Walter Curlook

1929--Alive

Helped shape the world's largest nickel producer. INCO.

born in Ontario. Near Sudbury. Began work at INCO part-time while in highschool.
Did PhD in Metallurgy.

Returned to INCO. Researcher.
1989-- became a director at INCO.
then became commissioner of INCO in Indonesia.
retired--and still president of an INCO company in South Pacific.

Scientific discoveries.
For both refining. And for environment--lower the waste.

Leader in r/D in Thompson MB and Sudbury.

What's this?
He helped create Continuous Mining Systems (CMS), which built innovative mining equipment to improve Inco's productivity. CMS, now an independent firm, has more than 250 employees and annual sales of $50 million.

Charles E. Michener

1907--2004
Worked as a minefinder for INCO.
Found many mines for them: South mine, Lupin gold mine, Thompson complex in Mantoba,
and Inco in Indonesia.

began in Red Deer--went to U of T for Bsc.
Got more degrees at Cornell and U of T in Geology and mining.

1935--worked for INCO: stayed for career.

south mine: near copper cliff (sudbury)

1945--1950 used Inco's first airborne EM system. * is that the same as a magnetometer?
The inco equipment.

Did exploring round the world. Found the Thompson nickel belt in Manitoba.
Acquired the Indonesian nickel.
former trustee of the ROM!

Ralph D. Parker

1898--1983
INCO: International Nickel Co.
Big sudbury nickel guy.

1930s-- Mine superintentdent-- worked to make it better in Sudbury.

Anecdote:
Directed development of Aerial Magnetometer--
the same once used to detect submarines:
Lead to flying around Northern Manitoba for 10 years
1956--found the Thompson orebody.
Made mine. Made tonnes of nickel. and a town.

American. Grubstaked. Searched. Went to McIntyre Porcupine in Timmins first.

1928--began in Creighton as a mine superintendent for INCO.
1931. went to Sudbury for INCO.
1958-- went from sudbury to Toronto. head office. Became VP.

Louis Secondo Renzoni

1913--1993.
Worked for three decades at Inco as a nickel metallurgist, a scientist, working on the refining
at Sudbury. Worked to reduce sulphur emissions-- for environment--and good for business. whoo!

Born in Coppercliff. Ontario. (that's a suburb of Sudbury--is where mining is?) Went to Italy. Went back to Canada. Went to Queens for Chem eng.
Worked for Brantford's lab briefly--joined Inco's refinery in 1937.
Worked on processes to refine nickel. Exciting. HAd no Cobalt.
Recovered mad nickel and cobalt--tied into WW2--where lots of cobalt was needed.
Back in Copper Cliff- kept doing more research there.
in 1960s' made a cleaner process that was then able to work at Inco's nickel mine at Thompson, Manitoba. Then it was put into Sudbury operation.
Helped improve Sudbury air.

Anecdote? "Recognized as the most knowledgeable scientist in the nickel refining business"

Joseph B. Tyrell

1858-1957 *wow that's 99 years!
"conquered the Canadian north."
Canada's senior geologist, mapmaker, explorer, mineralfinder.
two centuries.
Ontario.
Canadian Geological Survey in 1880s. GSC.
Led expeditions in Alberta.
He's the dinosaur guy--
Found in 1884 the Badlands in Red Deer Vallery.
Discovered coal in Drumheller.

1890s--went on another expedition. Canoe guy.
Across Manitoba; mapped the whole north.
Found stuff around Thompson and Flin Flon.


In 1898-- searched for gold in Yukon.
In 1907 set up consulting-- and recommended Timmins' Hollinger mine as good investment.
in 1920 joined board of Harry Oakes' lake shore gold mine.

Invested in mining in 1924 at Kirkland lake= Gold!

cartographer. wife worked big on stuf too: Women's Miners in Canada.