Feb 14/20 - updated list of names. added Anderson; MacLeod, Roddie K,; Benoit, Reg; and Annie (Strachan) MacDonald.
Feb 15/20 Added photo of Angus MacQueen and Walter MacDonald
Feb 19/20 Posted interview with Father Norman MacPhee
Feb 19/20 Posted Interview Mamie Morrison MacMaster
March 7/20 added names John Presseau, Raymond Presseau, Angus Muise, and Victor Vankoski who died in 1936 at the mine, buried in St Margaret's cemetery, Grand Mira.
Mar 10/20 - "Mining" - Excerpt from "Story of Framboise Pg 83-86. see interview page or click here on Excerpt from Story of Framboise
March 30/20 - Interview Bernie MacEachern, son of Madeleine Presseau MacEachern and, grandson of Arthur Presseau, mine superintendent 1920s/30s. Go to interview page or click here on Bernie MacEachern to read it.
March 30/20 Interview with Madeleine MacEachern Presseau by her son Bernie MacEachern. Go to Interview page or click here on Interview Bernie & Madeleine to read it.
April 10/20 Interview with Ann (Strachan) MacDonald . Click here on Anne MacDonald to view.
April 11/20 Interview with John Presseau's interview, son of Arthur (and Exilda Presseau) mine superintendent 20s/30s. Click here on John Presseau to read it.
April 14/20 - added to "list of Names" - Michael Morrison, Ed Langley, Jimmy Swayne, Neil MacDougall, Mossman.
April 19/20 added three pics from Zane Fanning. His Dad Laurie Fanning worked at the mill and the family lived in Stirling from around 1952-1956.
April 20/20 additional information to Douglas Landry's interview from Harvey Freeman re asbestos cement siding . See section "When Douglas started at the mine/the buildings" and Wooden Stave Piping (see section "Water system and the water tank" . Also added this information about wooden piping to Chrissy and Duncan's interview . See section Water and heating". Click here on Interviews to see this additional information in the editor's notes in their interviews.
April 21/20 added link click on hyperlink Capebretonmagazine.com or click here on Links to access the site and see other Links concerning Stirling Mine and other general mining information.
May 9/20 added 19 pictures. from the collection of Alex Gillis, Mabou. These pictures were taken during the building stages mostly of the mill but a few other buildings around 1951-1952.
May 12/20 Posted Interview by Zane Fanning, son of June and Laurie Fanning. Laurie Fanning was shift Boss at the Mill. Zane was very young when he came to Stirling but he remembers a lot about life there during the four years his family was there. Click here on Zane Fanning to read his interview.
May 14/20 Added link to Novascotia.ca re Base Metals Deposits Stirling. Click here on Links to go directly to that article.
May 14, 20 downloaded files for Watson's Report. Click here on Links to find and download this report.
May 14, 20 downloaded files for Richardson's report. Click here on Links to find and download this report.
May 19/20- Posted excerpts from Interview with Dan Alex MacLeod, Stirling, by Ron Caplan, Cape Breton Magazine as printed in Number Forty One published Jan, 1996 - “Dan Alex: A working Life.” This is about the Stirling mine when it operated in 1920's/30's.
May 19/20 - Posted the words to "The Mindamar Song" and "The Rattling Stirling Bus Song" on the photo page. Click here on Photos to see them.
June 8/20 added new link to 1987 Dept of Mines and Energy report "Gold in Nova Scotia" by Jennifer Bates. Click here on Links to see it (top of page)
June 8/20 - Posted interview with Joe Richman, Prospector/Self-taught Geology Guy who spent a lot of time in Stirling exploring the old mine site between 1995-2005. Click on Joe Richman to read it or check out the interview page..
Sept 22/20 - Posted interview with Mike (Greg) Johnson, formerly from Red Islands. Mike worked several jobs at the mine, and as a surveyor the last few years the mine operated. Click on Mike (Greg) Johnston to view it or check out the interview page.
Sept 22/20 added names Angus A (Hamish) MacDonald, Ian (Norman) MacDonald, Angus MacDonald (Johnnie Allan)- Loch Lomond area, Patrick Burke, Peter Burke - River Bourgeois. Click on List of names to view all names collected so far.
Sept 22/20 - added photo of Stanley MacPhee holding a picture with frame of him standing at the remains of the Stirling school which his son Gerard took on their visit to Stirling in 2018. Stirling was Stanley's first teaching assignment. Click here on Photos to see his picture.
Sept 23/20 -Posted interview with John MacEwen, son of Ken MacEwen- bookkeeper. Click on john MacEwen to read his interview.
Oct 7/20 - Posted interview with Nelson MacAskill, son of Neilly MacAskill- Miner and entrepreneur. Click on Nelson MacAskill to read his interview.
