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
The Terex RH-340 Electric shovel.
00: 01 – 00: 10 Workers prepared the houses to move them from the southern district of the city of Malartic to the new district located a few […]
Aerial view of Malartic and the Canadian Malartic Mine pit in 2012.
Malartic mining camp past producers include: Canadian Malartic Gold Mines Limited; East Malartic Gold Mines Limited; Barnat-Sladen Mines Limited; Malartic Gold Fields Limited (not shown here).
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 […]