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.
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...
1993
Neil Hilton George (1908 – 1988)
Dedicated to the prevention of accident and injury, Neil George was instrumental in establishing Canada’s exemplary record in mine safet...
1993
Joseph Errington (1871 – 1942)
Joseph Errington embodied the spirit of mining prior to the Second World War as the country pulled itself out of the depths of the Depress...
1993
Maurice Russell Brown (1912 – 2008)
During his 43 years with The Northern Miner, a weekly newspaper, Maurice Brown has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Canadian mining i...
1992
Arthur W. White (1911 – 1992)
Arthur White was an active mine financier who, with his partner, raised millions of dollars for more than 50 companies and was instrumenta...
