Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the collection
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1917-1959 (Creation)
- Creator
- Deloro Mine
Physical description area
Physical description
24 cm of textual records
8 photographs
Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Mining in Deloro began in 1868 when gold was discovered. In 1873 Canadian Consolidated Gold Mining Company, a British-based company, began mining operations which eventually failed due to the poor recovery of gold. In 1896 Canadian Gold Fields Company… Read more
Custodial history
Collection was created by the Deloro Smelting and Refining Company and found on site. It was in the custody of the Ministry of the Environment and transferred to Trent University Archives via Heather Hawthorne in [September 2007]: https://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/07-007#donation.
Scope and content
Collection consists of employee records, plant and engineering operations, and photographs of Deloro village and the Deloro mining and smelting site.
Notes area
Physical condition
The condition of the material is generally good. One miscellaneous group of records was infected with black mold and destroyed.
Immediate source of acquisition
Collection acquired from the Ministry of the Environment in 2007.
Restrictions on access
None
Accruals
This collection is an addition to 98-018.
General note
Box 1
Folder
- Accident reports, 1944, 1954-1955
- Payroll slips, 1958
- Receipts, 1956, no date
- Labour reports, 1946-1948, 1956, 1959
- Time book, 1940-1941; attendance sheets, 1956, no date
- Employee medical insurance book, 1940-1947
- Deloro repair requests … Read more