 The McIntyre also yielded a considerable amount of copper over its life.There has been an extensive degree of rehabilitation and exploration work performed in and around the old McIntyre Mine property in recent years, and the Porcupine Joint Venture has yet to decide whether or not to continue spending hundreds of millions of dollars on mining out the property or continuing with a closure plan(2007).Sandy McIntyre (1869-1943) had immigrated to Canada from Scotland around the turn of the century.