Thursday, November 8, 2007

William Guy Brissenden

1915--Alive?

Noranda man. Mostly.
Worked as management/executive.

Halifax, NS: went to McGill; Mining Eng.
Was Naval officer in WWII. Solved tech problems in battle of Atlantic.

1948. became mine superintentdent at Noranda.
management/ executive.

Began with Gaspe Copper.
worked on methods. Quebec.

Then Brunswick Mining and Smelting
took over by Noranda-- used it to become major
zinc-lead producer of eastern canada.

Found a way to use ore/continuous smelting--
helped preserve run of the Horne mine.

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