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
A Simple and Effective Style Originating in North America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the “boomtown” style is predominantly found in mining towns, which were […]
The ore to be refined starts off as a greyish mud received from the mill. It is placed in a pot and heated to more than 3000 degrees […]
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.
The Shannon Building in the 1940s. Also in view, Malartic Beauty hairdressing salon, Bijouterie Gagnon jewlery store and, to the left, Buanderie Malartic – a laundrymat.
Dionne building in the 1940s. Also in view, the Cartier grocery store and the A & B (5-10-15¢ & $1:00) general store.
The photo is captioned Paris Vallée, one of the village’s nicknames at the time (1940s)
View of Roc-d’Or’s main street in early 1940.
One of the Roc-d’Or buildings being moved to Malartic using tractors and wood logs.
Workers struggle to lift a building over the railway.