The Falconbridge Story
Name/Title
The Falconbridge StoryEntry/Object ID
2022.294.01Tags
Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Falconbridge, Ontario, Mining History, Mining Industry, Nickel Mining, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, The Sudbury BasinScope and Content
Book, The Falconbridge Story, originally published in the Canadian Mining Journal, volume 80 number 6 in June of 1959.Context
The story was originally published by the Canadian Mining Journal in June of 1959. The book is broken down into 16 chapters, they are as follows: Introduction: - Company History - Organization - Historical Outline 1. Geology: - General Geology - Geological Structure - Mine Geological Department - Geology of Mines - Geological Exploration 2. Mining: - Present Practice: hoisting, air compression, crushing, pumping, haulage, ventilation, backfilling, shaft sinking, shaft station excavation, drifting and crosscutting, raising, timbering, removal of ore from stopes, stoping methods - Mining Equipment - Mines: Falconbridge Mine, East Mine, McKim Mine, Hardy Mine, Boundary Mine, Onaping Mine, Fecunis Lake Mine, Longvack Mine 3. Reduction: - Introduction - Milling: Falconbridge Mill, Hardy Mill, Fecunis Lake Mill - Smelting - Refining 4. Control Laboratory 5. Metallurgical Research: - Falconbridge Metallurgical Research Department - Richvale Laboratory - Pyrrhotite Pilot Plant 6. Mine Engineering 7. Work Study: Development and Application 8. Design and General Engineering 9. Maintenance: - Mechanical Services - Electrical Services 10. Utilities: - Electrical Power Distribution - Water Supply - Heating - Sewage Disposal - Fire Protection - Transportation 11. Safety 12. Accounting 13. Purchasing and Warehousing 14. Property 15. Industrial Relations 16. Townsites The Falconbridge Mine Company was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1928. It was a natural resources company focused on exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of metals and minerals, specifically: nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum. Falconbridge Nickel Mines was incorporated August 28, 1928 as a subsidiary of Ventures Limited. Mining in the Town of Falconbridge. In 1928, Thayer Lindsley created Ventures Limited as a holding company for various other companies and mining claims. Ventures Limited then purchased Falconbridge Mines in August 1928 from the Bennett-Longyear interests for $2,500,000. In 2006 Falconbridge Nickel Mines was purchased by the Swiss company Xstrata, which was later bought out by Glencore in 2013.Collection
Mining History, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Collection, Sudbury HistoryCataloged By
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