Oct 7/20 posted photo of Stirling school many years after closure.
Jan 3/21 - added Leo Landry, Rockdale to list of names
Jan 3/21 Added Calder MacDougal to list of names
Feb 1/21 Posted Dan Neil MacDonald's interview re the houses and the Lawlor mine. Click on Dan Neil MacDonald to view it.
March 5, 2021 - Photo added of the Stirling Bus (above the Stirling Bus song) . Thanks to Bill MacLean, Gabarus for this photo from his photography collection. Click on Photos and scroll down near the end to find it.
March 5, 2021 - Added photo of the Stirling School as it looked when the mine worked in the 50's. Click on Photos and scroll down under Stanley MacPhees picture.
April 2/21 - Posted photograph taken by Gerald Aucoin of the hoist room. Click here on Photos to see it about 1/5 of the way down. keep posted for an upcoming interview with Gerald. Wendell Holmes describes how the hoist worked. Click here to see Wendell Holmes interview. Gerald's first position as a school teacher was at Stirling school when the mine was running in the 50's. I also updated list of names, I had Gerald's last name but not his first.
April 27/21 - Added Charlie Sheppard and his brother Havelock Sheppard to the list of names. click here on List of names to see them.
December 4, 2022 - Added Name of William Baltussen provided by son Henry. Click here on List of names to see it and others.
December 4, 2022 - Added CBC Report on McIntyre Powder to the links page. McIntyre Power - Aluminum Oxide Powder linked to Parkinson's disease and other lung problems used in Ontario to prevent Silicosis from 1943-1979, Click here on Links to see it. Editors note: A lot of miners who left Stirling went to mines in Northern Ontario particularly Elliot Lake one of the towns mentioned in the article.
Dec 4, 2022 - Added pics provided by Bill MacLean from Albert MacDonald's collection.
Dec 5, 2022 - Click on Memories from Henry Baltussen whose father William Baltussen worked at Stirling mine when it ran in the 50's. Added William Baltussen to "List of Names" .
Dec 7, 2022 added memory by Earl MacVicar, formerly from Gabarus Lake.
Dec 8, 2022 added photo from, 1920'30's mine operation, Stirling.
Dec 9, 2022 -Added names Patrick Bourque, Gerard Boyd, Peter Boyd, Gerald Pate, All from River Bourgeois. Thanks to George Digout for the names,
Dec 10, 2022 Posted memory from George Digout, River Bourgeois. Late entry from phone chat Spring 2020. Click on Memories to see it and others.
Dec 14, 2022 - added excerpt Cape Breton Magazine from interview with Ron Caplin/Dan Alex MacLeod titled "I move Houses". click on Ron Caplin/Dan Alex MacLeod _I moved houses to read it.
Dec 18, 2022 -added a link to a Youtube drone video of the Stirling mine by Terry Matthys. His video starts off at the 50's mill loading dock foundation looking from the Southwest; then the foundation which is likely that of the former Assay office; then the Glory hole; then the 30's mill foundation which is on the other side of Strachan's brook; then the tailings pond; and then the 50's mill from the loading dock to the tank foundations. Great coverage. Click on Links and scroll to the bottom of the list to find it.
Dec 18, 2022 added link to notyourgandfathersmining.ca re potential of mineral deposits today at Stirling. Click on Links and scroll to the bottom of the list to find it.
March 20, 2023 - added Joe MacCormick's name. Click here on List of names to see it.
March 22, 2023 - added photo's provided by Pearl MacLeod MacDonald given to her by her late husband Allistair MacDonald's father who worked at the mine in the 1930's. There are five and look like they were professionally taken. They are at the beginning of the page. Click here on Photos to see them.
April 22/23 - added names -Con White, Big Pond, Michael MacLean, Big Pond, and Ralph Morey Big Pond. Added editor's note re where Con White lived in Big Pond. Click here on Douglas Landry to see it.
April 11, 2024 Added drone shots provided by Michael McJannet taken during visit to the mine in September, 2023.
April 11, 2024 - added Willie Fraser's Name to "List of Names" courtesy of Fred white. Willie was from Inverness, NS. Click here to read Fred's story told to him by his father about Willie Fraser who was known to be a "great step dancer" and Angus Chisholm well known fiddler player from Inverness county.
April 27, 2024 - added a new photo of the Stirling bus and another song by Harold Langley about the stirling bus just under the other photos of the Stirling bus.
April 27, 2024 added photo of the old Fourchu school which was moved up to Stirling in the 50's and operated as Tom's Tea Room which was a Chinese restaurant.
April 27, 2024 Info from "A History of Fourchu" about mining added to the Memories page.
