Boom and Bust in a Mining Village: The Sad Fate of Roc-d’Or Boom and Bust in a Mining Village: The Sad Fate of Roc-d’Or Société d'histoire de Malartic
Carole St-Jarre speaks about company villages. Mrs. Carole St-Jarre: “Gold Fields Mines, that was further away. There was the road going in to Gold Fields which was about, I […]
The drill core shed of the Amphi Gold Mines is one of the few buildings of Roc-d’Or still standing. The mining company began operating in 1937. The shed […]
Perron, a village of squatters northeast of Val-d’Or, was also in the government’s sight. In the fall of 1937, the government decided to establish the mining village of […]
William B. Hetherington was chosen as Malartic Mayor in 1939. He was also Construction and Maintenance Engineer at Canadian Malartic Gold Mines. In 1934, among other tasks, he […]
Besides its unflattering nickname of “Putainville”, Roc-d’Or had several appellations. One of them was Paris Valley. Was it due to its effervescent character or a reference to one […]
At the beginning, one named G. St-Louis owned at least part of the claims at Roc-d’Or. This changed in 1936, with an amendment to the Mining Act. Buildings […]
East Malartic Mines also built an attractive village close to its infrastructure. Named after Joseph Rupert Norrie, the mine manager, it was not recognised by the government. There […]
Malartic Gold Fields had its own village eight kilometers east of Malartic. Named in honour of Robert A. Halet, the mine’s manager, the small settlement was home to […]
At first, Malartic Gold Mines’ private camp was quite barebone. However, once exploration got underway in 1927, it grew considerably. With the construction of its ore-processing plant in […]
In the late 1930s, mines began producing gold a few kilometers east of Canadian Malartic. East Malartic Mines (concrete headframe), in operation 1938 to 1979, produced some 87 […]
In 1939, the new town of Malartic sat on 2,590 acres. It covered the Canadian Malartic, East Malartic and Sladen (Barnat) Malartic mining claims. In May 1942, Malartic […]
Canadian Malartic Gold Mines processed ore starting in April 1935. When it shut down in 1965, it had produced more than 33 tons of gold and 20 tons […]
