THE PAST

The HOLLINGER GOLD MINE, discovered in 1909 by Benny Hollinger, was once the richest gold producer in the Western Hemisphere.

Its total gold production was $400 million, despite the fact gold was selling for one-tenth of its current value. Glimpse the realities of underground mining, as well as the hardships and pain of the Northern pioneers in our own century, working to develop mines and carve communities out of the wilderness.