Page 60 Cont’d on pg. 60 a earlier shutdown). The 14 producers were the Buf falo Ankerite, Coniaurum, Delnite, De - Santis, Dome, Hollinger , McIntyre, McLaren-Porcupine, Munro-Croesus, Naybob, Pamour , Porcupine Lake, Porcupine Paymaster and the Ross (since Hollinge r owned it, the Ross at Holtyre counted as a local mine). The Alexo nickel mine outside Iro - quois Falls was counted by the On - tario Government as part of the Por - cupine Mining District. A booklet produced by the T immins Lions Club for the 25th anniversary provides a snapshot of a mini ng town unlike any other in Canada. There were three or ganized munici - palities, Whitney and T isdale T own - ships and the T own of T immins. (The communities of Porcupine in Whitney and South Porcupine and Schumacher in T isdale were, and are, often referred to as towns but under Ontario law they were townsites. Now , of course, they all are part of the City of T immins). Mountjoy T ownship had numerous farms and Deloro and Ogden T own - ships each had several mine but the three townships were under the direct supervision of the Ontario govern - ment. The booklet optimistically commented that: “All three are growing at such a rate that they will doubtless will soon be having their own governments.” Only Mountjoy became an incorpo - rated municipality and just in 1951. Distributed between T immins, Schu - macher and South Porcupine were 25 churches and six theatres. They had 4,035 telephones and residents made one mil lion local calls per month and 15,000 long distance calls. The three communities had 15 public and separate school and three high schools. T wenty-four lar ge passenger buses ran 24 hours daily to handle the eight- hour shifts of 8,000 miners whose pay had passed $14 million per year . Since 1910 production of gold and sil - ver was worth $530 million and divi - dends paid out were $155.8 million. It is worth quoting parts of the Lions booklet: “The hoary old Hollinger ,” as Cana - da’ s lar gest gold mine is af fectionate - ly known among mining men, domi - nates the town and the gently rolling surrounding country , for its Central shaft-head is built on the highest point of land in the immediate vicinity .” Elsewhere it says: “The town itself is built on sand. That is one reason why progress has been rapid, lar ge expen - ditures on blasting for foundations and water and sewer service being unnecessary . T oday the value of land and buildings in T immins approaches $15 million dollars. T en million of this is shown in the as - sessment fgures which are reasonably well below the actual saleable value. The frst places of business on the main street were necessarily rough and, to say the least, undignifed, but they have been steadily replaced un - til now the majority of the buildings in the central part are of fre resistant construction. From two to three hundred thousand dollars is spent annually in business section replac ements and improve - Stor es in 1930s T immins offer prices competitive with T or onto Cont’d from pg. 56 “The Porcupine Camp” 100 Y ears of Mining Page 58 Cont’d on pg. 60