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 (July 2017)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite 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)
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 April 2020
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