Gold Rush: Stories of Big Mines and a Little Town Named Malartic Gold Rush; stories of big mines and a little town named Malartic Musée minéralogique de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
First and Foremost The mineral fields of the Canadian Malartic Mine were first staked by John Mark in 1922. Located on the edge of the Cadillac Fault, who became […]
In 1932, Mr. James Paul Norrie and Mr. L.K. Coffin staked the land located half a kilometre from actual Malartic in the direction of Val d’Or. They began […]
Harsh Conditions The Sladen area was staked between 1923 and 1924 by B. Sladen and H. S. Kennedy and was located between East Malartic and Canadian Malartic about […]
An Abundant Deposit, A Prosperous Mine In 1934, W.B Crane and John Partanen, under the leadership of James Paul Norrie, staked on the Cadillac Fault’s extension, 10 km […]
Legend The map shows a partial view of the fault that runs through Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The fault, which extends from east to west, represented by the green line is […]
From Nova Scotia to Abitibi James Paul Norrie is a prominent figure in Canadian mining history. He is one of the main players in the first gold rush […]
Remembering the Missing Miners On October 1st, 2011, a memorial monument was dedicated to victims of the tragedy at the Musée minéralogique de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue, located in Malartic. The […]
These two miners are busy unloading a cart of crushed rock in the ore pass. This is a vertical tunnel into which the ore is poured then recovered […]
Industrialization The jackleg is one of the tools that allowed miners to increase their productivity in an unprecedented. It was developped during the Industrial Revolution. The tool is […]
Malartic’s main street in the 1940s, prior to being paved.