It Started At Creighton Mine
A Memoir
by Rolf Staude
With a wildly uncertain future in a special unit of the U.S. Army in Bremen, Germany, for Rolf Staude immigration to Canada appeared to open doors to a better future, away from war.
This memoir of a young man's life as a miner at Inco's Creighton Mine mirrors the experience of many who came to this country through the 1950s and early 1960s.
Candid and well-written, he expertly describes the underground workings of the Creighton Mine, and his passage through some formative years of his life. Roughly 25-30 years ago, INCO rid itself of its residential property and dwellings which effectively made the town of Creighton a ghost town. The mine itself has continued to operate throughout the years and provides a good living for the hundreds of miners who work there. This nickel mine continues to expand to deeper levels and operates on a full schedule.
Rolf Staude went on from Creighton to teach in Sault Ste. Marie and Midland, where he resided until his passing in September 2011.
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ISBN: 9781894747394 | WMPub#1063 | 6" x 9"
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1 To Canada...
2 At Sea
3 On to Sudbury
4 The New World
5 Creighton Mine
6 Fred...
7 Toward My First Spring
8 Walter Lueth
9 Toward Summer of 1952
10 Ingenious Car Repair
11 Toward the Fall of 1952
12 Harold
13 Otto
14 New Wheels in the New Year
15 Easter of 1953
16 Dogpatch, Waters, and Naughton
17 Martha
18 The Beetle Has Landed
19 Smitty
20 Bass Season
21 A Risky Venture: Beating the Blahs
22 Experiences with the Beetle
23 Rear-ended
24 Communist Walter at Work and Nature with Albert
25 1956, Important Changes
26 Nairn Centre
27 Stamps Only?
28 St. Pauls Lutheran Church
29 My Land Purchase
31 Advent in Toronto
32 Hypothermia
33 Alf Emblin
34 A Canadian Aims to Get Married
35 The Engagement
36 Construction
37 Fall Fog Hazards
38 Arrival from Bremen
39 Into the Winter of 1957~1958
41 Spring of 1958
42 An Apparition Not Interpreted Correctly
43 The Prince George Hotel
44 Back to Work and into 1959
45 Fall and Winter 1959~1960
46 New Neighbours
47 Into the Eventful 1961
48 Taking the Big Step
49 Making the Grade
50 The Solution
Epilogue