June 22 marks the continued tradition of the NWT Mining Heritage Society’s summer party as we reenact the arrival of Yellowknife’s first supply barge in the 1940s.
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Spring Trade Show is being held May 11-12, 2013. NWT Mining Heritage Society will have its regular booth set up and we will be selling our regular merchandise, including books and postcards. BEER BARGE tickets will also be on sale beginning at the Trade Show! Beer Barge will be happening on Saturday, June 22 and tickets are $40.
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This month Yellowknife celebrates Heritage Week (February 18 to 24) and there are a number of great events planned throughout the city. Be sure to check out a display of historic mining artifacts at the Northern Frontier Visitors Centre.
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We are pleased to invite all our members and friends to our NWT Mining Heritage Society New Year's Social on Saturday January 26, 2013 at the Baker Centre from 1:00PM to 5:00PM.
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The summer months have rolled on by, and as we prepare for the winter freeze here is an update on what we accomplished this summer.
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At the Annual General Meeting of the NWT Mining Heritage Society on September 12, 2012, a new board was elected for the year.
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The NWT Mining Heritage Society is proud to introduce its the new coordinator, Tracey Breitbach. Tracey is a Yellowknife girl and is well known to most of us for her work with Folk On The Rocks. The job advertisement produced 19 applicants. Many thanks go out to John Clark, Mike Vaydik, Ryan Silke and Walt Humphries for reviewing the applications.
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In this issue: Beer Barge BBQ - Our Coordinator Steve Clark Leaving Yellowknife - Goodbye Diversified Mine - Exhibit at Prince of Wales - German War Camps in Yellowknife
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A crew under the direction of Eddie Paul's 'Nextreme' company has begun work on the foundation wall of the Recreation Hall at Giant Mine, the proposed mining museum.
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On Wednesday June 6, 2012, we had a work party at the site and got a lot accomplished. We put a coat of varathane on the new picnic tables, the head frame was fixed up and painted, flowers were planted and we painted the pony wall under the rec hall above the new foundation. It was a good start to a long list of chores.
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