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
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...
1995
Egil H. Lorntzsen (1908 – 1997)
The scarcity of jobs during the Depression years prompted a young Egil Lorntzsen to pursue a prospecting career, starting in the Bridge Ri...
1995
Georges H. Dumont (1911 – 1999)
Mining engineer and geologist Georges H. Dumont has truly earned his place among the great contemporary discoverers. A pioneer of the Queb...
1995
David G. Burchell (1909 – 1994)
David Burchell was a pioneer in Canadian coal mining. He was an explorer, with five underground coal mines to his credit. He was a builder...
1995
Archibald M. Bell (1906 – 1991)
Archibald Bell contributed to the development of several mines during the course of an illustrious career that epitomizes the progress mad...
