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Here is the opening to the ramp for the Photo Lake mine which has now been extended 2.5 kilometers to the Chisel North mine. Ore trucks which are capable of hauling as much as ten tons of ore are used to haul the ore to the surface up this ramp.
This is an aerial view of the old Photo Lake mine which is now used as the entrance to the Chisel North Mine. This mine is located about 20 km outside of town. On the left is the opening to the ramp which leads to the mine. In the middle foreground is the ore stockpile and on the right of the picture are the mechanics' shop and mine offices.

ORIGINALY AFTER THE SHOTGUN OR 303 THE GROCERIES COME FRO M "VANCE'S STORE!""FREE PARKING OUT FRONT FOR ALL!

ANOTHER MINE STORE TODAY!,img src="http://www.geocities.com/jade4329/Hillmountain/MINEstorefront.JPG"> This is the Chisel Lake open pit mine which is no longer operational and is filled with water. Underneath it lies the Chisel North Mine.
On the right, the surface diamond drill is part of the exploration process to test for minerals and to determine the location and size of ore bodies.Below, the core samples from diamond drills are split and analyzed to detemine the presence and grade of any ore present.
Here is a picture of the ventilation system; it's used to distribute fresh air
underground and remove dust and exhaust fumes.
Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting is one of two major industrial companies at Snow Lake. HBM&S operates one mine south-west of town at Chisel North which produces high grade zinc. Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting took over from Howe Sound Mines in the late 1950's and in 1960 produced its first copper and zinc from its new mine at Chisel Lake which is sixteen kilometers by road south and west of the town.
Here's George Bartlett's store in Herb Lake. The second picture is of the store now days, where it still "stands" at South End (Herb Lake). Below is the outside view of the store back then.

Five years later HBM&S opened a second mine at Stall Lake east of Snow Lake and in 1968 opened a third mine at Osborne Lake a few kilometers further down the road from Stall Lake. By 1979 HBM&S had opened a concentrator near the Stall Lake mine and had five operating mines around Snow Lake. Through the 1980's one mine after another was depleted and closed and by 1990 HBM&S had no more operating mines in the Snow Lake area. An intense program of exploration, however, led to the opening of an open pit mine at Chisel Lake and when that closed, the opening of a mine at Photo Lake two and a half kilometers east of the Chisel Lake open pit.

This mine was operational from 1994 to 1998 when it was depleted of the high grade copper it was producing. Between 1998 and 2000 a decline ramp was driven from the bottom of the Photo Lake Mine to the current Chisel North Mine, just north of the old Chisel Lake mine.The Chisel North mine has been operational since 2000 and produces about 16,000 tons per year of zinc. It is expected to have a life of about ten years.
The New Britannia MINE FRAME AND CRUSHER.

In the background is the head frame which is used to hoist ore to the surface.
In front is the crusher where the ore is first crushed to a size of no more than 5/8 of an inch.

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