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Sannorm Mine (Hunter Group or Normandy) 1934: The Hunter Group was staked by several people. In 1934 it was assigned to Normandy Mines Ltd. Two deposits were opned up in 1934. Property inactive until 1944 when claims were a 21 leases were assigned to the Hunter Group and Sannorm Mines Ltd took over, magnetic surveys and diamond drilling started. 1947: Sangold Mines Ltd. to the north was purchased. A 2 level shaft (at 125
fft
intervals) was sunk but work was suspended in 1948.
1952: Consolidated Sannorm Mines Ltd. took over. Geophysical surveys between
1961 and 1971, drilling 1974,1978,1986-1989.
No production.
Reserves (1989) 177460 t grading 4.18gft (0.12 ozlton) Au including 106000 t grading
5.42 gft gold to a depth of 150 m.
Gold Field, Wingold
1913-15: 5 shallow shafts are sunk, 12-31 m deep; a small stamp mill operated for a
brief time on Wingold shaft/mine, produced one brick from Chicamon claim near Gold
lake. 100ff shaft was sunk on Big Four in 1914, 50 feet of drifting; Gold Cup (60 ft.
shaft, possibly 2 shafts), part of Wingold Group.
1934-36 underground work, Gold Fields shaft deepened to 91 m with 3 levels.
Reserves (1935) 6535 t grading 13.95 gft (0.41 ozlton) gold, 6349 t grading 7.20 gft
Au in a surface dump.
Emperor-Gold Standard
1912-17: 40 ft shaft on Emperor claim; 100 ft. shaft on Gold Standard (formerly
Independence)- some drifting,
properties sold to Forty-Four Mines.
Gold Pan, Gold Seal
1915: A 300 m shaft as sunk and short levels run from it; a mill was built. Mine closed
1916.
1917: Gold Pan Mine Ltd. produced $1400 from two shafts. Arthur Quesnel described
that were the vein crossed a diabase dyke, spectacular free gold was extracted and
samples were exhibited all over the country. Work continued until 1946-47 (Minton).
1980: drilling
1982: installation of small mill and flotation circuit.
Production (1919-1924) 7.49 kg of Au.
Reserves unknown.
Vanson Mine
1926: (Syndicate No.9,1 0 staked by Aronowitch and Bubis; shaft sunk in 1926 or 27. In
1932 Vanson Gold Mines Ltd. was formed and a 25 ton mill was installed in 1933 and
started working. This mill proved unsatisfactory and was replaced by a 2-stamo mill
with capacity of 18 tons per day. In 1935 a four-level shaft was completed, but only the
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225 and 475 level-foot levels were developed. Equipment was converted from steam to
electric and a company town was built. Operations ceased in 1935. Geophysical
surveys in 1968, 1970 and 1971. ESL Resources Canada sampled in 1981.
No information on past production or reserves.
Eva
1921: 18 m shaft was sunk.
1950 drilling, 1970,71 geophysical surveys, 1979-81 feasibility study, 1981-82 drilling.
Reserves (1981) 15 964 t grading 6.17
glt
(0.18 ozlton) Au.
Packsack Mine
1917: staked as Moncalm claim, 4 km SW of Bissett.
1935: Packsack Mines Ltd. bought property and in 1936 sank a shaft down to 525 ft.
Lack of financing terminated project in 1937.
1940: Gods Lake Gold Mines gained control, but after much drilling and underground
development the mine was closed down again in 1940. Open End Mines was
processing stockpiled ore afterwards.
1985: small crusher installed and open cut and shaft sinking.
Production(1936-37) development ore stockpiled (1985) small (unknown) amount of
gold obtained.
Reserves (1937) 21 800 t at 12.36
glt (0.36 ozlton) and 4 536 t at 5.83 glt
(0.17 ozlton)
gold. (1979) 272 155 t grading 10.3
glt
(0.30 ozlton)
Wolf Prospect
(Fox-Prime)
1920: pitting. 1949-59: 47 drill holes 1981: drilling. Reserves (1981) Fox vein: probable reserves 1 807 t grading 6.86
glt
(0.20 ozlton),
possible reserves 12 228 t grading 6.86
g/t;
West Fox vein prob. reserves 910 t grading
16.8 glt
(0.49 ozlton) Au possible reserves are 5 080 t grading 16.8 glt:
prime vein
possible reserves 2993 t grading 25.71
glt
(0.75 ozlton) Au.
Rita No.
1 (Independence)
1934-37: pitting, trenching, 9 m shaft was sunk. 1964: drilling 1970-71: geophysical surveys, 1973 drilling 1983: geophysical surveys, soil geochem. Reserves (1938) 2585 t grading 25.4
glt
(0.74 ozlton) Au.
