Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame 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 industry.
It The Hall was established in 1988; in 2006 it had over 120 members.
Locations
The Hall has two physical locations.
Toronto
The University of Toronto hosts the 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.
Elliot Lake
The Hall is a part of the Mining Museum in the Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre in Elliot Lake.
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
- Frederick R. Archibald
- Hector Authier
- Anthony R. Barringer
- Ross J. Beaty
- Pierre Beauchemin
- Archibald M. Bell
- Benjamin Taylor Bell
- John Paris Bickell
- Selwyn G. Blaylock
- Stewart Lynn "Stu" Blusson
- Robert W. Boyle
- Matthew James Boylen
- John Ross Bradfield
- Peter M.D. Bradshaw
- Carroll "Chuck" Brawner
- J. Keith Brimacombe
- William Guy Brissenden
- Eldon Brown
- Maurice Russell Brown
- Peter M. Brown
- Johannes "Joe" Brummer
- Bernard O. Brynelsen
- David G. Burchell
- Neil Campbell
- Côme Carbonneau
- George Carmack
- James E.C. Carter
- Dawson "Tagish" Charlie
- Frederick Connell
- John Convey
- Marsh A. Cooper
- Ernest "Ernie" Craig
- George B. Cross
- Walter Curlook
- Alexander Stewart Dadson
- Ernest J. Darragh
- C. Stanley Davidson
- Nathanael V. Davis
- Duncan R. Derry
- Randolph Diamond
- Robert Dickinson
- A.O. Dufresne
- Hugo Dummett
- Georges H. Dumont
- Richard J. Ennis
- Joseph Errington
- Graham Farquharson
- Charles E. Fipke
- Horace Fraser
- Robert Friedland
- Robert A. Gannicott
- Neil George
- Richard Geren
- Louis Gignac
- James Edward Gill
- Ned Goodman
- James R. Gordon
- Dr. Donald "Digger" Gorman
- Gerald Grandey
- Bruce J. Grierson
- Arthur Thomas Griffis
- Oliver Hall
- Robert Hallbauer
- Phillip G. Hallof
- John Hammell
- John A. Hansuld
- James Merritt Harrison
- Gerald G. Hatch
- Tom Hebert
- Herbert E.T. Haultain
- Robert Henderson
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn
- Donald M. Hogarth
- Benny Hollinger
- Walter Holyk
- Edmund Horne
- H. H. "Spud" Huestis
- Robert "Bob" Hunter
- Richard W. Hutchinson
- Robert John Isaacs
- William Fleming James
- William James
- Franc Joubin
- Robert Jowsey
- Norman Bell Keevil
- Norman B. Keevil
- Roland Kenneth Kilborn
- Michael J. Knuckey
- Albert Koffman
- John Kostuik
- Alan Kulan
- Gilbert LaBine
- Fred La Rose
- Pierre Lassonde
- Thayer Lindsley
- Sir William Logan
- Egil H. Lorntzsen
- Adolphe La Prairie
- John MacIsaac
- Vladimir Nicolaus Mackiw
- Viola R. MacMillan
- Skookum Jim (Keish) Mason
- John Williams McBean
- James McCrea
- James J. McDougall
- Rob McEwen
- Terry MacGibbon
- Sandy McIntyre (formerly Alexander Oliphant)
- James H. McKinley
- Donald A. McLeod
- Jack McOuat
- W. Austin McVeigh
- 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
- Sir Harry Oakes
- Stephen P. Ogryzlo
- James C. O'Rourke
- Ralph D. Parker
- Norman R. Paterson
- Norman C. Pearce and Richard Pearce
- Paul Penna
- Murray Pezim
- Franklin G.T. Pickard
- Lloyd Montgomery Pidgeon
- Richard Porritt
- Alfred Powis
- Mark Rebagliati
- Louis Renzoni
- Joseph Arlington Retty
- Kate Rice
- Walter J. Riva
- David S. Robertson
- Stephen Roman
- Harry L. Roscoe
- William S. Row
- Edgar A. Scholz
- Seymour Schulich
- Harold O. Seigel
- Roman Shklanka
- John D. Simpson
- 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
- John Fairfield Thompson
- Jules Timmins
- Noah A. Timmins
- Joseph B. Tyrrell
- Mervyn Upham
- Steve Vaughn
- Ossian Walli
- Victor Wansbrough
- Harry Verney Warren
- Bert Wasmund
- Mackenzie Iles Watson
- Murray Edmund Watts
- Arthur W. White
- Harold "Hank" Williams
- John Williamson
- Jack Wilson
- John Tuzo Wilson
- Harold Wright
- William Henry Wright
- John Zigarlick, Jr.
References
- Inductees 2007- Press release
- Canadian 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.