The records include a cheque register, correspondence, membership lists, meeting agenda, minutes, Prospector’s Class enrollment, schedule, and course materials, a proposed itinerary and account of the Governor General's 1947 visit, and a photograph of CIMM visitors to Yellowknife.
The fonds consists of records created by the Yellowknife Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy during its early years of operation. The records include a cheque register, correspondence, membership lists, meeting agenda, minutes, Prospector’s Class enrollment, schedule, and course materials, a proposed itinerary and account of the Governor General's 1947 visit, and a photograph of CIMM visitors to Yellowknife. The fonds also includes a ca. 1955 report prepared by one of CIMM's committees on the revision of the NWT Quartz Mining Regulations.
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Yellowknife BranchThe file consists of correspondence, council meeting minutes, membership list, 1947 prospector's class enrollment, meeting minutes, and course materials, 1948 prospector's class schedule, proposed itinerary and account of Governor General's 1947 visit, and CIMM geology division list. File name imposed by Archivist.
Prior to the Western Annual Meeting of the C.I.M.M. in Edmonton in October, 1945, a group of members paid a visit to Yellowknife to attend the inaugural meeting o fthe Yellowknife Branch and see the Con, Negus and Giant property. The above photo shows the group of sightseers waiting at the Con dock for transportation to the Giant Camp. Photo by N.C. [Neil Campbell. File name imposed by Archivist.]
The file consists of a cheque register for March to November 1948 from the Yellowknife Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Most of the register has not been used. File name imposed by Archivist.
The file consists of correspondence, including correspondence related to the branch's formation, the Governor General's visit in 1947, and a prospectors' course, lists of members, a survey, a newpaper article describing first meeting, and a photograph of 1945 CIMM visitors to Yellowknife. File name imposed by Archivist.
The file consists of a lists of members and a letter from CIMM. File name imposed by Archivist.
The file consists of correspondence with the CIMM headquarters in Montreal and minutes of CIMM Council in December 1945. File name imposed by Archivist.
The file consists of a meeting agenda, correspondence, list of furnishings donated to the hospital, papers on "The Stock Market" and "The Selection of an Explosive", a membership list, minutes of sub-committees, and enrollment lists for the 1947 and 1948 Prospector's Class, proposed course list and schedule, and newspaper clippings. File name imposed by Archivist.
The file consists of a report of a Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Yellowknife Branch committee on the revision of the NWT Quartz Mining Regulations. The authors of the report were John H. Parker, Managing Engineer for N.W. Byrne, Consulting Engineer; J.C. McGlynn, Resident Geologist, Canadian Geological Survey; and C.E. Gordon Brown, Chief Geologist, Giant Yellowknife Gold Mines Ltd.
This accession consists of a ca. 1955 report on recommended amendments to the Northwest Territories Mining Regulations, particularly in regard to the rules surrounding prospecting. The report was produced by John H. Parker, J.C. McGlynn, and C.E. Gordon Brown for the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Yellowknife Branch.