Canadian Associated Goldfields Kerr-Addison Gold Mines
33-790: The Kerr–Addison Mine (also known as the Kerr Mine ) is an abandoned Canadian gold mine in the Kearns area of McGarry, Ontario . In 1960, the mine was the largest producer of gold in North America. The mine produced the second most gold overall in North America, with the Homestake Mine being the leader. The mine is located in basalt of the Abitibi gold belt area in what became the Timiskaming District . Gold ore
66-699: A Labour Day weekend music event at the McGarry community centre. Gem Lake Maple Bedrock Provincial Park is located in McGarry Township. Sport fishing is permitted within Gem Lake Maple Bedrock Provincial Park. McGarry Township Forest Conservation Reserve, shared with McFadden Township, is located in McGarry Township. Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. Kerr Addison Mines Ltd was a Toronto-based mining and gas company that owned various mines throughout Canada, including
99-433: A change of -4.9% from its 2016 population of 609 . With a land area of 85.62 km (33.06 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.8/km (17.5/sq mi) in 2021. McGarry's economy has historically been supported by the mining industry, and struggled when the mines were not producing. The Armistice Gold mine was purchased by Bonterra Resources from Kerr Resources in 2016, and gold exploration and modelling
132-748: A claim for the adjoining property, and the Ottawa-based Chesterville-Larder Lake Gold Mining Company Ltd registered the Hummel-Kearns claim in 1906 or 1907. Kerr-Addison Gold Mines was formed. The ownership of the mine passed between three companies, the third being Associated Goldfields Limited, who bought both the Kerr-Addison mine, and the adjacent Reddick mine, in 1917. The company became Canadian Associated Goldfields in 1921 before going bankrupt in 1928. Proprietary Mines Limited
165-493: A claim to the Government of Ontario, asserting the community is a distinct First Nation and did not sign Treaty 9 , or any other treaty. On April 19, 2022, Beaverhouse First Nation was officially recognized as a First Nation under Section 35 of Canada’s Constitution. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , McGarry had a population of 579 living in 289 of its 333 total private dwellings,
198-468: A study by Environment Canada documented "high concentrates" of nickel, gold, copper, lead and zinc in Larder Lake. In early 1997 McGarry township instructed bailiffs to seize assets at the mine and sell them to raise funds for unpaid taxes. Gwen Resources, AJ Perron Gold Corporation, GSR Mining Corporation and Kerr JEX Corporation, the four companies that owned the mine, threatened litigation against
231-613: A subsidiary of Deak Resources of Toronto. Golden Shield restarted mining operations in 1990 with $ 2 million financial support from the Ontario Heritage Fund , which continued until 1996. During its ownership, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment fined Deak Resources $ 50,000 due to polluting effluent discharged into a waterway from the mine's Mill. Pollutants included heavy metals and cyanide . In 1994,
264-660: The Agnew Lake Mine , the Kerr-Addison Mine and Chesterville gold mine . In the 1960s, Kerr Addison was Canada's largest gold producer. The injury of a snowmobiler on company property in 1975 led to a Supreme Court of Canada judgement setting precedent for future Occupier's Liability cases in Canada. In 1904, H. L. Kerr was prospecting for uranium around Larder Lake and identified an area that he wanted to return to. Kerr spoke to Bill Addison, who visited
297-812: The Chesterville gold mine was developed, operating from 1939 until 1952. Virginiatown was built to house the Kerr Addison workers. On December 21, 1972, masked thieves successfully robbed the Virginiatown Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on the Kerr Addison miners' payday. The robbers were never captured. In 2016, the nearby Tournene Lake (or Lac Tournene in French ), was officially re-named as Chief Tonene Lake . In 2018, Beaverhouse First Nation submitted
330-606: The Homestake Mine being the leader. In the very late 19th century, Ignace Tonené, chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai community, discovered gold ore on the side of Larder Lake. Although Tonené properly registered his staking claims, the registration was not respected, and European settlers jumped his claim, registering it again in their name. At that time, the Indian Act of 1876 prevented Indigenous people from hiring lawyers. In 1904, H. L. Kerr examined
363-597: The Kerr-Addison Mine near Larder Lake . Between 1938 and 1996, it produced more than 12 million ounces of gold, and employed 2,500 people. In 1964 Kerr Addison was Canada's largest gold producer, having produced $ 256,745,022 of gold from 28,516,503 tons of ore milled. Kerr Addison had a 90% ownership stake in Agnew Lake Uranium Mine taking over ownership from New Thurbois Mines Ltd and developing it in conjunction with Quebec Mattagami Minerals. From 1965 to 1967 undertook drilling before developing
