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• Bruce Mines, The
  The original claim to the Bruce Mine location was filed in September 1846 by James Cuthbertson. It was acquired the following year by the Montreal Mining Company, and production commenced in 1847-48 at what became the first commercially successful copper mine in Canada. Employing skilled Cornish workers, the company operated the mine until l865 when it was purchased by the West Canada Mining Company. That firm had leased part of the property in 1853 and...