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The Borel Fire has destroyed the historic mining community of Havilah, with only a few buildings left standing, the Los Angeles Times reported. “We lost everything — it’s all gone ...
The Québec Cartier Mining Company opened the Lake Jeannine iron mine to the southwest of Fire Lake in 1961, near the company-built town of Gagnon. The company made investments in the 1970s at Mont-Wright, Fermont and Fire Lake. [4] The open pit mine near Fire Lake was exploited by Sidbec-Normines, a private-public consortium, between 1977 and ...
Mining disaster Westville, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 60–70 Considered Canada's first mining disaster 1877 April 29: Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire: Fire Montreal, Quebec: Central Canada 12 [2] 1877 June 20: Great Fire of Saint John: Fire Saint John, New Brunswick: Maritimes 18-19 1880 November 12: Foord Pit explosion: Mining disaster ...
Pages in category "Coal mining disasters in Canada" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
It was Canada's worst mining disaster since 1958, when a bump at another Nova Scotia coal mine in Springhill claimed the lives of 75 miners. [3] In the wake of the explosion, Canadian and international media coverage descended upon the tiny hamlet of Plymouth and the nearby towns of New Glasgow, Stellarton, Westville and Trenton.
The first truly industrial mining operation in what is now Canada was an iron mine at Forges du Saint-Maurice near Trois-Rivières in Quebec, which remained a going concern from 1738 to 1883. [1] Copper mining in Bruce Mines , Ontario—the first industrial-scale mine of a substance other than iron—followed in 1848. [ 2 ]
A fire erupted in a coal mining company building in a northern Chinese city on Thursday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 38, Chinese state media reported. Rescue personnel evacuated dozens ...
The Victor Mine was the first Canadian diamond mine located in Ontario, and De Beers' second diamond mine in Canada (after the Snap Lake Diamond Mine).It is located in the Northern Ontario Ring of Fire, in the James Bay Lowlands 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Attawapiskat in the remote northern part of the province.