1914--1978
"Neil Campbell's abilities at geological deduction were responsible for several important mineral discoveries, but it is the Pine Point mine on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories with which he was most closely associated."
1940 Pine Point-- collaboration between govt. and private enterprise.
Made new railway line to NWT. big role in create northern wealth.
Benefits from the mine that cannot be quantified include demonstrating that a large open pit mining operation can be established successfully in the north.
Right. So.
Began in Medicine Hat, AB. Went to U of A for mining eng.
Went to work at Gold mine in U of T.
Mapping--determined where a fault was--and found more work.
1940. Examined--small lead/zinc occurance at Pine Point--
then developed new theory on it-- huge amounts there.
Convinced employer that there was Ore there.
Lead to finding new ore bodies, and created community there.
1956-- Copper mine NB
60s; Vade Potash in Saskatchewan.
and a mine in Missouri.
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Côme Carbonneau
1923--2000
worked in academic; private sector, and public, when he built
and developed a state owned company called SOQUEM in Quebec.
Lead to 5 huge mineral deposits, minimal discovery costs;
and the Doyon mine became one of Canada's biggest gold mines.
Born in Saint-Foy Quebec.
Laval. 1943bs--1948 Bsc. and went on to do PhD at McGill in Geology.
Became Geology professore at Ecole Polytechnique and U of Mtl.
worked in private sector.
then SOQUEM. President.
On the technical side, SOQUEM exploration teams control developed an inexpensive airborne radiometric and spectrometric survey system that was flown in light aircraft. This led to three niobium discoveries.
worked in private sector again--1981--1986
as pres of Falconbridge Copper.
found 3 deposits.
base metal; gold; zinc.
Returned to Academia.
worked in academic; private sector, and public, when he built
and developed a state owned company called SOQUEM in Quebec.
Lead to 5 huge mineral deposits, minimal discovery costs;
and the Doyon mine became one of Canada's biggest gold mines.
Born in Saint-Foy Quebec.
Laval. 1943bs--1948 Bsc. and went on to do PhD at McGill in Geology.
Became Geology professore at Ecole Polytechnique and U of Mtl.
worked in private sector.
then SOQUEM. President.
On the technical side, SOQUEM exploration teams control developed an inexpensive airborne radiometric and spectrometric survey system that was flown in light aircraft. This led to three niobium discoveries.
worked in private sector again--1981--1986
as pres of Falconbridge Copper.
found 3 deposits.
base metal; gold; zinc.
Returned to Academia.
John Convey
1910--2006
A metallurgist. Scientist.
Advised groups--the Canadian Mines Branch--
and advised the Royal Canadian Mint and Canadian Welding Devlpmnt Inst.
England-- 1929--came to alberta--
U of Alberta; PhD Atomic Physics in 1940;
In Royal Canadian Navy; Helped "de-fang" magnetic mines.
WAR effort-- got recognized for his metallurgical contributions;
and screening captured German scientists for nuclear knowledge.
Prof at U of T. Physics.
Became chief metallurgist for Canadian Mines Branch.
Helped convince Gvt. to stay on top of mining.
Helped the mint when it went to metal alloys.
A metallurgist. Scientist.
Advised groups--the Canadian Mines Branch--
and advised the Royal Canadian Mint and Canadian Welding Devlpmnt Inst.
England-- 1929--came to alberta--
U of Alberta; PhD Atomic Physics in 1940;
In Royal Canadian Navy; Helped "de-fang" magnetic mines.
WAR effort-- got recognized for his metallurgical contributions;
and screening captured German scientists for nuclear knowledge.
Prof at U of T. Physics.
Became chief metallurgist for Canadian Mines Branch.
Helped convince Gvt. to stay on top of mining.
Helped the mint when it went to metal alloys.
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