Glagoma Copper Mine
The Glagoma Mine was another copper discovery that was found along highway 129 in 1916. Much of this mining zone was first uncovered by the Sudbury Copper Company that was in search for high to low grade copper ore. Within 1916, the company was once again on the move when it had staked the Glagoma Copper Mine. At the time it was very evident that the company was going through the regular prospecting procedures of uncovering the copper vein further. As development of the land continued to take place this company was also making future plans of engineering it's own flotation Concentrator Mill if results become encouraging enough from underground explorations. With huge expansions taking place the company would place further development procedures when a shaft was sunken to the depth of 135. In addition to this development the company would also construct the first mining level on the mines 60 foot level. As development started to expand this shaft the company would only conduct a small amount of drifting, and crosscutting in 1916.
More expanding started to also take place in 1917, when the Sudbury Copper Company once again place development stages towards the shaft. Even more levels soon became constructed on the mines 150, and 250 foot levels as the shaft was now exceeding a depth of 250 feet. Not much had occurred within these small production levels as the company was so far exploring them by a small amount of drifting, and crosscutting. By this time the Sudbury Copper Company would also place construction phases towards the Power House, Change House, and several cottages for accommodation purposes. Besides development the company also need it's own workforce as it soon employed a total of 15 to 20 men by the end of 1917. This was rather the reason why the company was able to succeed at developing its own shaft to the 250 foot level within a short time period. However, the company would have no choice but to close down this production business after it had produce 808.6 kg of copper that had its own value of $468.
Some more exploration procedures would once again take place in 1951, when the Glagoma Copper Mines Limited had staked this claim. In general being, the company would only conduct a small diamond drilling program that didn't intersect anything encouraging. So the mine was once again left to become abandoned as nothing was being uncovered.
One last shot at getting this mine active was being conducted in 1961, when the Aurora Quarrying Limited had leased this claim. With no other choice the small scale mining company decided to construct an adit that was driven 45.7 m into the small vein structure. From total production the company was able to obtain 145 tonnes of copper that was treated at the Pronto Mine Milling Facility. This pretty much had mark the ending point for the Glagoma Copper Mine as not much copper was report to have been found within this mining operation. So with no more copper resources, the company was left with no choice but to abandoned all mining operations just like the Sudbury Copper Company did.
More expanding started to also take place in 1917, when the Sudbury Copper Company once again place development stages towards the shaft. Even more levels soon became constructed on the mines 150, and 250 foot levels as the shaft was now exceeding a depth of 250 feet. Not much had occurred within these small production levels as the company was so far exploring them by a small amount of drifting, and crosscutting. By this time the Sudbury Copper Company would also place construction phases towards the Power House, Change House, and several cottages for accommodation purposes. Besides development the company also need it's own workforce as it soon employed a total of 15 to 20 men by the end of 1917. This was rather the reason why the company was able to succeed at developing its own shaft to the 250 foot level within a short time period. However, the company would have no choice but to close down this production business after it had produce 808.6 kg of copper that had its own value of $468.
Some more exploration procedures would once again take place in 1951, when the Glagoma Copper Mines Limited had staked this claim. In general being, the company would only conduct a small diamond drilling program that didn't intersect anything encouraging. So the mine was once again left to become abandoned as nothing was being uncovered.
One last shot at getting this mine active was being conducted in 1961, when the Aurora Quarrying Limited had leased this claim. With no other choice the small scale mining company decided to construct an adit that was driven 45.7 m into the small vein structure. From total production the company was able to obtain 145 tonnes of copper that was treated at the Pronto Mine Milling Facility. This pretty much had mark the ending point for the Glagoma Copper Mine as not much copper was report to have been found within this mining operation. So with no more copper resources, the company was left with no choice but to abandoned all mining operations just like the Sudbury Copper Company did.