How the increasing use of magnetometers for mineral exploration in the 1940s helped the development of Lynn Lake, Manitoba

How an accidental discovery of salty water in a well led to the development of Nova Scotia’s salt industry

How, as Saskatchewan expanded its new potash industry, it had to take steps to regulate production while also keeping prices competitive on the international market

How the Labrador Trough became the epicentre of Canadian iron ore mining in the 1950s

How the discovery of the Horne deposit in Quebec led to the Rouyn-Noranda mining rush

In this edition of Mining the Archives, we look at Alberta’s vast oil sands deposits, which required the development of specialized extraction methods before they could be successfully mined