Maurice Russell Brown

1912--Alive?
Aha-- another Northern Miner veteran reporter. 43 years. Nice.

Began at Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) Ontario.
Went to U of T for mining eng--1938.
Invited a writer from the Northern Miner to speak to the school;
was fired to go join the paper's staff.

Little Long Lac-- miner/engineer. Gold.

1947 mining engineer instructor at Thunder Bay; at Lakehead TI: became
Lakehead University.

1949-- joined the Northern Miner staff;
traveled to every mining camp.

CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE CMHF!
is most recent initiative was to put forward the concept of The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame as a means of honoring those who have contributed so much to the Canadian way of life and of publicizing those accomplishments to the general public. Brown served as chairman of the Hall for its first four years and continues as a director.

Richard and Norman Pearce

Newspaper men! Brothers! The Northern Miner!
1892--1972/ 1890--1967
Anecdotes a plenty!
Fought for cheaper power for mines/campaigned on mining rights/fought govt. etc;.
Stood up to dominating personalities--never had to pay damages. huh.

Richard Pearce purchased Northern Miner in 1916 in first year of publication,
out of Cobalt. expanded facilities after WWII.
His brother returned from war to join him in 1920.
They were co-owners and editors.
40,000 circulation.
Exciting! then 1929 stockmarket crash. moved to Toronto

Survived great depression.
Went on... signed off actively in 49.

Cool!