People/prospector

Thomas Frood

Thomas Frood (1837–1916), prospector, from Canada. Linked to copper.

The lucky break

He found a deposit near Sudbury that the Canadian Copper Company president wanted to buy as one of the district's richest.1

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Timeline

  1. 1883Copper-bearing rock found during Canadian Pacific Railway works at Sudbury2
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Mines

DiscoveredCopper Cliff Mine (Sudbury)His Sudbury deposit was one the Canadian Copper Company wanted to buy.1

Events

DiscoveredCopper-bearing rock found during Canadian Pacific Railway works at SudburyA teacher and chemist turned prospector in northern Ontario in 1883.1

Sources

  1. FROOD, THOMAS Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  2. Discovery Site of Sudbury Mining Camp (geotour sheet) Ontario Geological Survey / Ministry of Mines

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Haul trucks by Lechhabmed, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 15 Crew, NASA JSC (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); Elektrisk malmletning. Undersökningar på Billiton, 1920., Okänd / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).