General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Pocket- size notebook has yellow and orange coated paper cover: lower edge reinforced with grey adhesive-backed tape [duct tape ?]; off-white paper pages are ruled in blue ink to produce graph pattern.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.7 cm

Width

11.2 cm

Height

2.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Archives

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Daguilh

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Haiti

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Specific: This notebook bears date range September 1- October 31, 2010.

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

Repository for written observations, lists, data, etc. related to specific subject, place or time period.

Technical

Part of a collection which contains tools and technologies used by Canadian prospectors abroad. [Ref. 1] This is one of two notebooks in which Ralph recorded a variety of information including contact lists, his expenditures and geological data. [Ref. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" [heraldic logo/ Oxford" printed on front cover. "[heraldic logo]/ Oxford/ 192 PAGES/ 11 X 17 cm" printed on back cover.

Missing

Unknown: Cover finish is damaged, with some areas of loss. Pages may be missing.

Finish

Pocket- size notebook has yellow and orange coated paper cover: lower edge reinforced with grey adhesive-backed tape [duct tape ?]; off-white paper pages are ruled in blue ink to produce graph pattern.

Decoration

N/A