Joseph Errington

1871--1942
The spirit of mining:
"Joseph Errington embodied the spirit of mining prior to the Second World War as the country pulled itself out of the depths of the Depression in the 1930s and mining became a prime force in creating a prosperous and bustling postwar Canada."

Okay. So... what's that mean?
1899 opened the Massey mine for a New York company.
Was mayor of Massey Ontario for 6 years. He's a miner. Not a geologist.

1926-- teamed up with Thayer Lindsey (Ventures/Falconbridge man)
on a Sudbury project. Fell through. helped develop Falconbridge Nickel in 1928.

1933. Little Long Lac mine. Gold. He was president. Became Lac Minerals.
Also did more gold mines.

Steep Rock Mine. Another property.
Big engineering feat-- and an important resource for WWII.
Iron ore.

worked with the big minefinders: Thayer Lindsley; Jules timmins; John Hammell.