1891--1945
"Known by his contemporaries as "the man who made the Malartics", James Paul Norrie combined ambition, energy, instinct and an extraordinary entrepreneurial spirit to discover and open mines in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec" which, uh, include the Malartic regions.
born in Truro, NS! went to technical college --1913.
worked as mining inspector--ended up in Quebec.
came to Abitibi as just about everything, from prospector to promoter:
His aggressive nature was summed up with this famous quote: "Cross the street when the light is red If you wait for the green, you'll never get ahead of the mob."
1936-- found gold in Quebec. Big mine.
1927--1945-- found more mines than anybody before him. -- transformed the Malartic region--
made the region what it was.
Also found Mica mine--during WWII for the allies in Onatrio.
Quote:
According to a story that appeared in The Globe and Mail in 1944, "James P. Norrie is not an alchemist, but in turning cloddy earth to glittering gold, he is the outstanding mine-maker in the all-time history of Quebec."
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