Hasaga Mine

1938 to 1952
  • Incorporated in October 1938
    • Happened to make claim purchase (claims staked by Ray Howey) - 9 claims bought by Hammell, incorporating on 18 October as Hasaga Gold Mines Limited
    • Hammell also bought Red Lake Gold Shore Mine and their mill that were next to the McIntyre claims (22 additional claims)
  • Shaft sunk near the border to the Howey property
  • No. 2 shaft (225 feet) was abandoned in 1939
  • No. 1 shaft ore reserves lasted until June 1953 when the mine closed
  • Ore became uneconomic in 1952 and the mine closed
  • Produced $8,246,398 in bullion
  • Machinery and buildings sold
  • October 1956 Wright-Hargreaves Mines LTD of the Little Long Lac Mines organization buys the property​
  • Lac Minerals now owns the mining rights
    • Drilled in 1988 but didn’t publish results, so unlikely that anything was found