1909--1982
Prospector. Engineer. Lots of discoveries.
Worked in the Arctic--and discovered the land in the Arctic.
hard rock mines
Born in Cobalt Ontario.
Discovered-- Raglan Nickel deposits in Ungava Quebec. 1950's.
Asbestos Hill deposits, also Ungava. Northern Quebec you know?
Mary River Iron on Baffin Island.
47" Copperzone in Coppermine river are of NWT.
Fluorite Tin Tungsten in lost River, Alaska.
Anecdote-ish- Famous canoe-trip.
Used aircraft in his northern explorations--innovation.
Arctic stuff:
The discovery of the Mary River iron deposits in the northerly half of Baffin Island; as having early recognized the value of the Vestgron zinc-lead deposits in Greenland; as the finder of the "47"-zone copper deposit in the Coppermine River area of the Northwest Territories; and recognition of the value of the fluorite-tin-tungsten, deposits at Lost River in Alaska.
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