Equipment designer nominated to international mining hall of fame
Boart Longyear is proud to announce that Edmund J. Longyear has been nominated in the exploration category for the International Mining Hall of Fame. Longyear has been nominated for his influence in contract diamond drilling, geological services and shaft sinking in the early part of the 20th century, serving the growing U.S. iron ore mining and steel industry. In 1890, Longyear drilled the first diamond core hole in the Mesabi Iron Range in northern Minnesota. A panel of 200 experts and leaders in the fields of exploration, mining and processing will vote on the nominations for the International Mining Hall of Fame — which proclaims to be the only hall of fame to recognize the global innovators in the mining industry. Of the accepted nominations, only 14 will be inducted into the International Mining Hall of Fame during a gala dinner hosted at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
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