Curator's note | The largest of the PotashCorp potash divisions, Lanigan has the capacity to produce 3.828 million tonnes of potash a year from its deposits 1,000 meters below the surface.The current mining areas stretch 5 kilometers north and 7.5 kilometers south from the main shaft. The mine presently employs nine four-rotor and four two-rotor mining machines. Each 4 rotor machine cuts a profile of 2.74 meters by 8.23 meters (9 feet by 27 feet) and advances at a rate of up to 30 centimeters per minute. Once mined, the ore passes directly from the miner onto a conveyor system which transports the ore to underground storage bins for hoisting to the surface. Information from PotashCorp. |
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Title | Potash Mine in Lanigan, SK |
Date | 26 November 1983 |
Physical extent | 1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm |
Scope and content | Image of a miner working with mining machine at the potash mine at Lanigan, SK. The teeth of the machine chew solid potash from the surface. The miner is wearing a safety belt, a miners hard hat and eye googles to increase his safety. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Saskatoon_Star-Phoenix_fonds | Credits | StarPhoenix (Saskatoon) |
Retrieval information | Saskatoon Star-Phoenix fonds, S-SP-A21001-23 |
Occupation(s) |
Miners and mining - potash |
Theme(s) |
Mining |
Database ID | 36719 |