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A Wright Mine Headframe

Black-and-white photograph of the shores of Lake Timiskaming, lined with rocks and trees, with a squared high-tower made of wooden planks.

Date: circa 1900

Credits: Comité du centenaire de St-Bruno-de-Guigues, Regarde, j’ai tant à te dire- : centenaire de la municipalité de St-Bruno-de-Guigues, 1897-1997, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, 1997, p. 25.

This headframe sat on a 60-foot-deep mine shaft, for which the drilling started at the end of 1880. It was finally destroyed in the winter months between 1977 and 1978.