Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited: The Falconbridge Enterprise Part 1 (1850-1928)
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Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited: The Falconbridge Enterprise Part 1 (1850-1928)Entry/Object ID
2021.1613.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Nickel Mining, Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Falconbridge, Ontario, The Sudbury Basin, District of Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Prospecting HistoryScope and Content
Book, compilation of the corporate history of the Falconbridge Nickel Mines Corporation.Context
The book covers a span from 1850 to 1928. It is broken down into 13 sections to give a comprehensive corporate history. The sections are as follows: 1. The contemporary setting (1850-1899) 2. The clash between the lumbermen and the prospectors, 3. The operations of the emery lumber company 4. Thomas Alva Edison comes to Falconbridge 5. Accomplishments of Thomas A. Edison 6. The geological theories of Professor A. P. Coleman 7. E. J. Longyear Company of Minneapolis 8. Achievements of the E. J. Longyear Company 9. The dispute of the Edison Forty 10. The "Deutschland Affair" 11. The influence of the British America Nickel Corporation Limited 12. Messrs. Hybinette Gronningsaeter and Roscoe: their dreams and contributions 13. Falconbridge Mines Limited 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
Kat BezaireCategory
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