When Tom Creighton discovered a high - grade exposure of copper , he thought of the book .
When Tom Creighton discovered a high - grade exposure of copper , he called it Flin Flon 's mine , and the town that developed around the mine adopted the name .
When Tom Creighton discovered a high - grade exposure of copper , he thought of the book and called it Flin Flon 's mine , and the town that developed around the mine adopted the name .