Golden Age Mines property, Eastern Township area, Quebec

The U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1955, citing the Northern Miner, reported that Golden Age Mines "carried out bulk sampling and mill testing of the eastern portion of its property in the Eastern Township area of Quebec," and that "an average recovery of 1.76-percent fiber was reported."² The yearbook for 1958 placed the company's exploration "in the Beauceville area of Quebec."³ In 1959, it said, "a pilot mill was placed in operation by Golden Age Mines at its property near Beauceville."¹

The documents report work here (mining, shafts or a mill) but no fiber sold or shipped; that is what our documents say, and the mine may still have sold some.¹

Location

Year by year

Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.

1955

• Exploration: “carried out bulk sampling and mill testing of the eastern portion of its property” (Golden Age Mines), as reported by Northern Miner, p. 11²
• Exploration: “An average recovery of 1.76-percent fiber was reported” (Golden Age Mines), as reported by Northern Miner, p. 12²

1958

• Exploration: “Exploration was being conducted ... by Golden Age Mines in the Beauceville area of Quebec” (Golden Age Mines), as reported by Northern Miner (Toronto), p. 9³

1959

• Mill: “A pilot mill was placed in operation by Golden Age Mines at its property near Beauceville” (Golden Age Mines), p. 6¹

Other names

Documents call this mine “Golden Age mines property”, “Golden Age Mines, Beauceville area”, “Golden Age Mines property near Beauceville”.

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1959 (January 1, 1960), p. 6.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1955 (January 1, 1956), pp. 11–12.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1958 (January 1, 1959), p. 9.