Worthington is a former mining settlement in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It was located near the community of Beaver Lake in the former municipality of Walden. The original settlement once had a population of around 400, but is now a ghost town. None of the original buildings remain.
The community was settled in 1892 by employees of the mine. The original town was located near the current Totten Mine, south of Fairbank Lake Road. In 1927, the mine collapsed, partially damaging the town. He was also known for naming the nearby settlement of Sudbury after the birthplace of his wife, Caroline Hitchcock.
The Mine itself was originally called the Crean Mine and was one of the oldest mines in the Sudbury area. Prospector Francis Charles Crean applied to acquire the land on June 14, 1884, and received a grant from the Department of Crown Lands that November. As only a small quantity of ore was discovered, the mine was abandoned.
The Mond Nickel Company purchased the mine in 1910 after the suspension of its operations at Victoria Mines, and a third shaft was added at a depth of .
1927 mine collapse
thumb|Worthington after the collapse|left
At around on October 3, 1927, shift boss D. Ballantyne descended to the third level of the mine at a depth of . There, he observed the movement and sounds of abnormal rock shifts within the shaft pillar, which were extending outward to the main shaft openings.
With the timbers installed, the miners were evacuated by around .
Frank Stos and his two sons, along with Frank Pisoskowski, his wife and their baby, were inside the home that fell approximately feet into the crater. The home of another family sat still standing at the craters edge.
A temporary diversion for the destroyed section of the Canadian Pacific track was also destroyed following another collapse on October 19th, caused by continued rainfall. The track was reopened on the 22nd. The track was later rebuilt to the south of the crater, and a section of road that sat within a few feet of the crater was rebuilt to the north.
After the collapse, the destroyed mine was formally abandoned on October 4th.