Name/Title

Builders of Fortunes

Entry/Object ID

1998.0002.0065

Tags

Mining History, Mining Industry, Prospecting History, Biographies

Scope and Content

Book containing a variety of biographies of prospectors across Canada

Context

The book provides historical context around the expansion of prospecting in Canada as well as the biographies of famous prospectors. The biographies are as follows: 1. Thayer Lindsley 2. James Y. Murdoch 3. Frederick M. Connell 4. H. W. Johns and the Manvillies 5. Gilbert A. Labine 6. Charles L. Labine 7. J. Roy Gordon 8. Jules R. Timmins 9. Marius K. Madsen 10. Cyrus S. Eaton 11. Stephen B. Roman 12. Sir Harry Oppenheimer 13. Matthew James Boylen 14. Ashton W. Johnson 15. Murray Watts 16. Joseph H. Hirshhorn 17. Alfred Krupp 18. Randolph P. Mills 19. Robert J. Jowsley 20. The Pantino Family 21. Herman H. Huestis 22. Andrew Robertson 23. J. Bradley Streit 24. Joseph A. Hackett

Collection

Mining History, Prospecting History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Biography

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Pitt Publishing Company

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1950

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Builders of Fortunes

Description

Book containing a variety of biographies of prospectors across Canada

Date(s) of Creation

1963

Subjects

History, Mining, Prospecting

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

2372

Dimensions

Width

8-1/4 in

Length

10-1/4 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 3, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Fading

Date Examined

Feb 3, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mining History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on February 3, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 3, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 3, 2022