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Choose a commodity from the list below to find out who mined where for what.

  Amblygonite
Cadmium
Calcium carbonate
Cesium
Coal/lignite
Cobalt
Copper
Dolomite
Dolomite/crushed stone
Dolomite/crushed stone/lime
Dolomite/stone
Gold
Granite
Gypsum
Lead
Lime
Limestone
Limestone/Tyndall ® Stone
Lithium
Marble
Molybdenite
.Nickel
Oil
Peat Moss
Pollucite
Salt
Selenium
Silver
Spodumene
Tantalum
Tellurium
Zinc


* indicates actively producing

Amblygonite  
Chemalloy Minerals Limited Bernic Lake Mine
Cadmium  
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Flin Flon Mine
Calcium carbonate  
Steel Brothers Canada Ltd./Continental Lime Ltd./Graymont Western Canada Inc. Faulkner *
Cesium
 
Chemalloy Minerals Limited Bernic Lake (Mine)
Tantalum Mining Corporation Tanco Mine *
Coal/lignite  
[Mcleod Farm] Deep Ravine Mine
John Nestibo/George Cain/Goodlands Mine Co. Henderson Mine
Undetermined Lennox Mine
Daniel McKay McKay Mine
Duncan McArthur McArthur Mine
Manitoba Coal Company Ltd. Mine
Deloraine Coal Company/Turtle Mountain Coal Mines Mine (North of McArthur Mine)
Les Powne and Vic Mills Powne farm mine
John Nestibo? Salter Mine
Undetermined Vaden Mine
Cobalt  
Sherritt Gordon Mines Lynn Lake Mine “A Plug”
Copper  
Dickstone Copper Mines Ltd./Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting  Dickstone Mine
Don Jon Mines Limited Don Jon Mine
Dumbarton Mines Ltd. Dumbarton Mine
HudBay Minerals Lalor Mine*
HudBay Minerals Reed Mine*
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Anderson Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Cuprus Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Flin Flon Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Lost Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Callinan Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Centennial Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting North Star Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Open Pit
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Osborne Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Photo Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Schist Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Spruce Point Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Stall Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Westarm Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting White Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals 777 Mine *
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals Chisel North Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals Trout Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/Outokumpu Mines Limited Namew Lake Mine
International Nickel Company Soab Mine North
International Nickel Company Soab Mine South
International Nickel Company/Inco/CVRD Inco/Vale Inco/Vale Thompson Mine *
Mandy Mining Company/ Emergency Metals Ltd. Mandy Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines Fox Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines Lynn Lake Mine “A Plug”
Sherritt Gordon Mines Sherridon Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines Limited/ Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Ruttan Lake Mine
Stall Lake Mines Limited Rod Mine
Dolomite  
Little Stony Mountain Quarry Co. Egan Quarry
Undetermined Little Stony Mountain Quarry
Corporation of the City of Winnipeg Little Stony Mountain Quarry (City Quarry)
Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company, Limited  
Dolomite/crushed stone  
Bison Rock Products Ltd. Quarry (Stony Mountain)
City of Winnipeg City of Winnipeg Quarry (Old)
City of Winnipeg City of Winnipeg East Quarry
City of Winnipeg City of Winnipeg West Quarry
Manitoba Construction Company Manitoba Construction Company Quarry
Manitoba Quarries Ltd./City of Winnipeg Kelly Quarry
Mariash Construction Mariash Quarry
R.M. of Rockwood/City of Winnipeg Quarry (Stony Mountain)
Dolomite/crushed stone/lime  
John Gunn & Sons/Manitoba Quarries/R.M. of Rockwood/City of Winnipeg Gunn Quarry (Stony Mountain)/City of Winnipeg West Quarry
Dolomite/stone  
Unidentified Stonewall East Quarry
(John Gunn) Quarry (Stonewall)
John Gunn & Sons (5th of 5 quarries in area, 1905)/Manitoba Quarries, Limited Gunn's Quarry
(Enoch Williams) Quarry (Stonewall)
(Andy Patterson) Quarry (Stonewall)
A. Paterson & Company (4th of 5 quarries in area, 1905)/Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company Patterson's Quarry
J.W. Fullbrook/Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company, Limited (2nd of 5 quarries in area, 1905) Fullbrook's Quarry
Peter Irwin and Sons (1st of 5 quarries in area, 1905)/Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company Irwin's Quarry (Kinsmen Park)
E. Williams and Company (3rd of 5 quarries in area, 1905)/Manitoba Quarries, Limited Williams' Quarry
Winnipeg Supply (owned all operational quarries, east, west (Stonewall Quarry Park) Stonewall Quarry
Gold  
Black Hawk Mining Burnt Timber (BT) Mine
Black Hawk Mining Farley Lake Mine
Black Hawk Mining Keystone Gold Mine
Central Manitoba Mines Limited Central Manitoba Mine
