Page 90 By Gregory Reynolds The third golden mining era for T immins was offcially born Jan. 1, 201 1. That was the day that Lake Shore Gold Corp declared its T immins Mine in commercial production. It had been a while since there was a new gold mine inside the City of T immins to celebrate but with a number of projects in the advanced and developme nt stages it is highly probable that more will open in the near future. The golden era was 1909-12 when the Big Three of Canadian mining were found, the Dome, Hollinger and McIntyre. The second golden era was 1937- 42 when 10 new mines went into production. According to the Report of Activi - ties 201 1, Resident Geologist Pro - gram, T immin s Regional Resident Geologist, at the end of 201 1, there were four gold producing opera - tions in the city and fve advanced gold projects in or near the city . While advanced projects are close to development, they do not be - come mines until commercial pro - duction is declared. T immins Mayor T om Laughren said “mining has been the eco - nomic backbone of T immins for over 100 years and I am cert ain it will continue to do for many more decades. T immins is a regional supply and service to the mining industry and with over 80 mining companies ac - tive on a wide variety of projects and programs in and near T immins, exploration contributes millions of dollars to the area economy . The city is currently enjoying a building boom with many com - mercial projec ts, including three new motels under construction, which is proof investors have faith in the community’ s future,” said Laughren. The four producers are the T im - mins Mine belonging to Lake Shore and the Hoyle Pond, Dome and Pamour belonging to Gold - corp Inc. The former Hollinger Gold mine is slated for a resumption of produc - tion by Goldcorp sometime this fall. While the Pamour Mine belonging to Goldcorp is closed, it does pro - vide surface stockpiled ore to the Dome mill. Goldcorp’ s properties inside T im - mins operate under the name Por - cupine Gold Mines, with the Dome in T isdale T ownship, the Hoyle Pond in Hoyle T ownship and the Pamour in Whitney T ownship. Production in 201 1from the com - bined operations was 298,679 ounces of gold from 4,109,878 tonnes milled at an average grade of 2.260 g/t gold. The daily milling rate was 1 1,260 Cont’d on pg. 90 Third golden era guarantees futur e of T immins Mining Hoyle Pond underground operation. Page 88 “The Porcupine Camp” A New Golden Era