The Canadian Mining
Hall of Fame
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...
was conceived by
Maurice R. Brown as a way to honor Canada's mine finders and builders, in recognition of accomplishments by leaders in the Canadian
mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...
industry.
The Hall was established in 1988; in 2022 it had 200 members.
Locations
The Hall has five physical locations.
Toronto
The
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
hosts the original Hall on the ground floor of the historic Mining Building on campus. The Hall contains plaques of polished Canadian granite with photos and descriptions of the Members from 1989-2008.
The
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...
contains an interactive exhibit of the Hall on the second floor, within the Teck Suite of Galleries.
Elliot Lake
The Hall virtual exhibit is a part of the Mining Museum in the Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre in
Elliot Lake
Elliot Lake is a city in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Lake Huron, midway between the cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie in the Northern Ontario region. Once dubbed the "uranium capital of the world," Elliot Lake has since ...
.
Ottawa
The Hall's virtual exhibit opened in the
Canadian Museum of Nature
The Canadian Museum of Nature (french: Musée canadien de la nature; CMN) is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region. The museum's exhibitions and public programs are housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Bui ...
in 2012, as part of Phase 2 of the Vale Earth Gallery.
British Columbia
The Britannia Mine Museum, located at the site of the former Britannia copper mine also features the Hall's virtual exhibit.
Nomination guidelines
The candidate must have demonstrated outstanding lifetime achievements to the benefit of the Canadian minerals industry in one or more categories of achievement. The individual should be retired and have reached the age of 65 years. Nominations of individuals may be made by individuals, firms or organizations through one of the Hall's Sponsors or Associates.
Categories of achievement
*Exploration
**Discovered a large deposit or a large number of significant deposits
**Introduced a new exploration technique
**Overcoming of exceptional obstacles in discovering a significant deposit
*Building a corporation
*Technical contribution
**Development of a technology or operation method that profoundly impacted the industry
**Provision of geoscience data or scientific knowledge.
*Supporting contribution
**External support for the industry through education, policy or communication
*Mining in society
**Outstanding achievement in bridging the business goals of the industry with those of Canadian society
Inductees
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Frederick R. Archibald
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P. Jerry Asp
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Hector Authier
Hector Authier (November 4, 1881 – April 14, 1971) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and news reporter/announcer.
Background
He was born on November 4, 1881 in Ange-Gardien, Quebec.
Mayor
He served as the first Mayor of Amos, Quebec in ...
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Alex G. Balogh
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Anthony R. Barringer
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Ross J. Beaty
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Pierre Beauchemin
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Archibald M. Bell
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Benjamin Taylor Bell
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John Paris Bickell
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Selwyn G. Blaylock
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Stewart Lynn "Stu" Blusson
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Robert W. Boyle
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Matthew James Boylen
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Jim Boylen was born in Weston, Ontario and raised in Alberta. In his early teens he left home and returned to Northern Ontario ...
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John Ross Bradfield
John Ross Bradfield, (1899 – October 29, 1983) was a Canadians, Canadian businessman who was involved in the development of the Canadian mining industry as President and CEO of Noranda (mining company), Noranda.
Born in Morrisburg, Ontario, he ...
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Peter M.D. Bradshaw
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Carroll "Chuck" Brawner
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J. Keith Brimacombe
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William Guy Brissenden
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Eldon Brown
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Maurice Russell Brown
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Peter M. Brown
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Johannes "Joe" Brummer
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Bernard O. Brynelsen
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David G. Burchell
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Neil Campbell
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Côme Carbonneau
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George Carmack
George Washington Carmack (September 24, 1860 – June 5, 1922) was an American prospector in the Yukon. He was originally credited with registering Discovery Claim, the discovery of gold that set off the Klondike Gold Rush on August 16, 1896. ...
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Kate Carmack
Shaaw Tláa, also known as Kate Carmack ( – 29 March 1920), was a Tagish First Nation woman who was one of the party that first found gold in the Klondike River in 1896, and is sometimes credited with being the person who made the actual ...
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James E.C. Carter
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Dawson "Tagish" Charlie
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Frederick Connell
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John Convey
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Marsh A. Cooper
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F. Dale Corman
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Ernest "Ernie" Craig
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George B. Cross
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Walter Curlook
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Alexander Stewart Dadson
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Ernest J. Darragh
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C. Stanley Davidson
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Nathanael V. Davis
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Duncan R. Derry
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Randolph Diamond
*Robert Dickinson
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Patricia Dillon
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A.O. Dufresne
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Hugo Dummett
Hugo T. Dummett (1940–2002) was a South African mineral-exploration geologist who is best known for his role in the discovery of the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Barren Lands of Canada's Northwest Territories. Dummett has been described as "the b ...
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Georges H. Dumont
*David Elliott
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Richard J. Ennis
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Joseph Errington
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Graham Farquharson
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Charles E. Fipke
Charles Edgar "Chuck" Fipke (born 1946) is a Canadian geologist and prospector who discovered the existence of diamonds around Lac de Gras in Canada's Northwest Territories. He is now a multimillionaire involved in geological explorations arou ...
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James M. Franklin
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Horace Fraser
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Robert Friedland
Robert Martin Friedland (August 18, 1950) is an American/Canadian billionaire financier in the mining industry. Since the early 1980s, he has specialized in securing funding for the exploration and development of mineral and energy resources and ...