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#1732797414823396-633: The Canadian National Federation of Independent Union in 1981 and in 1989 merged with United Steelworkers of America to become USWA Local 9283. Gold prices became deregulated and rose from $ 35 per ounce in 1971 to $ 800 per ounce in 1980. In 1987, owners Kerr-Addison Ltd sold the mine for $ 38 million to Golden Shield Resources Ltd, who started an ambitious exploration program. Shortly after, the global gold price sharply dropped, forcing Golden Shield into bankruptcy in 1989. Golden Shield's assets were purchased by GSR Mining Corporation,
429-701: The Kerr-Addison Mine, and in 2011 announced plans to drill for more gold. The Ontario Government instructed Armistice Resources to decommission the site, but they refused and took their disagreement to an environmental and land tribunal in 2013. They argued that they did not need to submit a mine closure plan as they were not the surface owner, as defined in the Mining Act. In 2018, the Mining and Lands Commissioner found in Armistice's favour and dismissed
462-462: The area in 1906. Shortly afterwards they formally registered their claim, formed Kerr Addison Gold Mines, and started the Kerr-Addison Mine . Production was slow in initial years, and ownership of the mine officially changed hands three times, with the third owner being Associated Goldfields Limited, buying the mine in 1917. Associated Goldfields Limited became Canadian Associated Goldfields in 1921 and went bankrupt in 1928. Proprietary Mines Limited
495-588: The area north of Larder Lake and concluded he should revisit it for further investigation. Kerr was a 1903 graduate of the University of Toronto who had spent one week of geological mapping as an assistant at the Geological Survey of Canada . Kerr shared his analysis with William Addison, who visited the area in 1906 and discovered Dr Reddick of Ottawa already surveying it. Kerr and Addison registered their claim in 1906, Dr Reddick of Ottawa registered
528-425: The communities of Virginiatown and Kearns. The township borders with Quebec to the east, along Highway 66 between Kirkland Lake and Rouyn-Noranda . The northern border of the township forms part of the border between Timiskaming District and Cochrane District . Highway 66 was rerouted in 2017 because of concerns that aging mine shafts under the road could cause it to collapse. J. T. Kearns (after whom one of
561-491: The communities was named) staked a claim in 1906, which became the Chesterville gold mine (1938–1952). An 854-metre (2,802 ft) shaft connected 20 levels, and its 500-ton stamp mill produced a total of 458,880 ounces of gold. The Kerr-Addison Gold mine started in 1936, and employed 1,456 people by 1959. In 1960, the mine produced the most gold in the Western Hemisphere, and the 10 millionth ounce of gold
594-441: The construction of a $ 1.75 million 450-tonnes-per-day processing mill. Ore processing started on May 2, 1938, and the first bar of gold was poured on June 11, 1938. The same year, the mine's owners requested government permission to dump mine tailings, containing cyanide, into Larder Lake. The mill was upgraded to be able to process 1,090 tons per day in 1939, and after significantly more gold was discovered at 1,000 feet depth in 1940,
627-870: The executive vice president was P. S. Cross, WIliam James was the CEO, and W. S. Row was the chairman of the board. As of 1982, Ian D. Bayer was the president and CEO and major shareholder. The Supreme Court of Canada made a precedent-setting tort judgement in the Occupier's Liability case brought by Peter Veinot against Kerr Addison Mines Limited in 1975. Veinot sustained serious facial injuries from hitting an iron bar while travelling on his snowmobile on Kerr Addison's land. Activities included mining and processing zinc, gold, and uranium, as well as extracting natural gas. Between 1959 and 1961, along with other mining companies, Kerr-Addison undertook aeromagnetic surveys throughout northwestern Ontario . Kerr Addison owned
660-529: The mill was further upgraded to 1,725 tons per day in 1941. By 1958, shaft #3 was lowered to 1,174 metres, and #4 was lowered to 1,829 metres (6,000 feet) in 1959. World War II decreased production to 1,000 tons per day, but it rose in 1948 to processing over 3,630 tons per day, which was maintained until 1961. The mine ranked as the top producing gold mine in North America in 1960, when it produced 18,400 kilograms of gold, generated from 1,512,860 tons of ore. Ore reserves dwindled in 1960 and all further exploration
693-407: The mine includes greywacke , talc-chlorite schist , and syenite rocks. While predominately containing gold, the ore also contained silver , copper and tungsten . In total, between 1938 and 1996 the mine produced more than 12 million ounces of gold. In 1960, the mine was the largest producer of gold in North America. In 1969, the mine produced the second most gold overall in North America, with
