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Dome Mine is situated in the City of Timmins, Ontario, Canada; and was developed during the Porcupine Gold Rush. [1] Last operated by Canadian company Goldcorp, before it became a subsidiary of American company Newmont, it is one of three mines (along with Hoyle Pond underground and Hollinger Open Pit, both still active) owned by Newmont in the Porcupine district in and around Timmins.
Dome mine 1938. Headquartered in Toronto, Dome was established in 1910 [1] to operate the Dome Mine in Timmins, Ontario after a major discovery by a group working for W. S. Edwards in May 1909. [2] The company later became Canada's largest gold producer. [1] Dome Mine, 2010. For most of its existence, Dome Mines was Canada's largest gold producer.
McIntyre Mine headframe. The McIntyre mine is an abandoned underground gold mine in Schumacher, Ontario, Canada, which has earned a place in Canadian mining history as one of the nation's most important mines. Its iconic headframe, located near downtown Timmins, has come to represent the entire Porcupine Gold Rush. The McIntyre also yielded a ...
This is a list of mines in the Canadian province of Ontario and includes both operating and closed mines. Adams Mine; Agnew Lake Mine; Amalgamated Larder Mine; Argonaut Mine; Armistice Mine; Associated Goldfields Mine; Barber Larder Mine; Barton Mine; Beanland Mine; Bell Creek Mine; Bidgood Mine; Bicroft Mine (uranium) Big Dan Mine; Black Fox ...
Open pit mine in Val-d'Or, Quebec. The Abitibi gold belt is a region of Canada that extends from Wawa, Ontario to Val-d'Or, Quebec.Located within the mineral-rich Abitibi greenstone belt, the gold belt is an established gold mining district having produced over 100 mines, and 170 million ounces of gold since 1901.
By the end of the 1920s, the Hollinger was the largest gold mine in the British Empire and paid annual dividends of more than $5 million. By 1927, a 3.5 mile aerial tramway was in operation. [3]: 129 In the 1930s, Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines built 250 houses which were located in one area of the Town of Timmins.
The tour originally opened in 1984 at the McIntyre Mine, but was relocated to its current site at the former Hollinger Mine in 1990. The site was donated in 1990 by Goldcorp, owner of Porcupine Gold Mines, to the City of Timmins to operate an Underground Gold Mine Tour, and later in 2000 GoldCorp donated an adjacent parcel of property on which to build the Shania Twain Centre.
Noah Timmins; Timmins Underground Gold Mine Tour This page was last edited on 28 March 2010, at 05:39 (UTC). Text is ... Category: Mines in Timmins.