Oliver Daunais
| Oliver Daunais | |
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| Occupation | Mining prospector |
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Oliver Daunais was a French Métis prospector and mining claimant active on the north shore of Lake Superior in the late nineteenth century.
Mining
- Discovered the Rabbit Mountain Silver Mine.[1]
- Owned the Rabbit Mountain Silver Mine and engaged a survey party to make further locations in its vicinity.[2]
- Accompanied the survey party personally during fieldwork lasting approximately two weeks in the vicinity of the mine.[2]
- His father-in-law was Cheeataw, a Chippewa Indian chief, described by Dela Fosse as "a fine old man."[2]
In Papers and Records (1977)
Daunais is mentioned as developing the Rabbit Mountain and Beaver mines as the Silver Islet mine closed in early 1884.[3]
In Papers and Records (1967)
The 1967 plaque describes him as born at St. Ours, Quebec, in 1836 (died 1916), a prospector who came about 1870, found the Rabbit Mountain mine in 1882 and located the Silver Mountain, Beaver, Badger and Porcupine mines in the 1880s; he was called the Silver King and played a leading role in early Port Arthur. His daughter Elizabeth Walker unveiled the plaque at Stanley on 21 August 1966.[4]
References
- ↑ Fred M. Dela Fosse."Reminiscences of a Vagabond."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1926–1928.p. 75 (scan p. 269).Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fred M. Dela Fosse."Reminiscences of a Vagabond."[book].Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society.1926–1928.p. 68 (scan p. 262).Link.(Rights: public_domain | Access: open)
- ↑ edited by F. Brent Scollie, "Port Arthur, 1884 (extracts from J. Ewing Ritchie)", Papers and Records, vol. V (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1977), p. 13. Archived: datum.locker.
- ↑ "Unveiling of Historic Plaques", Papers to 1967, Centennial issue (Thunder Bay Historical Society, 1967), p. 36. Archived: datum.locker.