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Induction Banquet News

22ND ANNUAL NATIONAL MINING HALL OF FAME BANQUET:
The 22nd Annual National Mining Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held at the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday, September 12, 2009, in Leadville, Colorado.

The National Mining Hall of Fame Class of 2009 includes: Paul A. Bailly (1926 - ), an outstanding exploration geologist and mining company executive; William Braden (1871-1942), founder of the Braden Copper Company; Richard T. Moolick (1920 - ), former president of the Phelps Dodge Corporation and the driving force behind the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum; and Alonzo Pawling (1858-1914) and Henry Harnischfeger (1855-1930), founders of P&H Mining Equipment Company.

Nominations for the 2010 Inductees are being accepted until March 1, 2010.

For information about nominating someone for induction to The National Mining Hall of Fame, please click on "Hall of Fame" then "About the Hall of Fame".

Sunday Tours following the Miner's Full Breakfast: Cemetery Tour with Judge Neil Reynolds - You will meet up with Judge Reynolds at Barber Pavilion and drive your own car to the Cemetery (approximately 1 mile); following breakfast, those who have chosen the Matchless Mine surface tour will drive to the Matchless Mine, final home of Baby Doe Tabor, to begin your tour with the Mining Museum's Seasoned Guide, Sandy Allen; Joe Nachtrieb, mining tour guide extraordinaire, will meet the Route of the Silver Kings group at the Barber Pavilion following breakfast and regale you with stories of Silver Mining in the famous East Side Mining District; Bill Lyle, Museum Board Member and Newmont Man of Many Titles, will be conducting the surface tour of the Black Cloud Mine and Yak Water Treatment Plant. He will be discussing the disposition of the Black Cloud Mine.

 

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The National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum, 120 W. 9th, P.O. Box 981; Leadville, CO 80461
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