Century Mining Corporation Limited Century Gold Mine
Cryderman Mines Ltd. Cryderman Mine
Esso Resources Canada/Brinco Lotus Mine
Forty-Four Mines Ltd. Forty-Four Mine
Gem Lake Mines Ltd./Diana Gold Mines Gem Lake Mine
God's Lake Gold Mines Ltd. God's Lake Gold Mine
Gold Pan Mines Limited/Lake Superior Metals Company Limited Gold Pan and Gold Seal (mine)
Grand Central Gold Mines Grand Central
Granges Inc. Tartan Lake Mine
Gunnar Gold Mines Ltd. Gunnar Gold Mine
Gurney Gold Mines Ltd. Gurney Gold Mine
Herb Lake Gold Mines Ltd./Herb Lake Consolidated Mines/Laguna Gold Mines Ltd. Rex Mine
HudBay Minerals Lalor Mine *
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Callinan Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Open Pit
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Flin Flon Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/Outokumpu Mines Limited 777 Mine *
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals Chisel North Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals Trout Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/Outokumpu Mines Limited Namew Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Photo Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Schist Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Stall Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting White Lake Mine
International Nickel Company/Inco/CVRD Inco/Vale Inco/Vale Thompson Mine *
Island Lake Mines Ltd. Island Lake Mine
Mandy Mining Company/Emergency Metals Ltd. Mandy Mine
(Nor-Acme Gold Mines Ltd./ Howe Sound Exploration)/(TVX/High River Gold & New Kinross) Nor-Acme Gold Mine/New Britannia Mine
Northern Manitoba Mining and Development Company/Robert Kerr Ballast and Moose Horn Claims
Ogama-Rockland Mines Ltd. Ogama-Rockland Mine
Penniac Reef Gold Mines Limited Penniac Reef Gold Mine
Oro Grande Development Co./Beresford Lake Mines Limited Solo-Oro Grande Mine
Pioneer Metals Corp. Puffy Lake Mine
(San Antonio Gold Mines/Brinco/New Forty Four Mines/San Antonio Resources/Cassiar/Rea Gold Ltd.)/(Harmony Gold)/(San Gold Corp.) San Antonio Gold Mine/Harmony Gold/Rice Lake Mine *
San Antonio Gold Mines Ltd. Jeep Gold Mine
San Gold Corp. Hinge Mine *
San Gold Corp. San Gold #1 Mine
Selkirk Gold Mining Company Incorporated Poundmaker (property)
Sherrgold/Hayes Resources/LynnGold MacLellan Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines Sherridon Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines Limited/ Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Ruttan Lake Mine
Vanson Gold Mines Ltd. Vanson Mine
Granite  
Brookeville Granite Quarries, Limited Shoal Lake vicinity
CanAmerican Granite Corp. (3) quarries* (Winnipeg vicinity)
Cold Spring Granite (Canada) Ltd. quarry* (Lac du Bonnet area)
Ivor Peterson quarry (Lac du Bonnet area)
McMunn Granite Co. Limited Shoal Lake vicinity
Shoal Lake Granite Company quarry (Shoal Lake)
Societe Miniere Polycor Inc. quarry* (Winnipeg vicinity)
(L. H. Sprange) Winnitoba Marble Company Limited quarry (West Hawk Lake)
Gypsum  
B.A.C.M. Industries Limited Mine (Amaranth)
BPB Canada Inc./CertainTeed Gypsum Canada, Inc. Quarry (Harcus, Amaranth area)*
Canada Gypsum and Alabastine/Gypsum, Lime and Alabastine Canada Ltd. (Elephant Hill) Quarry (New)
Dominion Gypsum Company (Elephant Hill) Quarry (New)
Dominion Tar and Chemical Co./Domtar Industries Ltd. (Elephant Hill) Quarry (New)
Domtar Inc. Quarry (Harcus, Amaranth area)
Domtar Construction Materials Limited Quarry (Old) (Gypsumville)
Georgia-Pacific Quarry (Harcus, Amaranth area)
Gypsum, Lime and Alabastine, Canada, Limited Quarry (Old) (Gypsumville)
Lehigh Cement Ltd. Quarry (Harcus, Amaranth area)
Manitoba Gypsum Company Quarry (Old) (Gypsumville)
Manitoba Gypsum Company (Elephant Hill) Quarry (New)
Manitoba Union Mining Company Quarry (Old) (Gypsumville)
D.G. McArthur (Elephant Hill) Quarry (New)
Montreal Trust Company (Elephant Hill) Quarry (New)
Western Gypsum Products Limited Mine (Amaranth)
Westroc Industries Limited Quarry (Harcus, Amaranth area)
Westroc Industries Limited Mine (Silver Plains)
Lead  
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Open Pit
Lime  
Steel Brothers Canada Ltd. Fort Whyte
Steel Brothers Canada Ltd. Spearhill
Steel Brothers Canada Ltd./Continental Lime Ltd./ Graymont Western Canada Inc. Faulkner*
Unidentified/Little Stony Mountain Quarry Co. (Corporation of the City of Winnipeg) Little Stony Mountain Quarry
Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company Fort Whyte
Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company Spearhill
Limestone  
Portland Cement et al. Mafeking Quarries (2)
Steel Brothers Canada Ltd./Continental Lime Ltd./ Graymont Western Canada Inc. Faulkner*
Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company Faulkner
Limestone/Tyndall ® Stone  
(Wm. Garson)/Garson Quarry Co./Northwest Quarries Co. Ltd./Garson Limestone Co. Ltd. Garson Quarry
(John Gunn)/John Gunn & Sons/Gillis Quarries Limited Gillis Quarry*
Lithium  
Chemalloy Minerals Limited Bernic Lake (Mine)
Tantalum Mining Corporation Tanco Mine*
Marble  
 
