Benny Hollinger statue now greets visitors to open-pit mine lookout in Timmins
TIMMINS — The smiling face of an early Timmins mining pioneer now greets visitors to the open-pit lookout at Newmont's Hollinger Mine.
“This relief pays tribute not only to the development that came of Benny's discovery, but to all the prospectors, miners and industry workers that followed,” Fauvelle said at a recent private unveiling of the sculpture.Fauvelle's artwork depicts a young Benny Hollinger in his signature hat and vest, and features a relief of the Hollinger Mine.
While exploring an area west of Porcupine Lake with his partner, Alex Gillies, Hollinger stripped away some moss from an outcrop to reveal gold in a quartz dyke over 1,000 feet in length. In 2007, Goldcorp, then the mine's owner, announced plans to develop Hollinger as an open-pit operation, with the lookout built into the plans.
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