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.
2008
Chester F. Millar (b. 1927)
Chester F. Millar launched an illustrious career in the mining industry in the mid-1960s by discovering a copper-gold deposit that became ...
2008
Ernest Craig (1888 – 1960)
Ernest Craig was the first General Manager of Falconbridge Nickel Mines, building a mine and a townsite in the late 1920s that became the ...
2008
Johannes J. Brummer (1921 – 2005)
Johannes J. (“Joe”) Brummer was one of Canada’s most accomplished exploration geologists. During a multi-faceted career that began w...
2008
Carroll O. Brawner (1929-2019)
Carroll O. (“Chuck”) Brawner is known and respected worldwide for his contributions to open-pit mining and geotechnical engineering. H...
2007
Harry L. Roscoe (1885 – 1963)
Harry L. Roscoe - “Bill” to an army of friends and industry colleagues - contributed to the advancement and prestige of the mining ind...
2007
R. G. K. Morrison (1899 – 1983)
Professor R. G. K. Morrison was known as the father of rock mechanics in Canada, for his pioneering work in introducing rock mechanics and...
2007
Alfred E. Miller (1880 – 1983)
Alfred Miller discovered copper mineralization near the headwaters of the York River in Quebec’s eastern Gaspé Peninsula in 1909, trigg...
2007
George B. Cross (1932-2023)
George B. Cross chronicled and supported the Canadian mining industry through the George Cross News Letter Ltd., an authoritative and resp...
