Thursday, October 25, 2007

Harry L. Roscoe

1885--1963. Man do these guys ever have names-- (Although he was Bill to his friends)

Worked for Noranda Mines--made Canadian mines go global. Big deal.
Made small Quebec company into one of the leaders. Looks mean though.

American--Michigan.
Moved to Sudbury in 1910s? as engineer and miner. (mine captain?)
Joined Noranda in 1926. Worked on the Horne mine,
work lead to find some great ore-bodies.
Became executive in the late 1940.
Moved its office to Toronto in late 40s.
"top technical person". Yeah, I get that.


Became Canadian--helped grow Noranda And Rouyn. (twin cities you know).

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