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
Frederick R. Archibald (1905 – 1996)
It has been said of Frederick R. Archibald that he had a genius for devising creative metallurgical solutions and transforming those solut...
1994
Arthur W. Stollery (1914 – 1994)
Arthur Stollery was a rare combination of prospector, mine finder and entrepreneur. He played a key role in finding two great orebodies, c...
1993
Harold Madison Wright (1908 – 1997)
Harold Wright has been associated in some measure with virtually every significant mining operation in Western Canada and the Yukon during...
1993
Ossian Edward Walli (1903 – 1991)
Ossian Walli never discovered a mineral deposit, built a mine or operated a mining company, but during his 22 years as principal at the Ha...
1993
Mervyn Arthur Upham (1917 – 1999)
The list of mines in which Mervyn Arthur Upham played a significant role developing is considerable - 22 in Canada alone, several more int...
1993
Louis Secondo Renzoni (1913 – 1993)
Technical innovation spurred the development of Sudbury, Ont., as the world’s premier mining and metallurgical centre. Louis Secondo Ren...
1993
Richard Valentine Porritt (1901 – 1985)
Richard Valentine Porritt was the man who set the pace and style that marked a “Noranda man” - tough and fast-moving.
1993
James Gerald McCrea (1898 – 1953)
James McCrea was instrumental in building Dome Mines into one of the giants of the Canadian mining industry. He was responsible for acquir...
