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.
1996
Paul Penna (1922 – 1996)
Paul Penna was a successful mine maker and the builder of a substantial corporation destined to thrive long into the future. As chairman a...
1996
Edmund Horne (1865 – 1953)
Along with many other prospectors of his generation, Edmund Horne came to northern Ontario at the turn of the century with hopes of findin...
1996
Donald MacDonald Hogarth (1878 – 1950)
Although best known as one of Canada’s prominent mine financiers and developers, Donald Hogarth’s career includes a long list of achie...
1996
Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1900 – 1981)
Joseph Hirshhorn came to Canada in 1933, drawn by opportunities in gold mining. He was an unabashed promoter and entrepreneur who announce...
1996
Robert E. Hallbauer (1930 – 1995)
For almost three decades the 1970s, 1980s and until his death in 1995 Robert Hallbauer was recognized by industry, government and labor as...
1995
Harold O. Seigel (1924 – 2011)
Canada is known as a centre of excellence in mining geophysics, and much of the credit for this achievement goes to Harold Seigel, an extr...
1995
Sir Harry Oakes (1874 – 1943)
Adventure, fame and fortune all came the way of Sir Harry Oakes, the self-made prospector and mine-finder who transformed Ontario’s Kirk...
1995
Willet Green Miller (1866 – 1925)
In the fall of 1926, a memorial tablet was unveiled at Cobalt, dedicated to Willet Green Miller, “provincial geologist of Ontario, who g...
