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"Maps that had once been almost blank - showing occasionally the words "fur" and "timber" were added gold, silver, copper, and zinc. To the business life of northern Manitoba was added a great metal industry."
-The Northern Mail, June 9, 1939

Once the North was opened up by the coming of the railway, prospectors flowed into the region to stake their claim. The first mine to be worked in the area was Mandy Mine on Schist Lake, roughly 90 miles north of The Pas. It operated between 1916 to 1920. The mine was a "Glory Hole," meaning that no tunneling, shaft or hoist was needed because the copper vein came right to the surface. The mine was so hugely successful that it was reported in the first annual report of the Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources that "for each thousand dollars spent drilling in this camp, over $1,250,000 in ore had been disclosed."

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Mandy Mine, Schist Lake, Flin Flon Railway.
c. 1916
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP93.18.573

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Several men and horse teams at the "Landing", Mandy Mine.
1917-1920
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP1.34.3

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Men and teams of horses at the "Landing", Mandy Mine.
1917-1920
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP1.34.4

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Mandy Mine "Peninsula" on Schist Lake.
1917-1920
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP1.35.1

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Mandy Mine on Schist Lake.
1917-1920
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP1.35.2

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Ore dump with copper sulfide from the Mandy Mine being hauled by horses.
June/July 1917
Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan
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Credits:
Manitoba Natural Resources Collection
PP94.2.113c

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Ore dump with copper sulfide from the Mandy Mine being hauled by horses.
June/July 1917
Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan
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Credits:
Manitoba Natural Resources Collection
PP94.2.114a

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Mandy Mine operations.
c. 1917-1919.
Northern Manitoba
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PP2008.4.7

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Sleds being loaded with ore from Mandy Mine.
c. 1910s
Northern Manitoba

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PP2008.4.9

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Operations at Mandy Mine.
c. 1910s
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP2008.4.11

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Eleven men working part of the Mandy Mine.
1917-1920
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP1.32

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Mandy Mine.
1917-1920
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP1.35.4

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Several men standing near some wood work and a hoist at the Mandy Mine.
1917-1920
Schist Lake, Manitoba
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PP1.36.2