People/magnate, financier

Noah Timmins

Noah Timmins (1867–1936), magnate, financier, from Canada. Linked to silver, gold.

The lucky break

His group took over the La Rose silver claims at Cobalt, and later bought the Hollinger and MacMahon gold claims in Porcupine.1

Legacy

Cobalt eventually gave 26 million ounces of silver and the Hollinger claims nearly 600 million dollars of gold before underground work ended in 1968.1

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Where next

People

Partner ofBenjamin HollingerA young prospector's claims became the gold mine a financier backed.1,2

Sources

  1. TIMMINS, NOAH ANTHONY Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  2. HOLLINGER, BENJAMIN Dictionary of Canadian Biography

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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