John T. Ryan Trophies are CIM

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum is a technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. It was founded in 1898. In 2006, the organization had 12,000 national members...

 awards of excellence given to a mine

Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

 in a given category which experiences the lowest accident frequency during the previous year in all of Canada. Three national trophies are given each year, one to a metal

Metal

A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...

 mine, a coal mine

Coal mining

The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...

 and one to a select mine. An award is also given out to the mine with the lowest accident frequency in each of the following regions:

• Quebec
  Quebec
  Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
  
   and East
• Ontario
  Ontario
  Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
  
  
• Prairies and Northwest Territories
  Northwest Territories
  The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
  
  
• British Columbia
  British Columbia
  British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
  
   and Yukon
  Yukon
  Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
  
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The award is given by Mine Safety Appliances Canada Limited as a memorial to the founder John T. Ryan.

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John T. Ryan National Trophy for Metal Mines Winners

Year	Company	Mine	City/Town	Province
2011	Vale Inco	Thompson Mine and Birchtree Mine Birchtree Mine Birchtree Mine is an underground nickel mine, owned and operated by Vale Inco in the city of Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. It lies in the nickel containing Thompson Belt, a geologic feature associated with the Circum-Superior Belt large igneous province throughout the Superior...	Thompson Thompson, Manitoba Thompson is a city in northern Manitoba. As the "Hub of the North" it serves as the regional trade and service centre of northern Manitoba. Thompson is located north of the Canada – United States border, north of the provincial capital of Winnipeg, and is northeast of Flin Flon...	Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
2010	Cameco Cameco Cameco Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded uranium company, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2009, it was the world's second largest uranium producer, accounting for 16% of world production.-History:...	McArthur River Mine	Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
2009	Vale Inco	Copper Cliff North Mine Copper Cliff North Mine Copper Cliff North Mine is an underground nickel mine in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Vale Inco.The mine was the 2007 winner of the John T. Ryan Trophy for metal mines. Employing approximately 260 people, the mine went through 2006 without a lost-time-accident,...	Copper Cliff	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
2008	Vale Inco	Copper Cliff North Mine Copper Cliff North Mine Copper Cliff North Mine is an underground nickel mine in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Vale Inco.The mine was the 2007 winner of the John T. Ryan Trophy for metal mines. Employing approximately 260 people, the mine went through 2006 without a lost-time-accident,...	Copper Cliff	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
2007	CVRD Inco	Copper Cliff North Mine Copper Cliff North Mine Copper Cliff North Mine is an underground nickel mine in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Vale Inco.The mine was the 2007 winner of the John T. Ryan Trophy for metal mines. Employing approximately 260 people, the mine went through 2006 without a lost-time-accident,...	Copper Cliff	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
2006	Inco Ltd.	Garson Mine Garson Mine Garson Mine is an underground nickel mine located in the community of Garson, within the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Garson mine was developed around 1908 by Mond Nickel Company and is owned by Vale Inco.-Garson Ramp Project:...	Garson	Ontario
2005	Inco Ltd.	Birchtree Mine Birchtree Mine Birchtree Mine is an underground nickel mine, owned and operated by Vale Inco in the city of Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. It lies in the nickel containing Thompson Belt, a geologic feature associated with the Circum-Superior Belt large igneous province throughout the Superior...	Thompson Thompson, Manitoba Thompson is a city in northern Manitoba. As the "Hub of the North" it serves as the regional trade and service centre of northern Manitoba. Thompson is located north of the Canada – United States border, north of the provincial capital of Winnipeg, and is northeast of Flin Flon...	Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
2004	Kinross Gold Corporation Kinross Gold Kinross Gold Corporation is a Canadian-based gold mining company with a gold production guidance of 4.5 to 4.9 million gold ounces by 2015. Kinross owns mines and projects in Canada, the United States, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Russia, Ghana and Mauritania, employing approximately 7,500 people...	New Britania Mine	Snow Lake Snow Lake, Manitoba Snow Lake is a town in Manitoba, Canada located 685 km north of Winnipeg at the end of Provincial Road 392. The main industry is and always has been mining; currently with one mine producing Zinc. In late 2009 it was discovered that the Snow Lake area could have one of the largest gold rich VMS...	Manitoba
