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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Bit Machine Monument (Lakeshore Drive, Snow Lake)

This machine, an outdoor display of the Snow Lake Mining Museum, was salvaged from the Bingo mine site at Herb Lake. It was used in the early 1920s to form bits for drilling rock during the mining process.

Bit Machine Monument

Bit Machine Monument (July 2017)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N54.88244, W100.02881
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Snow Lake Mining Museum (Poplar Avenue, Snow Lake)

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 April 2020

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