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It was 1955, and excitement was running high at the prospect of the Marmoraton Mine opening soon. It had been rumored since the '40s that the Canadian Government & Bethlehem Steel were working together to increase the iron stockpiles and now it looked like a mine in Marmora would really happen.
But for the Peterborough Examiner on March 4, 1955, the excitement was too much and the photo got printed upside-down. Read all about the founding of the Marmoraton Mine. Click here
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Who are the miners in our logo?
They are borrowed from a sketch by Susanna Moodie called "The First Mine in Ontario at Marmora"
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