The Discoverers: A 50-Year History of the Prospectors and the Developers Association, Some Famous Prospectors and their Discoveries
Name/Title
The Discoverers: A 50-Year History of the Prospectors and the Developers Association, Some Famous Prospectors and their DiscoveriesEntry/Object ID
2022.131.01Tags
Prospecting History, Mining History, Mining Industry, Cobalt, Ontario, Canadian History, Copper Mining, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Gold Mining, Uranium Mining, Silver Mining, Nickel MiningScope and Content
Book discussing the history of prospecting as well as the history of the Prospectors and Developers Association and famous prospectors.Context
The book provides a concise history of prospecting in Canada as well as the development of the Prospectors and Developers Association. The book is broken down into parts, they are as follows: 1. The History of The Prospectors and Developers Association: -30s -40s -50s -60s -70s -80s 2. Mining Stories: - The Oldest Profession? - Bush Flying to Airborne Geophysics - Three Ways of Doing It, Cost-to-Coast - Reminiscences on Prospectors in Manitoba, Past and Present Part 3: Famous Mining Camps: - A History of Uranium Exploration in the Athabasca Basin - The Bathurst-Newcastle Area - Beaverlodge - Uranium in Blind River - Chibougamau - The Cadillac, Malartic and Val D'Or Camps - Streams of Silver: Cobalt - Historic Gaspe Copper - Highland Valley - The Labrador Iron Trough - Polaris: A Successful Vision of Kirkland Lake Gold Miners - The Red Lake Rush - The Mobile Mine: Sherritt Gordon - The Lake that Isn't: Steep Rock - The Stewart Area, British Columbia - Nickel in the Heart of Manitoba: Thompson - Yellowknife: The Mine that was Almost Passed By Part 4: P. D. A. Presidents: - Arthur Cockeram - William Fairburn - Robert J. Jowsey - Karl J. Springer - Gilbert A. LaBine - Joseph Russell Cryderman - Reginald Anson-Cartwright - Murdock Mosher - John J. Byrne - George A. MacMillan - Viola R. MacMillan - W. W. Dennis - Alex Mosher - J. J. Rankain - Robert Campbell - William Plexman - A. James Walker - Edward G. Thompson - M. E. Holt - John McAdam - Behind the Scenes: Walter Edgar Segsworth, James Geddes, W. Clarke Campbell Part 5. Mining Personalities: - Ralph E. Allerston - Jerome Cotter Byrne - Thayer Lindsley - Harold and Al Musselwhite - A. Lew Parres - Eric Partridge - Joseph Perkin - Leo Springer - Ross Toms - George and Sherman Tough - Murray E. Watts - Albert O. Zeemel - Dr. Aaro E. Aho - Duncan R. Derry - Walter D. Holyk - Franc R. Joubin - Norman B. Keevil - J. M. Richard Corbet - Joseph H. Hirshhorn - H. W. Knight Sr. and H. W. Knight Jr. - R. P. Mills - Arthur W. WhiteCollection
Mining History, Prospecting HistoryCataloged By
Kat BezaireCategory
Secondary Source