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Murdochville is a town in Quebec, Canada, one of only a few inland communities on the Gaspe Peninsula. Its populace is 764. Murdochville is situated along Quebec Route 198 in the geographic township of Holland, 40 kilometers south of L'Anse-Pleureuse and 93 kilometers west of Gaspe. It is 535 meters above ocean level and encompassed by high mountains. In 1921, copper mineral was found in the region by the Miller siblings: Alfred, Sydney, Frederick, Angus and Theophilus.

Nonetheless, it was not until 1950 that Noranda Mines really started mining. The mining town was set up and named after James Y. Murdoch, proprietor of the mine and first leader of Noranda. In 1953, the town was consolidated. The mining activity in the town was similarly huge, beginning with mining the crude metal and completing with a final result of unadulterated copper anode.

In the 1970s, the mining activity in Murdochville was sufficiently expansive to help a populace of 5,000 tenants. Various substantial association fights in Murdochville additionally helped lay the preparation for thoughts that still exist today. The 1957 Murdochville strike prompted the appropriation of a few new laws ensuring the privileges of unionized specialists in Quebec. In 1987, the mine was mostly decimated by an underground fire, and mining just continued two years after the fact.

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