Willet Green Miller

1866-1925. Looks VERY Deadwood.
In the fall of 1926, a memorial tablet was unveiled at Cobalt, dedicated to Willet Green Miller, "provincial geologist of Ontario, who gave to Cobalt its name and place among the great mining camps of the world; who read the secret of the rocks and opened the portal for the outpouring of their wonderful riches".

Highly regarded Geologist. Knew much of Canada's mineral potential. Portrait of him is in Queen's Park.
Sudbury has a facility named after him.

1890: U of T. Natural Science. Grad work at Harvard, Chicago, etc;.

Worked for GSC. mapped out Ontario.

1902: the first provincial geologist for Ontario.
First to recognize importance of Cobalt discoveries--before precious metals mined in N. Ontario.
Did investigation of the region--from nickel--to cobalt-- and found the Silver.
Helped shape the camp in Cobalt:
1915 Got the Gold Medal of Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in London for this.

Science method: how to identify diamonds, emeralds,corundum , emery: by X-Rays.
Corundum: This lead to production of it in Eastern Ontario. (1906 --- big deal)

authority. on Precambrian geology.