##  [From Goldfields to Greenfields: The Legacy of the Hollinger Gold Mine](/resource/goldfields-greenfields-legacy-hollinger-gold-mine) 

Organization

[Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA)](/organization/canadian-land-reclamation-association-clra)

 

 

Project

[National CLRA Conference Papers](/project/national-clra-conference-papers)

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Cindy Welsh

Don Burke

Bryan Neeley

 

 

Original Authors

Cindy Welsh

Don Burke

Bryan Neeley

 

 

Resource Date:

2016

 

Page Length

11

 

 

The Hollinger Gold Mine was one of the richest producing mines in the western  
hemisphere and operated between 1910 and 1968 as an underground operation within  
the City of Timmins. With the closure of the mine in 1968, numerous mine hazards  
began to plague the property and were public and safety liabilities located within the  
City of Timmins, particularly the urban area. In 2007, Goldcorp's Porcupine Gold Mines  
began to investigate the revitalization of the former Hollinger Gold Mine through the  
open pit mining process. The question arose of how to develop a best management  
approach for this resource development using economic development and land use  
planning principles, for an industry that is located within an urban area of a major City  
located within Northern Ontario.  
This paper will explore the best management approach that was developed to bring this  
project to fruition. The first section will provide a background and overview of the  
project. The second section will focus on the process and detail used in the best  
management approach and plan in terms of economic development and land use  
planning to permit a traditional resource based “mining” activity to develop within the  
context of an urban setting. The third section will explore how the land use planning  
process can be used as an economic development tool to guide the transformation of a  
historical mining liability into productive public lands that will celebrate the legacy of  
mining within the City of Timmins. The fourth section concentrates on the lessons  
learned as part of the development of this best practice approach and plan.