Mining Hall of Fame Members
Members by Induction Date| Thomas P. Aitken | Arguably the most successful small scale mine developer during the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush; worked both lodes and placers in Alaska and Yukon. |
| John Beaton | Co-discovered Iditarod district with William Dikeman. |
| Rhinehart M. "Rhiny" Berg | He discovered the important Bornite copper-cobalt deposit in the Brooks Range. |
| Clarence Berry | Prominent Klondike and Interior Alaska miner |
| Stephen Birch | Founder and developer of Kennecott Copper Mines |
| Jack C. Boswell | Engineered the development of the rich Cripple deposit; and helped build giant FE machines used to dig deep placer deposits. Published historian of USSR&M era. |
| Frederick Bradley | Successful manager of Treadwell and A-J Mines, Juneau |
| Alfred H. Brooks | Chief Geologist of U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska |
| John Brynteson |
A 'Lucky Swede'; an experienced hard-rock miner, discoverer of the Cape Nome district.
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| Ellen (Nellie) Cashman | The barely five foot tall Irish immigrant Ellen (Nellie) Cashman was a quintessential gold mining stampeder that participated in many of the North American gold-silver rushes of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. |
| James D. Crawford | Well organized manager who acquired new dredge properties and guided FE company into successful post-World War II period of gold mining. |
| Jack Dalton | As one of the premier horse freighters of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush era, Jack Dalton opened up the Dalton Trail for prospectors and traders.. |
| James K. Davidson | Designed and built Miocene and Davidson ditch system. |
| Wesley Earl Dunkle | Kennecott engineer and innovative geologist, co-founder of Star Air Service, predecessor of Alaska Airlines. |
| Roy B. Earling | Built pre-World War II FE Company into one of the most efficient and successful dredge mining firms in the world. |
| Frederick (Fred) Eastaugh | Nome-born Frederick Eastaugh was an Alaskan accountant, a ships officer for the Alaska Steamship Company, and mining attorney that spent most of his professional career in southeast Alaska. |
| Howard Franklin | Fortymile prospector, discovered first "bedrock" placer gold in Alaska. |
| Wendell P. Hammon | Installed the first three dredges in Cape Nome district. |
| Walter Harper | Well known and respected trader and prospector and promoter of the Yukon. |
| Richard Harris | Irish immigrant, co-discoverer of gold in Juneau district. |
| Charles "Chuck" Herbert | The premier Alaska miner of his generation |
| Evan Jones | Welsh immigrant; father of Alaska coal mining. |
| Joe Juneau | Native of Quebec, a California 49er, co-discoverer of gold in Juneau district. |
| Kawa/ée | Tlingit leader who brought rich gold samples from Gastineau Channel area to George Pilz |
| Charles D. Lane | Tough, honest, and wealthy miner who helped the Luck Swedes in their legal battles. |
| Erik Lindblom | The eldest of the "Lucky Swedes", a tailor. |
| Jafet Lindeberg | The Norwegian of the "Lucky Swedes", president and manager of the very successful Pioneer Mining Company. |
| Frank G. Manley | Highly successful miner in Fairbanks, Hot Springs District, and Flat. Founder of the First National Bank, Fairbanks |
| Alfred Mayo | "Captain Al" well-known Yukon River trader, prospector. |
| Jack McQuesten | Known as the "Father of the Yukon" grubstaker for prospectors. |
| John B. Mertie Jr. | Leading U.S. Geological Survey geologist; world expert on platinum. |
| Genevieve Parker Metcalfe | Breakthrough woman mining engineer who developed initial plans for FE Fairbanks operations, wrote a landmark thesis on Alaska placer mining, and was a champion athlete and scholar. |
| John Minook | Creole-Athabascan prospector who discovered Rampart district. |
| Peter Miscovich | Croatian immigrant who settled in Flat, Alaska 1910. Pioneered the use of hydraulic mining techniques. |
| Andrew Olson | Swedish immigrant, innovator at Flat; long-time miner of platinum. |
| Edward Olson | Placer gold miner in Iditarod District then general manager of The Goodnews Bay Mining Company |
| Lars Ostnes | Norwegian immigrant who mined in the Iditarod district and developed placer mines in remote western Alaska for over 50 years. |
| Earnest Patty | University of Alaska, and manager of Placer Dredging Venture |
| Felix Pedro | discoverer of Fairbanks district 1902 |
| Earl Rchard Pilgrim | Built pre-World War II FE Company into one of the efficient and successful dredge mining firms in the world. |
| George Pilz | German immigrant who sent Juneau and Harris into the Juneau area. |
| Chester Purington | Acclaimed international mining engineer; wrote treatise on Alaska placer fields. |
| Fannie Quigley | Prospector, renowned for her bush skills, legendary Kantishna character. |
| Joseph Rudd | Shortly after Statehood, Rudd drafted the State's mining law on State lands, and was highly sought for his expertise on Natural Resource issues throughout his career. He was killed in a plane crash upon his return from Juneau after discussing with other Alaskans challenges to President Carter's Implementation of the 1978 Antiquities Act. |
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Walter Smith
Henry Wuya |
Made the discovery of platinum in the Goodnews Bay District |
| Benjamin D. Stewart | State and Federal mining administrator, Alaska constitutional delegate. |
| Norman C. Stines | Planned and supervised USSR&M activities in Fairbanks district. |
| David Strandberg | Swedish immigrant who joined the Klondike gold rush in 1898 and the Iditarod rush of 1910. Built placer mining dynasty Strandberg & Sons, Inc. |
| William Sulzer | Bill Sulzer became a prominent New York attorney and politician and briefly served as Governor of New York. The ever optimistic Sulzer mined copper in southeast Alaska and developed gold in the Chandalar district. |
| Bartlett Thane | Promoter-founder of the world's largest gold mine, the Gastineau at Juneau. |
| Herman Tofty | Norwegian immigrant who worked prospects near Manley Hot Springs. |
| John Treadwell | Founder of Treadwell Mines, Juneau |
| John Gustavus (Gus ) Uotila | By 1915, Gus Uotila was known as a tough Iditarod teamster. He mentored placer mining operations throughout Alaska and became a respected overland freighter. |
| Emil Usibelli | Founder of Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc., civic benefactor at Fairbanks. |
| Livingston Wernecke | Geologist-engineer for the Bradley companies of Juneau. |
| Simon Wible | He mined gold, built water canals, and became a wealthy man in California. When the time the gold rush came along, he pioneered hydraulic mine technology on the Kenai Peninsula. |
| Kyosuke (Frank) Yasuda and Nevelo Yasuda | Japanese immigrant and his Eskimo wife, discovered Chandalar gold and founded the community of Beaver. |