Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph
The Con Mine tower or Robertson Headframe was a landmark in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and was visible from planes landing at the airport, and from Great Slave Lake. It marks the site of the Con, or Cominco, gold mine, first staked in 1935 and productive until 2003. The tower was demolished...
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| Format: | Still Image |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/cd72ff5b-5413-4b69-ad2d-abf0ce600edf https://doi.org/10.7939/R3TX35H5Z |
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| author | Seale, Linda N. |
| author_facet | Seale, Linda N. |
| author_sort | Seale, Linda N. |
| collection | University of Alberta: Era - Education and Research Archive |
| description | The Con Mine tower or Robertson Headframe was a landmark in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and was visible from planes landing at the airport, and from Great Slave Lake. It marks the site of the Con, or Cominco, gold mine, first staked in 1935 and productive until 2003. The tower was demolished in October 2016, being too expensive to maintain. The mine shafts are a potential source of geothermal energy which could heat half of the city. A memorandum of understanding was signed in June 2011 between the City of Yellowknife and Corix Utilities. Photograph taken March 2012 from Rat Lake : description updated October 2016. |
| format | Still Image |
| genre | Great Slave Lake Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
| genre_facet | Great Slave Lake Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
| geographic | Canada Great Slave Lake Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
| geographic_facet | Canada Great Slave Lake Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
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| institution | Open Polar |
| language | English |
| long_lat | ENVELOPE(-114.001,-114.001,61.500,61.500) |
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| publishDate | 2012 |
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| spelling | ftunivalberta:oai:era.library.ualberta.ca:cd72ff5b-5413-4b69-ad2d-abf0ce600edf 2025-05-18T14:02:23+00:00 Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph Seale, Linda N. 2012/03/09 https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/cd72ff5b-5413-4b69-ad2d-abf0ce600edf https://doi.org/10.7939/R3TX35H5Z English eng doi:10.7939/R3TX35H5Z http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Landmarks Mine buildings Robertson headframe Cominco Mine Yellowknife Northwest Territories Geothermal energy Gold mines Con Mine Image 2012 ftunivalberta https://doi.org/10.7939/R3TX35H5Z 2025-04-28T14:33:56Z The Con Mine tower or Robertson Headframe was a landmark in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and was visible from planes landing at the airport, and from Great Slave Lake. It marks the site of the Con, or Cominco, gold mine, first staked in 1935 and productive until 2003. The tower was demolished in October 2016, being too expensive to maintain. The mine shafts are a potential source of geothermal energy which could heat half of the city. A memorandum of understanding was signed in June 2011 between the City of Yellowknife and Corix Utilities. Photograph taken March 2012 from Rat Lake : description updated October 2016. Still Image Great Slave Lake Northwest Territories Yellowknife University of Alberta: Era - Education and Research Archive Canada Great Slave Lake ENVELOPE(-114.001,-114.001,61.500,61.500) Northwest Territories Yellowknife |
| spellingShingle | Landmarks Mine buildings Robertson headframe Cominco Mine Yellowknife Northwest Territories Geothermal energy Gold mines Con Mine Seale, Linda N. Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph |
| title | Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph |
| title_full | Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph |
| title_fullStr | Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph |
| title_full_unstemmed | Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph |
| title_short | Con Mine tower, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada -- photograph |
| title_sort | con mine tower, yellowknife, northwest territories, canada -- photograph |
| topic | Landmarks Mine buildings Robertson headframe Cominco Mine Yellowknife Northwest Territories Geothermal energy Gold mines Con Mine |
| topic_facet | Landmarks Mine buildings Robertson headframe Cominco Mine Yellowknife Northwest Territories Geothermal energy Gold mines Con Mine |
| url | https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/cd72ff5b-5413-4b69-ad2d-abf0ce600edf https://doi.org/10.7939/R3TX35H5Z |