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Robert A. Gannicott
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Neil George
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Richard Geren
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Louis Gignac
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James Edward Gill
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James W. (Jim) Gill
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Ned Goodman
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James R. Gordon
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Dr. Donald "Digger" Gorman
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Gerald Grandey
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Bruce J. Grierson
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Arthur Thomas Griffis
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Oliver Hall
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Robert Hallbauer
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Phillip G. Hallof
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John Hammell
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John A. Hansuld
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James Merritt Harrison
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Gerald G. Hatch
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Herbert E.T. Haultain
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Tom Hebert
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Robert Henderson
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Joseph H. Hirshhorn
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Donald M. Hogarth
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Benny Hollinger Benjamin Hollinger (1885–1919) was a Canadian barber turned prospector from Haileybury, Ontario, now considered one of the Founding Fathers of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. He was born April 10, 1885 in Point Alexander, Ontario, the youngest son of s ...
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Walter Holyk
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Edmund Horne
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H. H. "Spud" Huestis
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Robert "Bob" Hunter
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Richard W. Hutchinson
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Robert John Isaacs
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William Fleming James
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William (Bill) James
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Maureen C. Jensen
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William Gladstone Jewitt
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Franc Joubin
Franc Renault Joubin, (November 15, 1911 – January 1, 1997) was an American prospector and geologist best known for a huge uranium discovery in northeastern Ontario, Canada in 1953.
Born in San Francisco, California to parents of French d ...
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Robert Jowsey
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Norman Bell Keevil
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Norman B. Keevil
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Roland Kenneth Kilborn
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Michael J. Knuckey
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Albert Koffman
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John Kostuik
*Alan Kulan
*Gilbert LaBine
*Adolphe La Prairie
*Fred La Rose
*Pierre Lassonde
*Thayer Lindsley
*William Edmond Logan, Sir William Logan
*Egil H. Lorntzsen
*A. Terrance MacGibbon, Terry MacGibbon
*John MacIsaac (mining), John MacIsaac
*Phillip John Mackey
*Vladimir Nicolaus Mackiw
*Viola R. MacMillan
*Keish, Skookum Jim (Keish) Mason
*John Williams McBean
*James McCrea
*James J. McDougall
*Robert R. McEwen, Rob McEwen
*McIntyre Mines, Sandy McIntyre (formerly Alexander Oliphant)
*James H. McKinley
*Donald A. McLeod
*Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited, Jack McOuat
*W. Austin McVeigh
*Brian K. G. Meikle
*Bernard M. Michel
*Charles E. Michener
*Chester F. Millar
*Alfred E. Miller
*Willet Green Miller
*R. G. K. Morrison
*Alex Mosher
*Peter Munk
*James Y. Murdoch
*Mike Muzylowski
*Ronald K. Netolitzky
*James Paul Norrie
*Harry Oakes, Sir Harry Oakes
*Stephen P. Ogryzlo
*James C. O'Rourke
*Ralph D. Parker
*Norman R. Paterson
*Norman C. Pearce and Richard Pearce (journalist), Richard Pearce
*Paul Penna
*Murray Pezim
*Franklin G.T. Pickard
*Lloyd Montgomery Pidgeon
*Richard Porritt
*Alfred Powis
*Robert Quartermain
*C. Mark Rebagliati, Mark Rebagliati
*Louis Renzoni
*Joseph Arlington Retty
* Kate Rice
* Peter Risby
*Walter J. Riva
*David S. Robertson
*Stephen Roman
*Harry L. Roscoe
*William S. Row
*Edgar A. Scholz
*Seymour Schulich
*Stephen D. Scott
*Harold O. Seigel
*Roman Shklanka
*Eberhard (Ebe) Scherkus
*John D. Simpson
*Robert M. Smith (miner), Robert M. Smith
*Franklin K. Spragins
*Karl Springer
*Robert Crooks Stanley
*Arthur W. Stollery
*Ian Telfer
*D. Grenville Thomas
*James Edgar Thomson
*David A. Thompson
*Edward Thompson (miner), Edward G. Thompson
*John Fairfield Thompson
*Jules Timmins
*Noah Timmins, Noah A. Timmins
*Joseph B. Tyrrell
*Mary Edith Tyrrell
*Mervyn Upham
*William S. Vaughan, Steve Vaughn
*Ossian Walli
*Victor Wansbrough
*Harry Verney Warren
*Bert Wasmund
*Mackenzie Iles Watson
*Murray Edmund Watts
*Arthur W. White
*Harold Williams (geologist), Harold "Hank" Williams
*John Williamson (geologist), John Williamson
*John Tuzo Wilson, Jack Wilson
*John Tuzo Wilson
*Harold Wright (athlete), Harold Wright
*William Henry Wright
*John Zigarlick, Jr.
References
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Inductees 2007- Press releaseCanadian Mining Hall of Fame, "Inductees 2007 - 2010". October 26, 2017.Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, "Inductees 2011 - 2014". October 25, 2017.Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, "Canadian Mining Hall of Fame to induct four new members", January 15, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2017.Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, "Inductees 2015 - 2018". Retrieved October 25, 2017.Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, "Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Welcomes Four Inductees for 2018", October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
External links
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame website.
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame website (archived September 13, 2017).Archival papers of Hebert Edward Terrick Haultain
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