Thursday, November 8, 2007

John Ross Bradfield

1899--1983
Major Noranda man.

Began in 1927 as construction superintentendent
kept climbing--
1956 executive. VP. chairman. CEO.
Chairman. honorary chairman.
till he died-- 60 years of service to Noranda. WOW.

Born in Morrisberg--went to McGill; Civil Eng.
Did engineer work on Yankee Stadium. Nice.

Hired early on by the pre-Noranda mines syndicate in New York to
work on engineering drawings in 1922

1970s' Horne mine was running out of Ore: worked on how to diversify:
Gaspe Copper. Geco Mines; MAtagami mines; Zinc plant.
Brunswick Mining and Smelting, Central Canada Potash; Kenedy Lake miens.

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