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Gagnon, Quebec, an iron mining company town of Québec Cartier Mining Company, abandoned in 1985. This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada. True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [1]
Sydney Mines (Mi'kmawi'simk: Klmuejuapskwe'katik; Scottish Gaelic: Mèinnean Shidni) is a community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1784 and incorporated as a town in 1889, Sydney Mines has a rich history in coal production although mining activity has now ceased. Prior to a permanent ...
The history of the town was a short one, with interest in mining in the area declining soon after establishment. By 1911, people started leaving the townsite again, with the last inhabitant of the town leaving in 1923. [9] An official map of the townsite from around 1909 shows the town to the south-west of the railway line and siding.
The following lists of mines in Canada are subsidiaries to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output and province.
Waterloo is a locality in Pyrenees Shire approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the town of Beaufort, Victoria and 162 kilometres (101 mi) west north west of the state capital of Melbourne. It was originally settled during the Victorian gold rush as part of the Baxter lead alluvial Gold Mining Precinct. There were a number of company ...
Mining towns in South Australia (21 P) T. Mining towns in Tasmania (1 C, 20 P) V. Mining towns in Victoria (state) (110 P) W. Mining towns in Western Australia (3 C ...
Places such as Kalgoorlie, Mount Isa, Mount Morgan, Broken Hill and Coober Pedy are known as mining towns. Major active mines in Australia include: Olympic Dam in South Australia, a copper, silver and uranium mine believed to have the world's largest uranium reserve, and in 2018 representing 6% of world production. [citation needed]
Goldsworthy (named after the geographical feature Mount Goldsworthy) is a former mining town in Western Australia, east of Port Hedland and located in the Shire of East Pilbara. It was the first [1] iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.