Miners

Philip Baker has been a prominent figure in the mining industry, notably serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hecla Mining Company, the largest primary silver producer in the United States. He joined Hecla in May 2001 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, quickly...

Ross Beaty has been a leader in the international mining and renewable energy industries, making a significant and lasting impact in British Columbia and around the world.

After graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1979 in geology and law, Ross began a geological contracting...

• Alexander" Sandy" Bowers
  Date of Birth (1824-1868)
• Eilley Oram Bowers
  Date of Birth (1826-1903)

Alexander "Sandy" Bowers and Eilley Oram Bowers are remarkable figures in Nevada's mining history. They are credited with an instrumental role in discovering and early exploiting the Comstock Lode,...

Seasoned Executive

Joseph A. Carrabba, born in 1953, is a seasoned mining executive with extensive international experience spanning over four decades. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Capital University in Ohio and a Master of Business Administration from Frostburg State University...

Endeavour Silver Corp.

Brad Cooke, born in 1954, was a professional geologist and entrepreneur with nearly five decades of experience in the mining industry. He founded Endeavour Silver Corp. in 2003, aiming to acquire and develop high-grade silver and gold projects in Mexico. Under his...

Marcus Daly (December 5, 1841 – November 12, 1900) was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the three "Copper Kings" of Butte, Montana, United States. Prior to his copper career, Daly gained experience in the silver mines of the Comstock mines under the direction of John William...

Hank Day (1902-1985) was born in in Spokane, Washington, to Helen Dwyer and Harry Lawrence Day, and grew up in Burke, Idaho, site of the great Hercules mine. In 1905, the family moved to Wallace, Idaho where he remained with the exceptions of when he attended the University of California where,...

Bartolome de Medina was a successful Spanish merchant who became fascinated with the problem of decreasing silver yields from ores mined in Spanish America. By the mid-sixteenth century, it was well known in Spain that American silver production was in decline due to the depletion of high-grade...

Endeavour Silver Corp.

Dan Dickson is the CEO and a Director of Endeavour Silver Corp., a mid-tier precious metals mining company with silver-gold mines in Mexico. Appointed as CEO in May 2021, Dickson is responsible for the company's strategic direction, vision, growth, and performance,...

In 1526 Tarnowskie Góry in Silesia (southern Poland) was awarded the status of a free mining town, and in 1528, John II the Good, Duke of Opole, issued an ordinance known as the Ordunek Górny, granting the town a series of mining privileges. At the same time a mining authority was also...