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#1732797414823726-513: The mine to reopen from 1990 until 1996, by which time over 12 million ounces had been produced. Tailings from the operation were dumped in Larder Lake . Ownership of the mine changed several times, owners included Golden Shield Resources, a subsidiary of Deak Resources , AJ Perron, and Armistice Resources Corporation, which changed its name to Kerr Mine Ltd. Kerr Mine became Arizona Gold and sold its assets to Golden Candle Limited. Throughout
759-467: The previous governmental demands. Armistice Resources changed their name to Kerr Mines Inc in 2014 and changed their Toronto Stock Exchange symbol to TSX:KER. In 2014, Kerr Mines sold the Kerr-Addison Mine, the adjoining McGarry Mine and associated mining claims, to Golden Candle Limited for $ 11 million. Kerr Mines later became Arizona Gold. In 2016, Michael Berns, the owner of Gold Candle Ltd submitted an affidavit to court stating that dissolved owners of
792-480: The surface rights (GSR/Deak and AJ Perron) had failed to remediate the site. As part of that court process, court-appointed receivers took rights over the surface rights mine and sold it to Gold Candle Ltd. As of 2021, Gold Candle Ltd owned 100 percent of the mine. McGarry, Ontario McGarry is an incorporated township in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario , Canada. It includes
825-401: The township. Prior to the bailiffs action, the mine owed $ 2.1 million of realty taxes and $ 50,000 of business taxes. AJ Perron, the successor Deak Resources was delisted in 1998. GSR, which retained 50 percent of the surface rights, merged with AJ Perron and collectively dissolved on April 10, 2000. In 2010, Armistice Resources Corporation, who already owned the neighboring McGarry Mine, bought
858-537: The transfers surface and mining rights did not always stay with the same corporation, although the latest owner, Golden Candle, now holds both. The mine is situated on the north east edge of Larder Lake , in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, Canada . The mine is located in basalt of the Abitibi gold belt . The area of the mine is located between the Timiskaming grouping of metasedimentary rock and Keewatin groupings of metavolcanic rock . The area around
891-501: Was abandoned in 1963, with the focus of the work shifting to removing ore that was already identified. In 1957, the mine's owners acquired Chesterville gold mine . The mine employed 2,500 people at its peak. The Kerr-Addison Employees's Association union was formed in 1943. In December 1946 workers voted on joining the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers . The Kerr-Addison union became affiliated with
924-470: Was done to update the resource to a National Instrument 43-101 Compliant Resource. Gold Candle Ltd. and investors purchased the historic Chesterville Gold Mines and Kerr Addison Gold Mines property in 2016, and conducted a feasibility study and gold exploration with Canadian Exploration Services Limited on the old Chesterville Gold Mines and Kerr Addison Gold Mines property. McGarry hosts several events, including an annual fish derby at Larder Lake , and
957-465: Was incorporated in 1936, out of a merger of Kerr-Addison Gold Mines, Anglo-Huronian, Bouzan Mines and Prospector Airways and purchased 26 full and 2 fractional claims in 1937. The company drove four adits to explore mineral veins into a hill on the west of the property where they found low grades of gold. Diamond drilling from within the #1 adit was successful and returned ore with 10.5 grams per ton of gold for over 33 metres. More drilling followed, as did
990-413: Was initially discovered at the mine's location around 1900 by Teme-Augama Anishnabai chief Ignace Tonené . European settlers stole Tonené's claim to the ore and started small-scale mining. Production was initially low, but increased from 1936 until its peak in 1960. Employees unionised in 1943. Ore extraction ended in 1960 and production completely stopped in 1963. The increase in global gold prices caused
1023-481: Was produced in 1982. Gold in the area was originally reported in the late 1800s by Chief Ignace Tonené of the Temagami First Nation . He staked a claim near the north arm of Larder Lake but claimed it was stolen. He reported it, but Indian Affairs was unable to help. Tonené's claim was jumped by European settlers and later developed into the Kerr-Addison Mine . Adjacent to the Kerr-Addison Mine,
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1056-407: Was then formed and took over the mines, and an additional nearby sixteen claims. Between 1920 and 1921, Proprietary Mines Limited sunk a 91-metre shaft and developed levels at 175 feet (53 m) and 300 feet (91 m) depth. The lower level cross-cut missed the ore body by about 6 metres, and although more drilling did later reach the ore body, the mine was abandoned in 1923. Kerr-Addison Mines
1089-412: Was then formed, and took over the mines, while also buying up additional sixteen claims. Kerr-Addison Mines Limited was incorporated in 1963, out of a merger of Kerr-Addison Gold Mines, Anglo-Huronian, Bouzan Mines and Prospector Airways and bought the Kerr-Addison mine from Canadian Associated Goldfields Limited in 1937. In 1957, the company bought the neighbouring Chesterville gold mine . In 1978,
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