Frederick G. Cooke, a well known consulting mining engineer, died recently in West Vancouver. He started his career with Falconbridge Nickel in 1939 and later served overseas with the RCAF where he achieved the rank of Squadron Leader and was awarded the Air Force Cross.
After the war, he rejoined Falconbridge and later became manager of Opemiska Copper Mines. In his honor, Falconbridge Copper named its Cooke mine after him. He took early retirement in 1969 and began a distinguished career as a mining consultant, working on projects throughout the world.
Emil Bronlund, whose professional career spanned over 68 years, died recently in Vancouver. Born in Norway, Bronlund was a member of Cominco’s flying corps of prospectors which did much to open up the north in the early 1930s. The Con mine at Yellowknife was a product of the prospecting unit. Bronlund spent most of his career in the Omineca district of British Columbia and directed the development of the Pinchi Lake mercury mine which he later managed. In 1956, he began working as a consultant and several properties in the Omineca district now under development are his original finds. These include: the Croyden, Firesteel, Silver Tip, Beverly and Vega.
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