MacBride Copperbelt Mining Museum

[2] The eight hectare parcel of land that the CR&MM is located at was provided by the Yukon Electrical Company in 1998.

The CR&MM is located on a rich copper-bearing skarn, 4 km west of the city of Whitehorse.

[6] Tragically, Grainger died a few days later in the mines of carbon monoxide poisoning, also known as the 'black damp' by miners.

The staked claims covered an area approximately 100 square miles (260 km2) going 20 km north to south from Fish Lake to McCrae.

[3] Due to the high costs of moving the ore out of the Copperbelt, construction of a spur line started in 1907 that would connect McCrae to the principal mines.

[3] Because of the fluctuations in copper prices in the following years, construction on the 12-mile (19 km) spur lines was fraught with delays and work stoppages.

An example of this in 1911, saw the population in Whitehorse decrease by 20–30% with the temporary closure of the Pueblo mine, along with layoffs at White Pass.

[3] Rescue work continued for eight more days, but was deemed too dangerous leaving six miners entombed in the mine.