A Guide to the Golden Age: Mining in Sudbury, 1886-1977

Name/Title

A Guide to the Golden Age: Mining in Sudbury, 1886-1977

Entry/Object ID

2018.117.01

Tags

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

Scope and Content

Book, report discussing the "golden age" of mining in Sudbury, from 1886 until 1977.

Context

Journal article published by Laurentian University's department of history discussing the "Golden Age of Mining" in Sudbury Ontario between the years 1886 and 1977. The article is broken down into sections according to which mine it is discussing. The sections discuss the foundings of each mine, the location of the mine, type of mine, what mineral(s) were mined and if/when the mine closed during that span. It is broken down into parts, they are as follows: Part 1. Mining: - Theories as to the Origin of the Sudbury Basin - The Age of the Independent: Early Prospectors in the Sudbury Area, 1880-1900 - A Loss of Innocence: The Decline of the Nickel Industry in the 1970's - Mining Methods in the Sudbury Area: 1886 to the Present Part 2: The Mines: - Appendix: Preliminary List of Mines in the Sudbury Area The mines are as follows: Blezard Mine, Chicago Mine, Clarabelle Open-Pit Mine, Coleman Mine, Copper Cliff, Copper Cliff North Mine, Copper Cliff South Mine, Crean Hill Mine, Creighton Mine, Falconbridge Mine, Fecunis Lake, Garson Mine, Gertrude Mine, Kirkwood Mine, Levack Mine, Levack West Mine, Lockerby Mine, Long Lake Gold Mine, Maclennan Mine, Moose Mountain Mine, Murray Mine, North Star Mine, Stobie Mine, Totten Mine, Wahnapite Area, Worthington Mine

Collection

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

Cataloged By

Regan Ross

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Essay

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Report

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Laurentian University

Date(s) of Creation

1960

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

A Guide to the Golden Age: Mining in Sudbury, 1886-1977

Description

Book, report discussing the "golden age" of mining in Sudbury, from 1886 until 1977.

Creator

Robert Stephenson, Michael Gauvreau, Tom Kiley, Marie Lalonde, Nancy Pellis, Mira Zirojevic

Date(s) of Creation

1979

Subjects

History, Mining, Mines, Prospecting, Geology, Mineral deposits

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

31001

Dimensions

Width

8-1/2 in

Length

11 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 17, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Embrittlement

Date Examined

Feb 17, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, binding

Notes

The spine has grown brittle due to age and the material it was made of

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mining History

Provenance Detail

Sudbury History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO) History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Falconbridge Limited

Owner/Agent

Falconbridge Limited

Role

Owner

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on July 24, 2018 by Regan Ross, re-cataloged on February 17, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 17, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 17, 2022