The Big Dome: Over Seventy Years of Gold Mining in Canada
Name/Title
The Big Dome: Over Seventy Years of Gold Mining in CanadaEntry/Object ID
1999.002.012Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Gold Mining, Timmins, Ontario, District of Cochrane, Dome Mine, Porcupine, OntarioScope and Content
Book describing the history of the Dome Mine in Timmins, Ontario.Context
The Dome Mine was discovered in 1909 by a combined effort of John S. Wilson and Harry Preston. It was developed during the Porcupine Gold Rush. The mine officially opened in December of 1910. It continued to operate until 2017, at that time it was owned by Goldcorp, in 2019 it was purchased by Newmont. The book discusses both the history of the Dome Mine as well as a general history of gold mining in Ontario. The book also discusses the creation of the Dome Mine. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Before the Days of the Dome 2. "The Big Dome", They Called It 3. The Fateful First Year 4. Hurricane of Fire 5. The Growing Pains of a New Mine 6. The Dome Extension 7. Flashback: Monell and de la mar 8. Mining in the Booming Twenties 9. The Depression Years 10. The Sigma Mine 11. The Second World War and the Dome 12. In Retrospect 13. Progressing into Prosperity 14. The Campbell Red Lake Mine 15. Approaching Fifty Years 16. "Grandaddy goes Grandly on" 17. Clifford W. Michel: "Financial Genius" 18. The Dome Family 19. Dome Moves into the EightiesCollection
Mining History, The Dome Mine, District of Cochrane CollectionCataloged By
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