It was the site of the original ore discovery that led to the launch of mining operations in the Sudbury Basin area.

[1] The Murray Mine was discovered in August 1883 by Thomas Flanagan, a blacksmith on the CPR construction gang.

The property at Lot 11, Concession V, McKim Township, was patented to James Loghrin, Henry Abbott and Thomas and William Murray in October 1884.

They in turn sold it to Henry Hussey Vivian and Co. of Swansea, Wales, who worked it from 1889 to 1894 when the mine was closed down.

The British American Nickel Corporation (BANCo) purchased the property in 1912, sinking the shaft to a depth of 700 feet by the time the mine closed in August 1914.