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Resources

This small library of resources and links is made available for basic research needs and is not reflective of the holdings of the Society.

History of Yellowknife and Area:

  • 75 Years of Mining Memories
  • Yellowknife's Rich History
  • History of Aboriginal Participation in Mining
  • Giant Mine Historical Summary
  • Abandoned Mines in the NWT
  • Pine Point Special Issue - North magazine, 1964
  • Yellowknife: A Capital Place - Cominco Magazine, 1967
  • The Story of Discovery Mine, NWT
  • History of the Giant Mine Roaster
  • The Operational History of Mines in the Northwest Territories
  • High Grade Tales: Stories from mining camps of the NWT
  • Con Mine: A Pictorial History
  • History of Mine Rescue in the NWT
  • Cameron Bay, Great Bear Lake: The Story of the Northwest Territories' First Boom Town
  • History of the Yellowknife Public School

Geology and Minerals:

  • NWT Geoscience Office
  • Geology for Kids
  • Rocks and Minerals
  • Rock of Ages
  • Frame Lake Trail Geological Guide

The Minerals Industry:

  • NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines
  • Not Your Grandfather's Mineral Industry
  • Mineral Exploration Map 2012
  • Mining North Magazine, 2013
  • Mining: Our Spectacular NWT Emerges
  • The Positive Impact of Diamond Mining in the Northwest Territories (1998-2012) 

Please visit the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines website for more resources of the mineral industry in the north.

Geologist Jim Harquil examines permafrost at Giant Mine, 1949. (Giant Mine Collection)

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