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paper

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Mining and Metallurgy

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Archives

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Context

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Haiti

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Period

These documents date c. 2009- 2012.

Canada

Item from comprehensive collection of tools and technologies used by a Canadian prospector, who worked in the exploration division of Newmont Mining Corporation in Haiti between 2010 and 2013. This collection reflects three aspects of the modern Canadian mining, crucial to the understanding of this sector: mobility of the workforce, ethnicity in the workforce, and globalization. The mining workforce has been highly mobile on both community and individual levels. Entire towns formed around mining operations and died or changed their character when the resources were exhausted. Mining professionals, especially in the field of mineral exploration, work in various often remote locations around the globe, and cover long distances in their daily work. The items donated to the Museum well represent the type of tools and technologies necessary to working outdoors, in remote locations, and a tropical climate. Ethnicity continues to play a role in the sector’s hiring practices. In this particular case, an employer looked for a recent graduate, bilingual prospector, educated in Canada, who could also communicate in Haitian-Creole. A set of hiring criteria in mining is often very specific and difficult to meet by Canadian graduates, but essential to succeeding in exploration projects conducted abroad. Donated artifacts reflect Haitian-Creole cultural context of Newmont operations. [Ref. 1]

Function

Specific: Collection of documents including receipts, contracts, and waivers related to prospecting Canadian geologist.

Technical

Collection includes: An example of pay receipts issued to workers. Some workers could not write and would sign the form with a thumb print. Sometimes, the workers would then claim that they were not the ones paid, and that someone else took their money. Ralph resulted to taking photographs of workers with their pay receipts as a proof that the payment was collected; An example of a contract written in Haitian-Creole which would permit the signatory to conduct some exploration in the area; A contract between Ralph and Marien Mining, a Haitian company. [4 pp.] Although Ralph was employed by Newmont, it is common for an explorer to engage in a contract with a local company. It is also common to employ family of the executives of a local company or local politicians to build community relations; Paperwork related to professional education. Newmont has a practice of paying for additional training for the geologists that it employs; An example of a bank withdrawal receipt to cover purchases for the exploration camp. Every once in a while, one of the senior staff (a technician or a geologist) would travel to a larger town and purchase goods for all employees living in a camp. Lists of goods to purchase can be found in the prospector’s note books [2014.0049-.0050] ; 2 telephone cards used for long distance calls from the camp; and 2 business cards. [Ref. 1]

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