People/geologist

William Logan

William Logan (1798–1875), geologist, from Canada. Linked to coal.

The lucky break

Made geological maps of the South Wales coalfield while living at Swansea.1

Legacy

Founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada. His mineral display won the Grand Medal of Honour at the Paris Exposition of 1855.1

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People

Inspired byAlfred SelwynThe man who mapped Victoria's goldfields took over Logan's survey in Canada.1,2

Sources

  1. LOGAN, Sir WILLIAM EDMOND Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  2. SELWYN, ALFRED RICHARD CECIL Dictionary of Canadian Biography

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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