Molybdenite  
Falcon Lake Mining and Milling Co. Ltd. Gull (property)
Nickel  
Crowflight Minerals Inc./CaNickel Mining Ltd. Bucko Lake Mine
Dumbarton Mines Ltd. Dumbarton Mine
Dumbarton Mines Ltd. Maskwa Mine
Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. Manibridge Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/Outokumpu Mines Limited Namew Lake Mine
Inco Pipe Mine
Inco Pipe no. 1
Inco Thompson Open Pit North Mine
Inco Thompson Open Pit South Mine
International Nickel Company/Inco/CVRD Inco/Vale Inco/Vale Birchtree Mine *
International Nickel Company Soab Mine North
International Nickel Company Soab Mine South
International Nickel Company/Inco/CVRD Inco/Vale Inco/Vale Thompson Mine *
Sherritt Gordon Mines Lynn Lake "El Mine”
Sherritt Gordon Mines Lynn Lake Mine “A Plug”
Oil  
 
Peat Moss  
Berger Peat Moss Ltd. Hadashville*
Evergreen Peat & Fertilizer Ltd. Evergreen Bog
McCabe Grain Company Limited Julius Bog
Premier West Peat Moss Ltd. Caribou Bogs*
Premier West Peat Moss Ltd. Giroux Bog*
Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd. Elma (bog and plant)*
Moss Spur*
Julius North (bog and plant)*
Sunterra Horticulture (Canada) Inc. Beaver Point Bog*
Western Peat Company Ltd./Western Peat Moss Ltd./Fisons Western Peat Moss Ltd./Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd. Elma Plant (Medika Bog)*
Western Peat Company Ltd./Western Peat Moss Ltd./Fisons Western Peat Moss Ltd./Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd. Julius Bog*
Western Peat Moss Ltd./Fisons Western Peat Moss Ltd./Sun Gro Horticulture Canada Ltd. Evergreen Bog*
Winnipeg Supply and Fuel Company Julius Bog
Pollucite  
Chemalloy Minerals Limited Bernic Lake (Mine)
Tantalum Mining Corporation Tanco Mine*
Salt  
Monkman's Salt Works Monkman's Salt Works
Neepawa Salt Ltd./Canadian Industries Ltd./The Canadian Salt Company Neepawa Salt Ltd./Canadian Industries Ltd./The Canadian Salt Company
Selenium  
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Flin Flon Mine
Silver  
Central Manitoba Mines Limited Central Manitoba Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Callinan Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Open Pit
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Flin Flon Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Photo Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Schist Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Stall Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting White Lake Mine
International Nickel Company/Inco/CVRD Inco/Vale Inco/Vale
Thompson Mine *
Mandy Mining Company/ Emergency Metals Ltd.
Mandy Mine
Oro Grande Development Co./ Beresford Lake Mines Limited
Solo-Oro Grande Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines
Sherridon Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines Limited/ Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Ruttan Lake Mine
Spodumene  
Tantalum Mining Corporation Tanco Mine
Tantalum  
Tantalum Mining Corporation Tanco Mine
Tellurium  
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Flin Flon Mine
Zinc  
Dickstone Copper Mines Ltd./Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Dickstone Mine
Emergency Metals Ltd. Mandy Mine
HudBay Minerals Lalor Mine *
HudBay Minerals Reed Mine *
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Anderson Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Callinan Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Chisel Lake Open Pit
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Flin Flon Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Lost Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Ghost Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Osborne Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Photo Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Schist Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Spruce Point Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Stall Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
White Lake Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals
777 Mine *
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals
Chisel North Mine
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting/HudBay Minerals
Trout Lake Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines
Fox Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines
Sherridon Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mines Limited/ Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting
Ruttan Lake Mine
Stall Lake Mines Limited
Rod Mine

 

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