</s> ▁The ▁Hol ling er ▁Gold ▁Mine ▁was ▁discovered ▁October ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁by ▁Ben ny ▁Hol ling er , ▁who ▁ ▁found ▁the ▁gold - b ear ing ▁quart z ▁di ke ▁that ▁later ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁Hol ling er ▁M ines . ▁With ▁his ▁friend , ▁professional ▁prospect or , ▁Alex ▁Gill ies ; ▁Hol ling er ▁had ▁travel led ▁to ▁the ▁Por cup ine ▁region , ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁the ▁Wilson ▁expedition , ▁which ▁had ▁recently ▁discovered ▁the ▁future ▁D ome ▁Mine ▁site . ▁Hol ling er ▁and ▁Gill ies ▁st aked ▁three ▁claims ▁each , ▁and ▁one ▁for ▁their ▁former ▁partner , ▁Bernard ▁" Bar ney " ▁P . ▁Mc En an ey , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁unable ▁to ▁join ▁them ▁due ▁to ▁severe ▁sci atica . ▁ ▁Hol ling er ▁sold ▁his ▁claim ▁to ▁a ▁small ▁synd icate ▁led ▁by ▁No ah ▁T imm ins ▁that , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁incorpor ated ▁as ▁Hol ling er ▁M ines ▁in ▁T imm ins , ▁Ontario . ▁The ▁five ▁vent ure ▁partners ▁were ▁brothers ▁No ah ▁and ▁Henry ▁T imm ins ; ▁brothers ▁Dun can ▁and ▁John ▁Mc Martin ; ▁and ▁Mat ta wa , ▁Ontario ▁att orney ▁ ▁( 1 8 6 3 ▁- ▁ 1 9 2 4 ), ▁for ▁whom ▁the ▁David ▁Dun lap ▁Observ atory ▁was ▁named . ▁ ▁The ▁main ▁Hol ling er ▁Mine ▁operated ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁until ▁