The son of a prospector and a native of Cobalt, Ont., Sherman Tough has died. He was 82.
His entry into the world of mining came at a young age when he accompanied his father, George, and his uncles into the then-wilderness of northern Ontario. His formal education included attendance at more than 20 public schools and enrolment at the Haileybury School of Mines.
His father, who worked with Harry Oakes, is credited with the discovery of the Tough-Oakes gold mine at the east end of Ontario’s Kirkland Lake camp. During the 1930s, he spent some time in South Carolina working several gold properties, and during the Second World War he helped build Lancaster bombers. His prospecting activities during the 1950s and 1960s took him from coast to coast, both in Canada and the U.S.
He remained active in mining and, at the time of his death, was vice-president of exploration for Toronto-based junior North American Rare Metals.
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