Pioneering Geology in the Canadian Cordillera

BCMEMPR Open File 1992-19

Table of Contents

Introduction – Pioneering Geology in the Canadian Cordillera
by V.M. Levson

Miners at Work  - A History of British Columbia’s Gold Rushes
by B. Griffin

The Canadian Cordillera; A History of Who, What and When
by C.J. Yorath

The Mineral Survey - Cordilleran Cinderella
by A. Sutherland Brown

The Emergence of Engineering Geology in British Columbia "An Engineering Geologist Knows a Dam Site Better!"
by D.F. VanDine, H.W. Nasmith and C.F. Ripley

Britannia, the Story of a British Columbia Mine - From Mining Resource to Heritage Resource
by M. Mullan

British Columbia’s Hydrocarbon Hunt; "The Hole Story"
by N. Wemyss

The History of Earthquake Studies in British Columbia - From Indian Legend to Satellite Technology
by G.C. Roger

The Search for the Oldest Fossils in the Cordillera
by R. Ludvigsen

The History of Marine Geology in British Columbia - From Infancy to Today
by J. Murray and W.H. Mathews

Geological Mapping in the Cordillera  - Then and Now
by J.O. Wheeler

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