Sudbury Basin The Story of Nickel

Name/Title

Sudbury Basin The Story of Nickel

Entry/Object ID

2022.142.01

Tags

Mining History, Mining Industry, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, The Sudbury Basin, Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Falconbridge, Ontario, Nickel Mining, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Mond Nickel Mine, Prospecting History

Scope and Content

Book discussing the history of mining in the Sudbury Basin.

Context

The book discusses a full history of mining operations in the Sudbury Basin and the development of the city of Sudbury. It is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Preview 2. Earth's Travail 3. Westward the Steel 4. Frontier Community 5. Glint of Gossan 6. Every Step a Struggle 7. "Old Nick" Gives Trouble 8. Town of Sudbury 9. Formation Years 10. INCO is born 11. Brave New Century 12. Sudbury and World War I 13. New Uses for Nickel 14. Lindsley Looks into the Basin 15. INCO and Mond Unite 16. Depression Days 17. Success Story 18. Mines Respond to War's Urgency 19. From Gossan to Geology 20. Nickel Metropolis 21. What of the Future?

Collection

Mining History, Sudbury History, Mond Nickel Mine Collection, International Nickel Company of Canada, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Collection

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Ryerson Press, Falconbridge Limited

Date(s) of Creation

1829

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Sudbury Basin: Falconbridge 1928-1953

Description

Book discussing the history of mining in the Sudbury Basin.

Creator

D. M. LeBourdais

Date(s) of Creation

1953

Subjects

History, Mining, Mineral deposits, Minerals, Nickel mining

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

714

Dimensions

Width

6-1/4 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 4, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Tear, Embrittlement

Date Examined

Feb 4, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, binding

Notes

The damage is to the dust cover

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mining History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 4, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 4, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 16, 2022