Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Arthur Thomas Griffis

1912-1982
Geologist. Discovered iron for the Iron Ore Company of Canada.
Copper for Mcyntire. Found mines.

Went to U of T. Did Geology degrees. PhD at Cornell.
Joined Hollinger in 1939
Sent to remap the geology of Porcupine.

1944-- sent out to investigate Labrador and Queebc, for formation of I O C.
Found Iron.
Found more Iron in Quebec's Ungava region.
1958. Joined Mc Intyre Porcupine. found gold.

1962 Started consulting firm--did lots of work internationally--australia, saudi arabia.
Zinc in Baffin Island.

Did some work in Timmins.

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