Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Mervyn Arthur Upham

1917-1999
Mervyn? Anyway.
Developed 22 mines in Canada. Wow. That's a lot.
First Uranium mine in Elliot Lake, Ont. 1950s.
first Potash in Saskatchewan. 1960s.
First gold in Nevada's Carlin area
Granduc, BC. --developed HUGE mine-- 11.6 mile tunnel under 3 mountains and glaciers to reach the ore. Wow.

Born in Nova Scotia--went to Mount Alison--went to WWII.
Career in mining. Began at McIntyre.
Then moved around. Went in1955 to Rio Algom --managed the first Elliot lake uranium.
then in 1960s-- did Saskatchewan mining.

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