2003	Cogema Resources Inc. AREVA Resources Canada AREVA Resources Canada Inc is a uranium mining, milling, and exploration company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. AREVA Resources Canada is a subsidiary of the AREVA group and has offices, operations and projects in Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nunavut....	Cluff Lake Mine Cluff Lake mine Cluff Lake mine, located about from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at the northern terminus of Saskatchewan Highway 955, is owned and operated by AREVA Resources Canada, formerly COGEMA Resources. The mine ceased uranium production at the end of 2002 when the ore reserves were depleted...	Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
2002	Noranda-Falconbridge Falconbridge Ltd. Falconbridge Limited was a Toronto, Ontario-based natural resources company with operations in 18 countries, involved in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of metal and mineral products, including nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum. It was listed on the TSX and NYSE , and had...	Société Minière Raglan	Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Rouyn-Noranda is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada.The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec of the same name...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
2001	Cameco Corporation	Rabbit Lake Operation Rabbit Lake mine Rabbit Lake is the second largest uranium milling facility in the western world, and is the longest operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan. The facility is located approximately 800 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on the northeast edge of the uranium rich Athabasca Basin....	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
2000	Cameco Corporation	McArthur River Mine and Key Lake Mine Key Lake -See also:* Unconformity uranium deposits* Uranium mining* List of uranium mines...	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
1999	Cogema Resources Inc. AREVA Resources Canada AREVA Resources Canada Inc is a uranium mining, milling, and exploration company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. AREVA Resources Canada is a subsidiary of the AREVA group and has offices, operations and projects in Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nunavut....	Cluff Lake Mine	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
1998	TVX Gold Inc	New Britannia Mine	Snow Lake	Manitoba
1997	TVX Gold Inc.	New Britannia Mine	Snow Lake	Manitoba
1996	Placer Dome Canada Limited Placer Dome Placer Dome Inc. was a large mining company specializing in gold and other precious metals, with corporate headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada....	Detour Lake Mine	Timmins Timmins Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...	Ontario
1995	Placer Dome Canada Limited	Detour Lake Mine	Timmins	Ontario
1994	Cominco Ltd. Teck Cominco Teck Resources Limited known as Teck Cominco until late 2008, is a Canadian mining company. It was formed from the amalgamation of Teck and Cominco in 2001.-History:...	Polaris Operation	Polaris	Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
1993	Echo Bay Mines Ltd.	Lupin Operations Lupin Mine Lupin Mine was a gold mine in Nunavut Territory, Canada. It opened in 1982 and was originally owned and operated by Echo Bay Mines Limited, who in 2003 became a fully owned subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation....	Lupin	Northwest Territories
1992	Cominco	Polaris	Polaris	Northwest Territories
1991	Falconbridge Limited Falconbridge Ltd. Falconbridge Limited was a Toronto, Ontario-based natural resources company with operations in 18 countries, involved in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of metal and mineral products, including nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum. It was listed on the TSX and NYSE , and had...	Kidd Creek Division	Timmins	Ontario
1990	St. Andrew Goldfields Limited
Matheson Black River-Matheson, Ontario Black River-Matheson is a township in the Cochrane District of the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2006, the township had a population of 2,619. The area was 1,161.67 square kilometers. The Matheson railway station is serviced by the Northlander....	Ontario
1989	Inco Limited Inco Limited Ontario Rio Algom Limited	Frood Mine Frood Mine Frood-Stobie Mine is a nickel mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.During World War II, Frood Mine alone accounted for a full 40 per cent of all the nickel used in Allied artillery production. In 1989, Frood Mine shared the John T... Copper Cliff South Mine Stanleigh Mine	Sudbury Copper Cliff Elliot Lake	Ontario Ontario Ontario
1988	Les Mines Selbaie
Joutel	Quebec
1987	Minnova Inc.	Division Lac Shortt	Chapais	Quebec
1986	Falconbridge Limited	East Mine Complex	Falconbridge	Ontario
