Miners

Inducted into the Silver Hall of Fame in 2017

Robert A. Quartermain has extensive global experience in geology, exploration and development. Over his 40-year career in the resource industry, he has established a solid track record in building shareholder value in the field of precious metals...

Wife had to use husband's name for her mine claim

Robert K. Reid's wife' discovery of silver ore in 1863 in Bingham Canyon, Utah, was not only groundbreaking for its time but also emblematic of the early mining spirit of the American West. Her involvement with the silver vein she uncovered...

Paul Sarnoff was, in addition to being a career commodities trader, a prolific writer. His 30-some titles include "Silver Bulls: The Great Silver Boom and Bust," covering the seven months leading up to the rise and fall of silver during 1979 and 1980. It is a constructive and contrarian...

Edward Lawrence Schieffelin was an American prospector and Indian fighter best known for discovering the Tombstone silver mine in Arizona. He was born on May 7, 1847, in Aurora, Illinois, and was the son of a prominent family. However, he was interested in something other than following in his...

Giovanni Battista Serpieri was the first foreign "mega-entrepreneur" to invest in Greece. He was demonized almost immediately after he had invested fifteen million drachmas to gain the concession to re-open the Lavrion Mines, the same mines that had made ancient Athens an economic powerhouse....

Douglas Balfor Silver is a prominent American economic geologist, mineral economist, and financier renowned for his significant contributions to the mining industry. He was raised in New Jersey and earned a Master's degree in economic geology from the University of Arizona. 

Silver began his...

Orla Mining Ltd.

Jason Simpson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Orla Mining Ltd., a company renowned for its operations at the Camino Rojo mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, which produces both gold and silver. With over 28 years of experience in mining operations, engineering, and...

Antonio Siraumea, a Yaqui, was likely a resident of the rancheria Arizonac, a real or small mining camp at the edge of the northern frontier of the Spanish colonies of New Spain. 

(Yaqui,  Indian people centred in southern Sonora state, on the west coast of Mexico. They speak the...

Wheaton Precious Metals

Randy Smallwood, born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wheaton Precious Metals, a leading company specializing in silver and gold streaming agreements. His journey into the mining industry began in his youth when he worked as a...

Pan American Silver

Michael Steinmann is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pan American Silver Corp., one of the world's largest primary silver producers with operations throughout the Americas. He assumed this role in 2015.

Dr. Steinmann joined Pan American Silver in 2004,...