Teegana claim, Deloro Township, Porcupine area, Ontario

The U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1949, drawing on the Northern Miner, reported that "a claim in Deloro Township, Porcupine area, northern Ontario, which had been idle since World War I, is to be opened by the Teegana Mines, Ltd."³ For 1950 the yearbook said the company "made some progress in development work and erection of a mill" on the property near South Porcupine, which "had produced a small tonnage of chrysotile asbestos many years earlier"; for 1951 it reported "little progress."^1,4 In May 1953 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, wrote that Teegana had put up "a concrete-block mill building," and that "approximately 100 tons of ore were put thru this mill and some shipments made."² The article said that Van Packer Mines of Canada, Limited, incorporated in October 1951, "is the successor of Teegana Mines, Limited."²

The documents report small or short-lived production of asbestos fiber for sale.²

Location

Year by year

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

1918

• Idle: “a claim in Deloro Township ... which had been idle since World War I” (Teegana Mines, Ltd.), as reported by Northern Miner, p. 8³

1949

• Opened: “is to be opened by the Teegana Mines, Ltd.” (Teegana Mines, Ltd.), as reported by Northern Miner, p. 8³

1950

• Exploration: “made some progress in development work and erection of a mill on a property near South Porcupine in Deloro Township” (Teegana Mines, Ltd.), as reported by Northern Miner, p. 8¹
• Worked: “This property had produced a small tonnage of chrysotile asbestos many years earlier”, as reported by Northern Miner, p. 8¹

1951

• Exploration: “Little progress is reported by Teegana Mines, Ltd., in developing its property near South Porcupine” (Teegana Mines, Ltd.), p. 9⁴
• Ownership: “Van Packer Mines of Canada, Limited ... is the successor of Teegana Mines, Limited” (Van Packer Mines of Canada, Limited), p. 16²

1953

• Mill: “Teegana Mines, Limited, put up a concrete-block mill building ... Approximately 100 tons of ore were put thru this mill” (Teegana Mines, Limited), p. 18²

Other names

Documents call this mine “a claim in Deloro Township”, “property near South Porcupine in Deloro Township”.

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1950 (January 1, 1951), p. 8.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1953, May 1953 (May 1, 1953), pp. 16, 18.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1949 (January 1, 1950), p. 8.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1951 (January 1, 1952), p. 9.