Author of the article: Karen Bachmann
Publishing date: Apr 09, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • After much anxiety, the 1912 South Porcupine Baseball Club was re-organized and a team was put together featuring locals Leo Brown, Joe Jackson, Homer L. Gibson, Bill Hatch, George Lake, Joe Clemens, Tidball, Burnell, Atkinson and Blosser. Supplied/Timmins Museum jpg, TD
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I admit it – I am unexplainably fixated on the year 1912 – so today you get a few bits of Porcupine gossip and whatnot from that period.
Let’s start with gossip from the mining industry – or should I say speculation and comment (sounds nicer) – great whoops of joy were heard around Whitney Township when it was announced that the Three Nations Mine gave up some pretty spectacular nuggets from the 100-foot level of the operation.
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