OBITUARY — Andrew Nick’ Carter

Andrew Carter, a veteran of numerous Canadian mining projects, has died. He was 88.

Carter graduated from the University of Toronto in 1934 with a degree in mining engineering. He then joined the Little Long Lac gold mine, near Geraldton in northwestern Ontario.

Like many of his colleagues of that era, Carter worked his way through the ranks, beginning as an underground sampler, rising to shift boss, mine captain, assistant manager and, in 1951, manager.

The only time he spent away from the operation during those years was when he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

When the Little Long Lac operation closed in 1954, Carter moved to Toronto to manage exploration for Arca Mines.

In 1957, he set up his own practice as a consulting engineer. Over the next 30 years, Carter was involved in numerous exploration and mining ventures throughout Canada, including operations near Pine Point in the Northwest Territories, the Ungava region of northern Quebec, and New Brunswick.

He was particularly active in the renewal of mining activity in the famed silver camp of Cobalt, Ont., in the 1960s.

Carter is survived by his wife, Marian, sons Nicholas and John, and daughter Jane.