Campbell Red Lake Mines · 1983
Molten metal poured from a glowing crucible into a small rectangular ingot mold.
Mining and Uranium
Campbell Red Lake Mines
3 pictures · 1983–1984
- Founded
- 1944 (claims restaked by George and Colin Campbell; mill started 1949)
- Head office then
- Balmertown, Ontario (mine); corporate reports issued as Campbell Red Lake Mines Limited
Campbell Red Lake Mines mined gold underground at Balmertown, east of Red Lake, Ontario. George and Colin Campbell restaked the ground in 1944. The mill started in 1949. Dome Mines took control. By 1980 the main shaft was more than 1,300 metres deep.
It was the largest historic gold producer in the Red Lake camp. The mine poured its ten-millionth ounce in 2000 and supported the town of Balmertown.
Why it mattered
It was the largest historic gold producer in the Red Lake camp. The Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre puts output at 11,216,443 ounces from 1949 to 2006, and the mine poured its ten-millionth ounce in 2000. The payroll built Balmertown.
Now
In 1987 Campbell amalgamated with Dome Mines and Placer Development as Placer Dome. Barrick bought Placer Dome in 2006 and sold Campbell to Goldcorp that May. Newmont took Goldcorp in 2019 and sold the Red Lake complex to Evolution Mining on 31 March 2020. Evolution still mines there.
Still open
- Whether the legal Campbell Red Lake Mines Limited shell survived after the 1987 amalgamation as a separate filing entity is not material; the mine lineage is the one followed here.
Sources
The pictures
- Campbell Red Lake Mines 1983 — annual reportarchive.org/details/McGillLibrary-636211-28820
- Campbell Red Lake Mines 1983 — annual reportarchive.org/details/McGillLibrary-636211-28820
- Campbell Red Lake Mines 1984 — annual reportarchive.org/details/McGillLibrary-636212-28823
References
- Ontario Mineral Inventory MDI52N04SE00013: Campbell Complex1944-49 development; 1987 Placer Dome amalgamation; 12 May 2006 Goldcorp
- Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre: Campbell Mineproduction to 2006; 1987 Placer Dome; 2006 Barrick then Goldcorp
- Goldcorp SEC exhibit on Campbell / Red Lake integration (2006)fate: Goldcorp acquired Placer Dome (CLA) Limited 12 May 2006
- McGill Canadian Corporate Reports: Campbell Red Lake Mines Limitedfate: 1987 amalgamation into Placer Dome
- Newmont: completes sale of Red Lake (31 March 2020)fate: sold to Evolution Mining
- Evolution Mining: Red Lake Operationsfate: still operating under Evolution