Thursday, November 8, 2007

Eldon Leslie Brown

1900--1998

Brown. Worked in the North.
Northern Ontario?

U of T mining eng. 1922--
Began with Mond Nickel-- went to MB in 1926.
Worked for the syndicate on the Sherritt copper-zinc mine;
the Sherritt Gordon Mines formed 1927. he was first employee and superintendent.

100 miles from a railway--worked in the frontier.
Worked on the development--lead to establishing the community.
Closed by the depression in 1932.

Moved over to God's lake Gold Mines.
Discovered a new deposit there. Small short live; high grade.
Became Madsen Red Lake Gold mines. Around WWII

Returend to SGM.
when could be reopened in 1937-- 1951 it ran out.
became executive.

Worked on LynnLake nickel/copper. Again no railway.
New nickel refining processes.
less sulphur Dioxide.

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