bill MacDonald, Lake Superior Magazine, Nov 2010     Silver Islet General Store ; Silver Islet ; Sibley Peninsula ; Alexander Sibley (Mjr.) ; William B. Frue (Capt.) ; James Wilmington Cross ; History ; Lake Superior ; Photo

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 5 Jun 1916     Full text available on microfilm

Ontario Department of Mines, 1893     Full text available at Brodie Resource Library

Fort William Daily Times Journal, 26 Sep 1917     Full text available on microfilm