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West Red Lake Mine
Non-Producer
- 3,000,000 shares ($1) – issued 1,999,205
- Property = 27 claims in 4 groups in Todd and Ball Townships (Pipestone Bay)
- Main group is 9 claims (375 acres)
- Work resumed in July 1935 after 8 month idle period where the company was restructured
- Operations suspended again in October 1935
- Average of 16 men
- 30 km west of Campbell and Red Lake Mines
- The property originally attracted prospectors because of its wide spread surface coverage of gold mineralization.
- The property contains both mafic and felsic pyroclastic rocks which have been metamorphosed into green schist facies
- Around the same time the 7.3 meter shaft was completed, the West Red Lake Mines Ltd took control (Durocher et al 1987: 115)
- In 1934 a proper shaft was introduced and dug down 66 meters. Further drilling was performed at a depth of 183 meters (Durocher et al 1987: 115)
- In late 1934 there were issues within the company and it was restructured. By July of 1935, 8 months after, operations resumed at the mine. This included the reconditioning of the mine's plant.
- A great deal of underground exploration took place in August of 1935, with some of the work spilling into September (Sinclair et al 1986: 90).
- Drilling was performed in 1936 and in 1958 additional testing was performed to towards the southward extension of the shaft vein
- The Company Halo took over the property eventually and in October of 2006; the Halo Company began an ambitious mapping and sampling regiment that would provide enough data to present opportunities to investors.
Drilling was performed in 1936 and in 1958 additional testing was performed to towards the southward extension of the shaft vein. Work was also done to the North in order to test the vein. Three diamond drill holes were drilled north of the shaft in 1960. The property change hands again in 1976, this time going to W. Hermiston (Durocher et al 1987: 115). Under this ownership, in 1980
The Company Halo took over the property eventually and in October of 2006; the Halo Company began an ambitious mapping and sampling regiment that would provide enough data to present opportunities to investors.