The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame selects and inducts individuals from all facets of the mining industry. They have two things in common: their significant and lasting impact on Canada’s mining industry, and through their achievements, their contribution to the high standard of living shared by all Canadians.
2001
William Guy Brissenden (1915 – 2012)
A hands-on approach to problem-solving, forged in both war and peace, enabled William Guy Brissenden to master repeated challenges during ...
2001
Marsh A. Cooper (1912 – 2013)
Marsh Cooper is best known as the driving force in the acquisition and development of many of the deposits and mines that transformed Falc...
2001
Alexander Stewart Dadson (1906 – 1968)
When Alexander Dadson began exploring the Yellowknife region in the early 1940s, he saw potential beyond the small, high-grade gold showin...
2001
Richard Geren (1917 – 2002)
Richard Geren has been aptly described as a man with mining in his blood, mind and soul. As a geologist working with Labrador Mining and E...
2001
John Fairfield Thompson (1891 – 1968)
During a distinguished career that spanned more than five decades, John Fairfield Thompson led Inco through a period of phenomenal growth ...
2001
James Merritt Harrison (1915 – 1990)
Like Sir William Logan before him, James Merritt Harrison was the right man in the right place at the right time. During his 17-year tenur...
2000
James Edgar Thomson (1906 – 1982)
James Thomson embodied dedication to the mining industry throughout his 44-year career with the Ontario Department of Mines (ODM), later t...
2000
Joseph Arlington Retty (1904 – 1961)
Joseph Retty played a major role in the discovery of iron ore deposits in the Quebec-Labrador boundary region, remote wilderness which was...
