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Miners in the Making

Item number (ISN):

120285

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1922

Item number (ISN):

120285

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1922

Production company:

Pathescope of Canada Ltd.

Sponsor:

Ontario Motion Picture Bureau

Description:

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Haileybury, Ontario, north of North Bay. Two-steepled church in the foreground, buildings, and lake in background. This town was selected to house a mining school to instruct students of any age in the mining trade. The course is also open to miners and prospectors who desire instruction in minerology and geology. Street scene in Haileybury - street car comes to a stop and students alight. Front view of a large school chosen for the mining course. Silhouettes of students entering the school's main entrance. Students operating miniature mining machinery and taking notes, in classroom analyzing minerals by blowing into glass testing tubes, examining various minerals from all over the world. Shows showcase with various kinds of mineral rocks. Instructor looks over the shoulder of a working student. Student hands his work to the instructor - sketches of mining equipment and other machinery. Students watching instructor pointing to ore veins in mine and water dripping from cracks in the mine, watching ore being trammed over tracks to pockets, then transferred to skips and hoisted to the surface. Students watch ore being processed at the mill, minerals rise to the surface of large tanks containing bubbling liquid. Man standing near a large wheel explains this part of ore processing. Back at school shows rocks, donated by local mines, being crushed in miniature ore crusher. After further reduction in size the ore is put in flat vibrating containers. Student feeling for the mineral with his fingertips. Revolving mills containing steel balls further reducing the ore. Ore undergoing cyanide process in large tanks. Instructor demonstrates how to obtain almost 85% pure silver by adding sodium sulphide. Students watch instructor put chemical in glass test tube and pour out liquid substance. Powdered silver is then displayed in the palm of his hand. Man removing molten silver from furnace and pouring it into ingot molds.

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

3271~3272

Notes:

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1. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.~2. Production date taken from The Films of THE ONTARIO MOTION PICTURE BUREAU - A Preliminary Catalogue - Mick Mitchell, July, 1993.~3. The film cans are mistakenly labelled MINES IN THE MAKING.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

15248

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8103-0058

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

107014

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8903-0005

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

499945

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-3271
GC-3272

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

505084

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-3271/B

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-3271
GC-3272

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

505085

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-3271/C
GC-3272/B

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

GC-3271/B

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

509574

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2010-07-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-3271
GC-3272

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

527844

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2010-12-0058

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2010-07-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

558901

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2011-09-0009

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2010-07-0006

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

621717

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2013-01-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

100:00

Made from:

2010-10-0015
2010-10-0008
2012-11-0008
2010-12-0058
7706-1206
7706-1211
7301-6027
8222-1584
8222-1585

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

621734

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2013-01-0005

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

100:00

Made from:

V4 2013-01-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

946485

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

2010-07-0006-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:56

Made from:

2010-07-0006

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

946486

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

120285.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:56

Made from:

2010-07-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

946487

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

120285.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

9:56

Made from:

2010-07-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1006818

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-3271/A

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8103-0058
V1 8903-0005
V1 2013-01-0005

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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