Dan O'Connor (prospector)

Dan O'Connor (1864–1933) was a Canadian businessman and prospector from Pembroke, Ontario. In the late 1880s, O'Connor moved to Sudbury where he became associated with economy, life and industry. Later, O'Connor travelled north where he founded the town of Temagami and opened Lady Evelyn Hotel, the Temagami Inn and Ronnoco Hotel.^[1]

When O'Conner moved to Temagami, he was hoping to find some mineral prospects.^[1] In 1899, O'Conner created test pits in east-central Strathy Township that later became Big Dan Mine, which is named after him.^[2] O'Conner continued to move northwards where he discovered deposits of gold. On March 29, 1933, O'Connor died in the city of Timmins where he was living with his family.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Great Lives Lived In Greater Sudbury
2. ^ Gordon, J. B.; Lovell, H. L.; Grijs, Jan de; Davie, R. F. (1979). Gold Deposits of Ontario Part 2: Part of District of Cochrane, Districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and Counties of Southern Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. p. 25. ISBN 0-7743-3554-8. 

External links

• The Business Pioneer

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Name	Oconnor, Dan
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Date of birth	1864
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Date of death	1933
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