|
|
 Induction
Banquet News 
23RD ANNUAL NATIONAL MINING HALL OF FAME BANQUET: The 23rd Annual National Mining Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held at the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday, September 11, 2010, in Leadville, Colorado.
Come celebrate the Mining Museum's Great Progress and the Achievements of the Mining Industry's Greatest Contributors at this Gala event!
2010 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees
William Wheeler Coleman (1873 - 1964)
William Wheeler Colemant was a great visionary for the mining industry, who served 46 years, from 1911 to 1957, as President and Chairman of the company that is now Bucyrus International, a world leader in the manufacture of surface and underground mining equipment.
Dr. Allen V. Heyl, Jr. (1918 - 2008)
Dr. Allen V. Heyl, Jr., was a consummate economic geologist, who served with the U.S. Geological Survey for nearly 50 years beginning in 1943. He studied more of the nation's mineral deposits than most could begin to imagine. He developed a deep and detailed knowledge of the nation's geology and mineral wealth and left a body of written work that serve science for decades to come.
Arthur Lakes (1844-1917)
Arthur Lakes contributed enormously to the geological and mining sciences in the western United States as a geologist, teacher, writer, and artist over a period of more than four decades beginning in 1869. He established a "geological cabinet", which eventually grew into the world famous Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum.
Samuel Calvin McLanahan (1842-1928)
Samuel Calvin McLanahan, through his inventive genius, changed the direction of his family's company from that of a foundry to a leading manufacturer of minerals processing equipment. His most important inventions - the Log Washer and the Single Roll Crusher - remain in use worldwide in a wide range of minerals processing plants.
Saturday's Program - September 11, 2010
Festivities Begin at 5:30 p.m.
Charles F. barber Pavilion, Leadville, Coloardo
Open House ● Tours ● Cocktails
Dinner and Program at 7 p.m.
(Victorian Attire Suggested)
Music, conversation and bar in the Ballroom form 9:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sunday Program - September 12, 2010
Miner's Full Breakfast in the Charles F. Barber Pavilion from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Breakfast and tour included in price of Banquet Ticket.
Selection of tours following the Miner's Full Breakfast
Tabor Legacy Tour with Fred Mark - Geoligist and mining historian enthusaist, Fred Mark will show you the sites that made and broke the Tabor Family. Visit the claims where H.A.W. and Augusta first made their fortune in Oro City, as well as the Little Pittsburgh where H.A.W. struck bonanza ore. Follow their story through their rise to power and wealth to their ending in poverty.
Matchless Mine surface tour - after breakfast participants 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
Route of the Silver Kings - 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
Tour of the Irene Shaft and Yak Water Treatment Plant - Bill Lyle, Museum Board Member and Newmont Man of Many Titles, will be conducting a tour of the Irene Shaft and Yak Water Treatment Plant.
Please contact the National Mining Hall of Fame for more information and reservations!
Reservations accepted through September 9, 2010
Nominations for the 2011 Inductees are being accepted until March 1, 2011.
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".
|
|
|
