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.
1992
A.O. Dufresne (1890 – 1989)
A.O. Dufresne, born April 10, 1890, devoted his 45-year professional career to Quebec’s department of mines. He molded it into an effici...
1992
Neil Campbell (1914 – 1978)
Neil Campbell’s abilities at geological deduction were responsible for several important mineral discoveries, but it is the Pine Point m...
1992
Matthew James Boylen (1907 – 1970)
Sometimes referred to as “the King of the Minemakers” at the height of his career, James Boylen was best known for the discovery and d...
1992
Robert William Boyle (1920 – 2003)
Robert Boyle grew up in southwestern Ontario, where he developed his fascination with and love for science and the natural world. He went ...
1991
Richard (1892 – 1972) and Norman C. (1889 -1967) Pearce
They never discovered a single showing or hoisted a ton of ore, but Norman and Richard Pearce chronicled the burgeoning Canadian mining in...
1991
Ralph D. Parker (1898 – 1983)
The legacy Ralph Parker left to the International Nickel Co. and to the Canadian mining industry is rich, from advances in mining methods ...
1991
Viola R. MacMillan (1903 – 1993)
Viola MacMillan had two careers in the Canadian mining industry. First, over a period that spanned four decades, she and her husband teame...
1991
John C. MacIsaac (1906 – 1991)
Minefinders get the glory, but it is the minebuilders who get the ore. For 65 years, while others discovered and financed the deposits, Jo...
