Many people ask me how the town is doing since the sawmill closed, they worry about our little town, lucky for us as the wood industry took a big dive gold mining in the area was taking off, the mining has saved our town.... we are still hurting from the mill closure as the saw mill employed up to 500 people and most stayed in town. In Mining many are workers from out of town and some live far away, the mining companies pay for travel and lodging and meals... so most do the work shifts of 14 on 14 off or 21 on 14 off. Currently the Richmont Mine (Island Gold project) located 14 km east of town and the Strike Mineral (Edwards Mine Project) 20+km East of town. The Richmont have been going on for a while, they where starting up as the saw mill was still running but was close to closing, Strike minerals are in the exploring stages they are re opening the past producing mine (Edwards Mine) that closed in early 2000.
Here are some videos of the new open pit project in our area that is located close to town.
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