Keep checking in for more stories, links, names, photos, and memories. Click here on Comments if you have any pictures or know anything about the mine that you would like to share.
Feb 15/20 Added photo of Angus MacQueen and Walter MacDonald
Feb 19/20 Posted interview with Father Norman MacPhee
Feb 19/20 Posted Interview Mamie Morrison MacMaster
March 7/20 added names John Presseau, Raymond Presseau, Angus Muise, and Victor Vankoski who died in 1936 at the mine, buried in St Margaret's cemetery, Grand Mira.
Mar 10/20 - "Mining" - Excerpt from "Story of Framboise Pg 83-86. see interview page or click here on Excerpt from Story of Framboise
March 30/20 - Interview Bernie MacEachern, son of Madeleine Presseau MacEachern and, grandson of Arthur Presseau, mine superintendent 1920s/30s. Go to interview page or click here on Bernie MacEachern to read it.
March 30/20 Interview with Madeleine MacEachern Presseau by her son Bernie MacEachern. Go to Interview page or click here on Interview Bernie & Madeleine to read it.
April 10/20 Interview with Ann (Strachan) MacDonald . Click here on Anne MacDonald to view.
April 11/20 Interview with John Presseau's interview, son of Arthur (and Exilda Presseau) mine superintendent 20s/30s. Click here on John Presseau to read it.
April 14/20 - added to "list of Names" - Michael Morrison, Ed Langley, Jimmy Swayne, Neil MacDougall, Mossman.
April 19/20 added three pics from Zane Fanning. His Dad Laurie Fanning worked at the mill and the family lived in Stirling from around 1952-1956.
April 20/20 additional information to Douglas Landry's interview from Harvey Freeman re asbestos cement siding . See section "When Douglas started at the mine/the buildings" and Wooden Stave Piping (see section "Water system and the water tank" . Also added this information about wooden piping to Chrissy and Duncan's interview . See section Water and heating". Click here on Interviews to see this additional information in the editor's notes in their interviews.
April 21/20 added link click on hyperlink Capebretonmagazine.com or click here on Links to access the site and see other Links concerning Stirling Mine and other general mining information.
May 9/20 added 19 pictures. from the collection of Alex Gillis, Mabou. These pictures were taken during the building stages mostly of the mill but a few other buildings around 1951-1952.
May 12/20 Posted Interview by Zane Fanning, son of June and Laurie Fanning. Laurie Fanning was shift Boss at the Mill. Zane was very young when he came to Stirling but he remembers a lot about life there during the four years his family was there. Click here on Zane Fanning to read his interview.
May 14/20 Added link to Novascotia.ca re Base Metals Deposits Stirling. Click here on Links to go directly to that article.
May 14, 20 downloaded files for Watson's Report. Click here on Links to find and download this report.
May 14, 20 downloaded files for Richardson's report. Click here on Links to find and download this report.
May 19/20- Posted excerpts from Interview with Dan Alex MacLeod, Stirling, by Ron Caplan, Cape Breton Magazine as printed in Number Forty One published Jan, 1996 - “Dan Alex: A working Life.” This is about the Stirling mine when it operated in 1920's/30's.
May 19/20 - Posted the words to "The Mindamar Song" and "The Rattling Stirling Bus Song" on the photo page. Click here on Photos to see them.
June 8/20 added new link to 1987 Dept of Mines and Energy report "Gold in Nova Scotia" by Jennifer Bates. Click here on Links to see it (top of page)
June 8/20 - Posted interview with Joe Richman, Prospector/Self-taught Geology Guy who spent a lot of time in Stirling exploring the old mine site between 1995-2005. Click on Joe Richman to read it or check out the interview page..
Sept 22/20 - Posted interview with Mike (Greg) Johnson, formerly from Red Islands. Mike worked several jobs at the mine, and as a surveyor the last few years the mine operated. Click on Mike (Greg) Johnston to view it or check out the interview page.
Sept 22/20 added names Angus A (Hamish) MacDonald, Ian (Norman) MacDonald, Angus MacDonald (Johnnie Allan)- Loch Lomond area, Patrick Burke, Peter Burke - River Bourgeois. Click on List of names to view all names collected so far.
Sept 22/20 - added photo of Stanley MacPhee holding a picture with frame of him standing at the remains of the Stirling school which his son Gerard took on their visit to Stirling in 2018. Stirling was Stanley's first teaching assignment. Click here on Photos to see his picture.
Sept 23/20 -Posted interview with John MacEwen, son of Ken MacEwen- bookkeeper. Click on john MacEwen to read his interview.
Oct 7/20 - Posted interview with Nelson MacAskill, son of Neilly MacAskill- Miner and entrepreneur. Click on Nelson MacAskill to read his interview.
Oct 7/20 posted photo of Stirling school many years after closure.