Moose
1914-16: pitting, trenching; 2 shafts sunk (7.6 and 30.5 m deep),
1936-43: drilling, 1961-62 drilling, 1980 drilling.
Reserves (1986) mine muck samples range 4.9
glt to 21.6 glt.
(1914-16) 16780 t
grading 34.29
glt
(1.0 ozlton) Au.
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Gold Lake
1920: 2 shafts sunk, 6 and 15 m; pitting, trenching.
1935-36: drilling, 1 shaft deepened to 107 m, drifting and crosscutting;
1953 underground exploration, drilling,
1984 drilling.
Production :none
Reserves (1934) 79x1.7 m grading 14.4 g/t (0.42 ozlton) Au
Ranger
1914: 59 ft shaft sunk
1934: drilling
1981: prospecting.
Reserve (1981) 1787 t at 13.7g/t
Long Lake - Stormy Lake Area
Central Manitoba Mine
1925-26: Surface and underground development on the Kitchener group (later Central
Manitoba Mines) (Cole, 1938)
1927: Mill of 150 ton/day was erected and started operation at Central Manitoba
Mines (Cole, 1938).
Kitchener Mine producing from 1927 to 1937. Others to follow were Tene, Growler and
Hope (and Rogers shaft?) mines next to Kichener, operated by Central Manitoba from
1932 to 1937. 1977 trenching; 1981 geophysical surveys; 1982 surface material is
milled in Bissett; 1984 drilling.
Production (1927-37) 4 287 kg (or 160000 oz JS)of Au was produced. (1982) 437 t
were processed, but recovery unknown.
Reserves unknown.
Ogama-Rockland
1924-25: trenching;
1941: 36 m deep Ogama shaft sunk, deepened to 239 m in 1946-47.
1948: 2 shafts sunk on Rockland vein.
1948-51: Ogama shaft deepened to 314 m and Rockland to 83 m. Production
interrupted from 1942-48 , ceased in 1951.
1968, 1973: drilling
1981-82: geophysical surveys, 1984,87 drilling.
Production(1942-43 and 48-51) 50,000 oz (1 555 kg) Au.
Reserves (1950) No.4 vein - 30,137 t grading 11.66
gft
(0.34 ozlton) gold
Onondaga
1923-24: Onondaga claim staked, 31 m shaft sunk and five-stamp mill installed (Cole,
1938).
1949-50: shaft dewatering and drilling.
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1981 geophysical surveys.
1984: drilling.
Production (1933-34) 0.933 kg (30 oz) of gold.
Reserves unknown.
Elora
1922: Two-stamp mill installed at Elora Fractional claim, Long Lake, 26 km SE of
Bissett (Cole, 1938).
1928 : drilling.
1981 geophysical surveys. 1984 drilling.
Production (1922) 113 t were milled which produced 3.21 kg (104.1 oz) of Au.
Macketta
1934: sampling on Halfway Lake, 25 km SE of Bissett;
1938-39: drilling, shaft sunk, drifting;
1963: geophysical surveys;
1978-81, 1986: trenching
1987-88: drilling. No production.
Reserves (1987) 68 000 t grading 4.46
gft
(0.13 ozlton) Au.
Contact between Rice Lake volcanics and Ross River tonalite.
Valley Vein,
1920-23: 2 shafts sunk (7.6 and 10 m);
1934: drilling,
1945: 10 m shaft deepened to 82 m;
1963 drilling;
1981 geophysical surveys, 1984 drilling.
No production, reserves unknown.
Eldorado
1927: Development work (Cole, 1938)
Gunnar Mine
1933-36: Diamond drilling at Gunnar Property, 35 km SE of Bissett. 1934 development
work: 2 shafts sunk to 305 and 380 m. 1935 mill construction, in operation in 1936.
1937-41: pays its first dividend. Main shaft sunk to 625 m. Operated until 1941.
Processing of mine tailings.
1980 geophysical surveys. 1984 geophysical surveys.
Production (1934-41) 3101.4 kg of Au was produced. (1979) 0.1 kg of Au.
Oro Grande-Solo Mines
1924-26: Development work at Oro Grande-Solo claims, Central Manitoba area (Cole,
1938),34 km SE of Bissett. 43 m (Solo) shaft sunk, 15 m (Oro Grande) shaft sunk.1928
both shafts deepened.
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1932-34 milling commenced in 1932; in 1933 Oro Grande shaft deepened to 78 m and
connected to Solo shaft on the 38 m level; new mill installed.
1936-40 operations renewed.
1962 drilling and geophysical surveys.
1984 geophysical surveys.
Production (1932-34) 8.85 kg gold, (1938-40) 156.15 kg of gold.
Reserves (1985) 29290 t grading
19.29gft
(0.30 ozlton) between the 150 m level and
surface.
