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.
1990
Selwyn Gwillym Blaylock (1879 – 1945)
Selwyn G. Blaylock devoted a working lifetime to mines and minerals and left a number of monuments to his effectiveness including: A succe...
1990
Hector Authier (1881 – 1971)
In a life span of 89 years, Hector Authier drank deeply from the cup of Canadian life and enriched his country in the process. All Abitibi...
1990
William Fleming James (1894 – 1991)
Prominently displayed in the halls of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, is a plaque that reads:“GENEROUSLY SUPPO...
1990
Norman Bell Keevil (1910 – 1989)
To win acclaim in one lifetime either as a prospector, a scientist, a mine maker or a corporate builder is no small achievement; each occu...
1989
Murray E. Watts (1909 – 1982)
Murray Edmund Watts, a combination of adventurous prospector and mining engineer, is probably best known for his work in the Arctic, where...
1989
Jules R. Timmins (1889 – 1971)
Jules Timmins’ finest hour, and his claim to mining fame, occurred when he brought into being the iron ore fields of northern Quebec and...
1989
Karl Springer (1899 – 1991)
Karl Springer, a highly successful mine-finder, has amply proved in his career as a prospector that not only could he find the mines but t...
1989
Stephen B. Roman (1921 – 1988)
It was not for nothing that The Northern Miner, the weekly journal of Canada’s mining industry, in 1977 chose Stephen B. Roman as its fi...
