Eldon Leslie Brown

1900--1998

Brown. Worked in the North.
Northern Ontario?

U of T mining eng. 1922--
Began with Mond Nickel-- went to MB in 1926.
Worked for the syndicate on the Sherritt copper-zinc mine;
the Sherritt Gordon Mines formed 1927. he was first employee and superintendent.

100 miles from a railway--worked in the frontier.
Worked on the development--lead to establishing the community.
Closed by the depression in 1932.

Moved over to God's lake Gold Mines.
Discovered a new deposit there. Small short live; high grade.
Became Madsen Red Lake Gold mines. Around WWII

Returend to SGM.
when could be reopened in 1937-- 1951 it ran out.
became executive.

Worked on LynnLake nickel/copper. Again no railway.
New nickel refining processes.
less sulphur Dioxide.

Robert J. Jowsey

1881--1965
"The Dean of Canadian mining"
a true "dog-team and canoe" prospector. I like that.
Worked through several different mining eras.
Many links to other Mining Hall of Fame figures.

Went to elementary school. Self-taught prospector.
Worked for Noah Timmins and found the Kirkland Lake orebody Gold.

WWI. Then went to Manitoba.
Teamed up with Thayer Lindsley. ---took over prospect of Sherritt Gordon gold mine.

Big deal was "God's Lake" development. Anecdote.
Far from Winnipeg. Self -financed.

WWII: War: Magnesium was in short supply.
Technique: learned Lloyd Pidgeon's dolomite/magnesium recovery tech.
Found near Ottawa.

PDAC. 3rd president.