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.
1994
William S. Row (1904 – 1984)
The Kerr Addison mine near Virginiatown, Ontario ranks among the top gold mines in Canada, producing at its peak more than half a million ...
1994
Charles E. Michener (1907 – 2004)
An imaginative exploration philosophy, sound academic approach and the resolute perseverance of a risk taker - these were the qualities th...
1994
John Kostuik (1911 – 2004)
John Kostuik exemplified the rough and ready ways of the hard-rock miner. A mining engineer, he cut his teeth by somehow managing to eke o...
1994
Robert J. Jowsey (1881 – 1965)
In his day, Robert J. Jowsey was known as the dean of mine makers. He was indeed a charter member of Canadian mining, a true, “dog-team ...
1994
Professor Herbert Haultain (1869 – 1962)
While every graduate engineer is familiar with the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer, there may be a few who do not know that the ritua...
1994
C. Stanley Davidson (1900 – 1967)
Were it not for the development of geophysical techniques applied to mine-finding, Canadian mining would never have attained the stature i...
1994
Côme Carbonneau (1923 – 2000)
Côme Carbonneau had an unusual career for a mining man. It straddled not only the academic and private-sector fields, but also reached in...
1994
Bernard O. Brynelsen (1911 – 2004)
Long before the Brenda mine was developed into a world-class copper producer, the low-grade Okanagan area deposit was scoffed at by many i...
