General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

Frog lamp

Patents

N/A

General Description

Ferrous metal

Dimensions

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

Length

12.5 cm

Width

7.7 cm

Height

8.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Lighting devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Germany

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Taken from Acquisition Proposal; reference #1: The collection has been assembled by late W. Keith Buck (1920-2010). Mr. Buck played a very important role in Canadian and global mining and was involved in mining science, economics, and politics. He also published several books on mining. Buck is well known in the sector around the world. By training, Keith Buck was a mining engineer, and geological economist. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from McGill University, and, although he never completed his PhD, he had extensive postgraduate training in economics from the University of Ottawa. Mr. Buck joined the Mineral Resources Division of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys in 1951 as a mineral specialist in iron ore. In 1956, he became Chief of the Division. Buck was the Secretary of the 1960 Royal Commission on Coal; worked on a Special Enquiry into the Cape Breton Coal Problem; and led the development of policy for the Canadian coal industry. In 1968, he became Director of the Mineral Resources Branch, of Energy, Mines and Resource (now NRCan). Mr. Buck was also a Chairman of the AIME, Council of Economics. In the 1970s, Mr. Buck moved to represent Canadian mining interests abroad. He was posted to London and worked out of the Canadian High Commission. Although, his position was in an understated manner called Councilor for Minerals and Metals, he had in fact impact on all decisions related to Canadian foreign policies on mining and ultimately on operations of any Canadian companies abroad. Finally, he became the Secretary General of the International Lead & Zinc Study Group based in Geneva. Established in 1959 by United Nations this is one of the oldest international mining organizations. In 1973 Buck received Mineral Economics Award from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers for: "For contributions to the profession of Mineral Economics through profound studies of the social and economic aspects of mineral economics development, the establishment of a high professional level of mineral economic analysis within the government of Canada, and significant and unique leadership, in several official capacities, of the Council of Economics, AIME." Mr. Buck passed away in 2010 and the collection stayed with his wife Muriel. In 2014 as Mrs. Buck moved to an assisted-living home, there was a concern in the mining community over the collection. I have been contacted by several people who wanted the Museum to be aware of the collection, and did not know that we were already approached by the family. Malcolm Buck, who arranged the donation on behalf of his mother, followed in his father’s footsteps and runs a successful mining consulting company. He has seen our appeal for donations in Northern Miner in 2010 and chose CSTM as home for his father’s collection.

Function

Used by miner's to illuminate the area around them.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None apparent.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Silver ferrous metal which is pitted and speckled in black. Bottom of lamp has some brass coloured metal.

Decoration

N/A