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Early view of the town site and mine. Fire razed the townsite in 1922, but the 'New' Helen Pit, begun in 1937, removed all traces and left a large hole in its place. Source: Michipicoten Heritage Committee

• The cookerySource: Michipicoten Heritage Committee
• A row of bunkhouses. ca. 1910Source: Algoma Ore
• Miners at the Helen Mine around 1901.Source: Land of the Big Goose, Agnes Turcott
• Miners at the Hillside Mine in 1936.Source: Private collector
• Start of the new Helen Mine at the top of Helen Mountain 1938. All that remained of the old Helen was a few cement footings.Source: Land of the Big Goose, Agnes Turcott
• Aerial view of the mine in the 1940s. The Helen is a tiny spot in the background, but the sinter plant is in the foreground along with the tiny town site of Sinterville.Source: Michipicoten Heritage Committee
• The 'new' Helen pit, was initially an open pit mine from 1937-51, while the old town site stood just at the left (in the hole). A new town site operated from 1937-51 at the mine site. These were both removed when underground mining resumed at the Helen.Source: Michipicoten Heritage Committee
• In a few short years the Open Pit Mine had gouged a great hole in the side of Helen Mountain.Source: Land of the Big Goose, Agnes Turcott
• The mine as it appeared during the 1950s & 60s.Source: Land of the Big Goose, Agnes Turcott
• Another view of the mine and townsite, probably from the 1950s.Source: Private collector
• The mine. ca. 1950sSource: Private Collector, Pub: Rumsey & Company Ltd., Toronto
• The mine. ca. 1950sSource: Private Collector, Pub: Rumsey & Company, Toronto.
• The mine. ca. 1950sSource: Private Collector, Pub: Rumsey & Company, Toronto.
• The mine. ca. 1950sSource: Private Collector
• The mine. ca. 1960sSource: Private Collector, Pub: Alex Wilson
• Main shaft of underground mining operations of Algoma Ore Properties on Michipicoten Iron Range. Original open cut mining in background. ca. 1960sSource: Private Collector, Source: Peterborough Airways Ltd,
• The mine during the 1960s©Copyright: H.R. Oakman
• The mine during the 1960s©Copyright: H.R. Oakman

More information on the Sinterville is available in our Sinterville section.