1925--Alive?
Worked for 50 years. Prospector.
"It is said that his footprints can be found on just about every mineral occurrence in British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska, where he has found or helped discover more than 16 major mineral deposits."
Born in Grand Forks BC-- family of mining pioneers.
Went to WWII. Came back and did geology at UBC.
Became mining engineer.
Joined the Ventures group-- Thayer Lindsey-- and stayed with it
after it was owned by Falconbridge.
Prospected-- found copper and Iron and gold on the Islands of BC west coast-
(vancouver islanad, queen charlotte, prince rupert)
Anecdote: interesting:
Big dig was
1957 Windy Craggy in Northern BC.
Big discovery.
Found great ore. 50 million spent on development.
but in 1990s development stopped and became a heritage park by UN
Isn't that nice?
But he still gets respect.
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