Mirage
1924: staked
1928-29: 9 m shaft was sunk, trenching and pitting;
1978-81: trenching
1986-87: 2 km2 overburden removal by Esso Resources Canada.
Mandalay
1919: staked by O.J. Quesnel.
1934-36: trenching and pitting; 15 m deep shaft,1936 drilling.
1980: sampling; 1984 geophysical and geochemical surveys.
Tut
trenching and pitting;
1994 geophysical surveys
Gem Lake Area
Diana Mine
1925-26: Gold discoveries near Gem Lake and Slate Lake (Cole, 1938)
1928-38: Gem Lake mine (Bon), 51 km SE of Bissett, 236 m shaft sunk with 6 levels.
1932: Gem Lake mine milling ore.
1933: Gem Lake Mines bankrupt, Diana Gold Mines takes over.
1967-68: trenching.
1974-77 geophysical surveys, sampling of tailings.
Production (1928-32) 16.95 kg of Au. (1934-36) 199.79 kg of Au. (1937-38) 15.83 kg of
Au, (1940-41) 3.02 kg of Au.
Reserves (1976) tailings 27 000 to 45 000 t grading 4,25
gft.
(0.124 ozlton)
Wallace Lake Area
Jeep
1934: staked
1946: transferred to Jeep Gold Mines Ltd. a subsidiary of San Antonio Mines Ltd.
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1947-50: shaft sunk, underground exploration, crosscutting and drifting. Ore grade in
1947 26.5g/t
to 64.07 glt. In 1948 it averaged 27.29 glt.
in 1950 shaft deepened to 180
m with levels at 135 and 175 m. 1958-59 surface exploration. 1973: geophysical surveys, drilling; intention to develop an open pit. 1980 geophysical survey, feasibility study for a 180 tonneslday mill. Production (1947-50) 16319 tonnes were milled producing 432 kg (13889 oz) of Au. Reserves unknown Conley 1932: staked 1933-36: 10 pits (to shallow shafts) were dug, drilling. 1958 exploration activity. 1965 drilling for Ag, Au, Cu, Zn, Pb in graphitic slatelargillite, interlayered with silicified limestone. Gatlan 1932: staked; trenching, shaft sinking 1934: drilling 1950: drilling Cryderman Mine (Little Pal claim) 1925: staked 1926: Victoria Syndicate option and work on Cryderman property (Cole, 1938). In 1926 Mining Corporation of Canada sank a 260 ft shaft and 656 ft and 232 ft of drifting on the 125 ft and 250 ft level. 1928: Cryderman Mines Ltd. took over. No work until 1932, when shaft was dewatered, a 40 ton mill and a 100 ton mill were erected, but work stopped again at the end of 1932. 1936: drilling 1958: surface sampling Production (1931-32) 11.60 kg of gold. Reserves (1931) 67 m by 7.6 m that grades 17.83
glt.
(1959) 79.9 m by 1.0 m that
grades 19.2
glt
(0.56 Ozlton) Au
Moore Lake 1988: geophysical surveys, drilling Wanipigow River - Little Beaver Lake Area Luleo 1915: staked 1915-19: shaft sunk 3 500 ft NW of Little Beaver Lake, stamp mill, shut down in 1919. 1921-25: Selkirk Gold Mining Co. took over; its subsidiary, American Development Co.
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replaced the mill, extended the shaft to over 525 ft. and did extensive development
work on 5 levels. Mine shut down in 1925.
1927-28: Selkirk Mines Ltd. did electromagnetic surveys and drilling in 1927 and 1928.
Average grade too low.
1934: Poundmaker Gold Mines Ltd. acquired the claims. Drilling;
1938: a new, hydroelectric mill capable of handling 100 tons per day was constructed,
but lack of financing finished the venture in 1942. Several new owners tried to make a
going: Jacknife Gold Mines Ltd. Jacobus Mining Co. Ltd. H. Barry, P.
E.
Beament
(1956)(Minton). 1968, 70, 71 :Magnetic surveys 1980-83: Production from muck pile in 1980 and 1982-83. Production 1923-24: 12.4 kg; 1980: 0.9 kg; 1982-83: 6.7 kg (2093 t) Reserves unknown.
Grand Central
1928: Grand Central (Gold) Mine (Lakeshore claim) on the north shore of Wanipigow
Lake. Staked by
E.
Bonus. Some pits and trenches in 1929.
1933: the Walsh brothers hand-sank a shaft to 107 feet and moved a 5-stamp mill to the property. Operation ceased in 1933 with 300 tons of ore milled which produced 0.93 kg (30 oz.) of Au. 1964, 68, 70, 71: Geophysical surveys 1982: muck pile sampled. 1986 assessment. Production 300 tons yielded 0.93 kg of Au. (Reserves unknown)
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