Historical Highlights of Canadian Mining
Name/Title
Historical Highlights of Canadian MiningEntry/Object ID
2022.220.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Canadian History, Gold Mining, Northern Ontario, Prospecting HistoryScope and Content
Book discussing historical highlights of Canada's mining industryContext
The book discusses the history of the development of the mining industry in Canada as well as mineral discoveries and the impact of the mining industry. The book is broken down into two parts, they are as follows: Part 1. The Development of a Giant Industry: - The Industry's Birthpangs - The Early Gold Rush - The Manitoba Metal Mines - The Northwestern Ontario Gold Camps - Noranda's Remoteness Deferred its Development - Spectacular Ontario Mining Discoveries - The Government and the Mining Industry: A National Partnership - Mining for the Atomic Age - Role of Bank Financing in Mining Development Part 2. Contemporary Mining Personalities: - Stephen B. Roman and the Free Enterprise System - Fred M. Connell: Dean of Canadian Mining - Norman B. Keevil and the Teck Corporation - Arthur W. White: Guiding Light of Dickenson Mines - Murrary Watts and his Arctic Bonanza - J. W. McBean an Upper Canada Resources - Alex and Murdoch Mosher - First in Little Long Lac - Paddy Harrison's Success Story: the Luck of the Irish? - Thomas Griffis, of Watts, Griffis, McOuat - The Man Known as "Mister Pronto" - Thomas McQuillan: Dental Student Turned Prospector - Horace Fraser: Canada's Mining Statesman - Dr. Aaro Aho, Organizer of Dynasty Explorations Limited - Andrew Robertson, Engineer, Geologist and Prospector - The Knight Family and International Mogul Mines - Chronological Record of Canadian Mining Events - 1604-1972Collection
Mining History, Canadian History Collection (General)Cataloged By
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Secondary Source