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Bear Exploration and Radium Limited fonds

fonds1937-1948421

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Held by
Northwest Territories Archives via NWT Archives
Creator
Bear Exploration and Radium Limited
Dates
1937-1948 (indexed as 1937–1948)
Level
fonds
Extent
23.5 cm of textual records 86 maps
Scope & content
The fonds consists of 23.5 cm of textual records and 117 maps created by Bear Exploration and Radium Limited in its exploration and development work in the gold mining industry around Yellowknife in the 1930s and 1940s. The records appear to be predominently those of BEAR's NWT Manager of Operations, Hugh Fraser, and include correspondence, reports, financial statements, drill records, licenses, payroll and employment records, prospector's agreements, assay certificates, certificates of work, and maps of maps of claims, drill holes, and geological features for several groups of claims in the Yellowknife area, including Jacknife, Yellowrex, Giant, Sevenore (Fort Rae Gold), Atlas, Admiral, Quyta, Greyling, G.E.M, Ace, Daw, Homer, Neptune, Turnback Lake, Akaitcho, Lucky, HGB, WO3, BYG, and Beulah Gold Mines.
Places
North Slave Region
Location

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Subjects
Gold mines and mining; Mines and mining
Genre / form
Textual record; Cartographic material
Access & use
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