Jan 3/21 - added Leo Landry, Rockdale to list of names
Jan 3/21 Added Calder MacDougal to list of names
Feb 1/21 Posted Dan Neil MacDonald's interview re the houses and the Lawlor mine. Click on Dan Neil MacDonald to view it.
March 5, 2021 - Photo added of the Stirling Bus (above the Stirling Bus song) . Thanks to Bill MacLean, Gabarus for this photo from his photography collection. Click on Photos and scroll down near the end to find it.
March 5, 2021 - Added photo of the Stirling School as it looked when the mine worked in the 50's. Click on Photos and scroll down under Stanley MacPhees picture.
April 2/21 - Posted photograph taken by Gerald Aucoin of the hoist room. Click here on Photos to see it about 1/5 of the way down. keep posted for an upcoming interview with Gerald. Wendell Holmes describes how the hoist worked. Click here to see Wendell Holmes interview. Gerald's first position as a school teacher was at Stirling school when the mine was running in the 50's. I also updated list of names, I had Gerald's last name but not his first.
April 27/21 - Added Charlie Sheppard and his brother Havelock Sheppard to the list of names. click here on List of names to see them.
December 4, 2022 - Added Name of William Baltussen provided by son Henry. Click here on List of names to see it and others.
December 4, 2022 - Added CBC Report on McIntyre Powder to the links page. McIntyre Power - Aluminum Oxide Powder linked to Parkinson's disease and other lung problems used in Ontario to prevent Silicosis from 1943-1979, Click here on Links to see it. Editors note: A lot of miners who left Stirling went to mines in Northern Ontario particularly Elliot Lake one of the towns mentioned in the article.
Dec 4, 2022 - Added pics provided by Bill MacLean from Albert MacDonald's collection.
Dec 5, 2022 - Click on Memories from Henry Baltussen whose father William Baltussen worked at Stirling mine when it ran in the 50's. Added William Baltussen to "List of Names" .
Dec 7, 2022 added memory by Earl MacVicar, formerly from Gabarus Lake.
Dec 8, 2022 added photo from, 1920'30's mine operation, Stirling.
Dec 9, 2022 -Added names Patrick Bourque, Gerard Boyd, Peter Boyd, Gerald Pate, All from River Bourgeois. Thanks to George Digout for the names,
Dec 10, 2022 Posted memory from George Digout, River Bourgeois. Late entry from phone chat Spring 2020. Click on Memories to see it and others.
Dec 14, 2022 - added excerpt Cape Breton Magazine from interview with Ron Caplin/Dan Alex MacLeod titled "I move Houses". click on Ron Caplin/Dan Alex MacLeod _I moved houses to read it.
Dec 18, 2022 -added a link to a Youtube drone video of the Stirling mine by Terry Matthys. His video starts off at the 50's mill loading dock foundation looking from the Southwest; then the foundation which is likely that of the former Assay office; then the Glory hole; then the 30's mill foundation which is on the other side of Strachan's brook; then the tailings pond; and then the 50's mill from the loading dock to the tank foundations. Great coverage. Click on Links and scroll to the bottom of the list to find it.
Dec 18, 2022 added link to notyourgandfathersmining.ca re potential of mineral deposits today at Stirling. Click on Links and scroll to the bottom of the list to find it.
March 20, 2023 - added Joe MacCormick's name. Click here on List of names to see it.
March 22, 2023 - added photo's provided by Pearl MacLeod MacDonald given to her by her late husband Allistair MacDonald's father who worked at the mine in the 1930's. There are five and look like they were professionally taken. They are at the beginning of the page. Click here on Photos to see them.
April 22/23 - added names -Con White, Big Pond, Michael MacLean, Big Pond, and Ralph Morey Big Pond. Added editor's note re where Con White lived in Big Pond. Click here on Douglas Landry to see it.
April 11, 2024 Added drone shots provided by Michael McJannet taken during visit to the mine in September, 2023.
April 11, 2024 - added Willie Fraser's Name to "List of Names" courtesy of Fred white. Willie was from Inverness, NS. Click here to read Fred's story told to him by his father about Willie Fraser who was known to be a "great step dancer" and Angus Chisholm well known fiddler player from Inverness county.
April 27, 2024 - added a new photo of the Stirling bus and another song by Harold Langley about the stirling bus just under the other photos of the Stirling bus.
April 27, 2024 added photo of the old Fourchu school which was moved up to Stirling in the 50's and operated as Tom's Tea Room which was a Chinese restaurant.
April 27, 2024 Info from "A History of Fourchu" about mining added to the Memories page.
Keep checking in for more stories, links, names, photos, and memories. Click here on Comments if you have any pictures or know anything about the mine that you would like to share.