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    View of the 220 block of Arthur Street, Port Arthur, Ontario. Shows the use of the town's new 18-ton steam roller and a plough. Ploughing the streets helped to break up the ruts and smooth out the road. Stores: A. Helper , Furrier, Jackson & Co, Real Estate, Olympia Parlor ...

    View of a Canadian Northern Railway locomotive on a turntable at the company's roundhouse at Port Arthur, Ontario, ca 1905. The engine is no. 442.

    View of Charles Doyle and his horse, George Boy, as seen outside a home in Port Arthur.

    View of the launch of the SS Hamiltonian, the first large freighter to be launched at the Western Dry Dock and Ship Building Co., May 21, 1912. This was the third vessel to be launched. The Hamiltonian had a tonnage of 2,345, and a length of 257 feet.

    View of the launch of Trawler No. 38 at the Port Arthur Ship Building Co., Port Arthur, Ontario, June 18, 1918. In the background is Trawler No. 37 already launched. These ships were built as part of the war effort.

    View of the wooden freighter, SS A.G. Lindsay, unloading rails while docked at Port Arthur, Ontario.

    View of a mid-winter fire at the Walsh Block, which was located at 206 Arthur Street at St. Paul Street, Port Arthur, Ontario, ca 1916.

    View of the SS Inland Lakes, a freighter from Duluth, pulling into dry dock at the Western Dry Dock and Ship Building Co., ca 1911. Beside it is a dump scow under construction, probably one of the two scows that were the first vessels built at the yard.

    View of two dog teams on the ice of Port Arthur Harbour near the Canadian Pacific Railway's King Elevator. The ice covered bulk freighter is unidentified.

    Open Pit (04) at Amethyst Mine Panorama

    A photo of an amethyst sample

    A photo of the sorting area at Amethyst Mine Panorama

    Close-up of an amethyst sample.

    Stripping the main zone of the mine site to expose mineralization. Mine as it appeared in the late 1960's.

    Big amethyst crytals O5.

    A black and white photo of open pit mining at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine in the 1970's

    A photo of the open pit mine at Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine.

    A colour photo of the Thunder Bay Amethyst open pit mine (01)

    Variety of: Quartz, SiO2 Uses: Gemstones and ornamental stones Birthstone for: February Color: various shades of purple Index of refraction: 1.544-1.553 Birefringence: 0.009 Hardness: 7 Cleavage: none Crystal system: trigonal Pleochroic: no Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz and is a popular gemstone. If it were not for its ...

    A vug showing large clay covered amethyst crystals., A vug is another name for geode - a nodular stone having a cavity lined with crystals.