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Four years before the defeat of Germany in World War Two, the Canadian Government joined with the American-based Bethlehem Steel Corporation to explore the mineral riches of the Marmora region here in Ontario, Canada. With large iron ore losses at sea thanks to German submarines and the fact that iron was necessary for the manufacture of war weapons, they joined forces in an endeavour to combine and upgrade technical knowledge and finance the search for iron deposits. Six years passed before experimental drilling was ordered, revealing the presence of a huge ore body resting about 1.6km east of the village of Marmora. The little community hit the headlines across North America. The ore was lying under a deep overlay cap of limestone that was estimated to be about 30.5m thick. Engineers concluded that an open pit would be far less dangerous and cheaper to maintain than underground shafts which would have to be constantly monitored in the interest of safety. On the east side of what was to become known as the Marmoraton Mine, a new plant was to be constructed for the purpose of converting the raw ore into small pellets of pure iron. Easier to handle and being lighter in weight, it would speed the rail loading process. Tracks were laid to the mine site from where ore was to be carried to the larger railroads, and the first pit-cut was begun in 1951. The following year Leslie Frost, the premier of Ontario, attended the official opening of the mine. He raised a red flag to signal the lighting of five thousand pounds of dynamite and the detonation was audible for 48km in every direction. In the second year of operation, Directors of the steel company, in conjunction with the Canadian Government, decided to build a special shipping dock at Picton Bay, an arm of the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario. Bethlehem Steel Corporation was given the highly coveted mineral-rights extension from the government and in less than three years was running at full capacity. At the peak of production the Marmoraton Mine yielded half a million tons of rich pelletized iron. Positive, forward-looking consensus around Marmora was that the new mine would continue to operate for a minimum of fifty years, however in the late nineteen seventies, work slowed to a tiny trickle. This was due to a sluggish economy, runaway inflation and a precipitous slide in world demand for steel. Altogether the mine remained operational for a period of twenty-seven years; a long time comparitively. In March of 1978, closure was finalized taking with it untold jobs both in the mine and on the Picton loading dock. More than half the carrier ships were removed from service immediately. Three hundred jobs with a two million dollar payroll disappeared within 60 days and twenty-two years of Provincial Grants also came to an abrupt halt. Voice talent: https://www.fiverr.com/rickhardy​ ----- Social Media Twitter:   / tvlbynumbers​   Instagram:   / ​   Facebook:   / ​   ----- Gear https://kit.co/TravelByNumbers/vloggi...