HIST113 Final: HIST 113- Final Articles.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: History
• Course: HIST113
• Professor: Catherine Briggs

Document Summary

In 1966- govt publication awarded it for producing half of the metal wealth in. Cominco was successful when it was able to exploit the massive lead-zinc ore body at its sullivan mine and to treat zinc successfully at its trail refinery. Cominco succeeded where other companies failed as they saw the leading role of zinc in the industry. Local investors could not mobilize such resources: buoyant 1890s the mining industry rivaled those of australia and south africa, because of kootney"s, there was a collapse in the shares of mining companies in the. Roman catholics made brass(out of copper and zinc). There method to recover metal involved roasting zinc ore in retorts and then recover the pure metal in distillation. The plan was to smelt zinc ore from bc in a plant financed by french capital. Shareholders composed of experienced mining engineers and businessmen who lived in bc.