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Date: February 23, 2012 "High-Grade Tales : Stories from Mining Camps of the Northwest Territories"
NOW FOR SALE - NWT Mining Heritage Society
“High-Grade Tales: Stories from Mining Camps of the NWT”, written and collected by Ryan Silke, explores the cultural impact of mining in the Northwest Territories on its early pioneers. Important events in NWT history are examined and given depth by personal experiences. The boom and bust mining cycle, the influx of Italian immigrants in the 1950s, the allure of the mining town, the participation of aboriginal people, and the excitement of a rich gold find…the book documents the groundbreaking achievements of the common man and woman in the industry.
Fully illustrated from rare photographs never before published and stories never before told, “High-Grade Tales” is a testament to the rich mines that carved a modern Northwest Territories and the industrious pioneers, our mining elders, who made it all possible.
As the names of the north’s famous northern mining camps fall off the maps and the ruins eradicated from the landscape, “High-Grade Tales” preserves for all time the important story of how the north developed.
Available for sale at a cost of $20 through the NWT Mining heritage Society. Please add $3.40 for shipping (1 copy)...$12.00 for shipping (2 or more copies) A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book will go towards the Mining Heritage Society and their goal for a mining museum in Yellowknife.
Financial sponsors for this project include: City of Yellowknife Heritage Committee, Avalon Rare Metals, Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mines, NWT Arts Council, and the NWT Mining Heritage Society.
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