1985	Kidd Creek Mines Ltd.	No. 1 Mine	Timmins	Ontario
1984	Kidd Creek Mines Ltd.	No. 1 Mine	Timmins	Ontario
1983	Les Mines d’Or Kienna Limitée
Val d'Or Val-d'Or, Quebec -External links:* ***...	Quebec
1982	Kidd Creek Mines Ltd.	No. 2 Mine	Timmins	Ontario
1981	Kidd Creek Mines Ltd.	No. 1 Mine	Timmins	Ontario
1980	Texasgulf Canada Limited	Kidd Creek No. 1 Mine Underground Mine and Open Pit	Timmins	Ontario
1979	Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Limited Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. HudBay Minerals Inc. is a Canadian mining corporation. Founded as Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Limited it has been exploring and mining in Manitoba for over 80 years. Much of their history has centered around Flin Flon, Manitoba...	Chisel Lake and Ghost Lake mines	Snow Lake	Manitoba
1978	Texasgulf Canada Limited	Kidd Creek No. 1 Mine Underground Mine and Open Pit	Timmins	Ontario
1977	Texasgulf Canada Limited	Kidd Creek No. 1 Mine Underground Mine and Open Pit	Timmins	Ontario
1976	Texasgulf Canada Limited
Timmins	Ontario
1975	Texasgulf Canada Limited
Timmins	Ontario
1974	Texada Mines Ltd.
Gillies Bay	British Columbia
1973	Campbell Chibougamau Mines Limited	The Main Mine and Cedar Bay Mine	Chibougamau	Quebec
1972	Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd.
Mattagami	Quebec
1971	Texada Mines Ltd.	Texada Island Texada Island Texada Island is the largest island in the Strait of Georgia of British Columbia, Canada. Its northern tip is located about southwest of the city of Powell River and west of the Sechelt Peninsula on the Sunshine Coast. A former mining and logging area, the island still has a few quarries and old...  Operation	Gillies Bay	British Columbia
1970	Lake Dufault Mines Limited
Noranda	Quebec
1969	International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (Canada) Ltd.	K-1 Plant	Esterhazy Esterhazy, Saskatchewan Esterhazy is a town in the southeastern portion of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located 83 km southeast of Yorkton along Highways 22 and 80. The town is located within the rural municipality of Fertile Belt No...	Saskatchewan
1968	International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (Canada) Ltd.	K-1 Plant	Esterhazy	Saskatchewan
1967	Potash Company of America
Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
1966	International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (Canada) Ltd.	K-1 Plant	Esterhazy	Saskatchewan
1965	Gaspé Copper Mines Limited
Murdochville Murdochville, Quebec Murdochville is a small mining community located in Quebec, Canada. Its population is 812.The mining operation in the town was comparatively large, starting with mining the raw ore and finishing with an end product of pure copper anode. In the 1970s, the mining operation in Murdochville was large...	Quebec
1964	Gaspé Copper Mines Limited
Murdochville	Quebec
1963	Gaspé Copper Mines Limited
Murdochville	Quebec
1962	Quebec Lithium Corporation Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Sigma Mines (Quebec) Ltd.
Barraute Salmo Salmo, British Columbia Salmo is a village in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Salmo River Valley, surrounded by the Selkirk Mountain range.... Bourlamaque	Quebec British Columbia Quebec
1961	Quebec Lithium Corporation Sullivan Consolidated Mines New Calumet Mines Limited Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Waite Amulet Mines Limited
Barraute Sullivan Calumet Island Salmo Noranda	Quebec Quebec Quebec British Columbia Quebec
1959	Johnson’s Company New Calumet Mines Limited Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada	The Thetford Mines Plant - The H.B. Mine	Thetford Mines Calumet Island Salmo	Quebec Quebec British Columbia
1958	Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Belleterre Quebec Mines Ltd	The H.B. Mine The Belleterre Mine	Salmo Beleterre	British Columbia Quebec
1957	Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited Canadian Johns Manville Company	The Bluebell Mine The Munroe Mine	Riondel Riondel, British Columbia Riondel is a village of approximately 400 people. It is situated on the eastern shore of Kootenay Lake, located 90-minutes from Nelson, British Columbia, using the world's longest free ferry ride.- History :... Matheson	British Columbia Ontario
1956	Canadian Johns Manville Company	The Munroe Mine	Matheson	Ontario
1955	Dickenson Mines Ltd.	The Dickenson Mine	Balmertown Balmertown, Ontario Balmertown is a community in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The community is centred at the intersection ofDexter Road and 6th Street....	Ontario
1954	Waite Amulet Mines Limited Cochenour Willans Gold Mines, Ltd McKenzie Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd.	Waite Amulet Mine Cochenour Willans Mine McKenzie Red Lake Mine	Noranda Cochenour McKenzie Island	Quebec Ontario Ontario
1953	The Canadian Malartic Company	Cdn. Malartic Gold Mines Ltd.	Malartic Malartic, Quebec Malartic is a town on the Malartic River in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. It is located about east of the centre of Rouyn-Noranda along Quebec Route 117 and the Canadian National Railway....	Quebec
1952	The Canadian Malartic Company	Cdn. Malartic Gold Mines Ltd.	Malartic	Quebec
1951	The Canadian Malartic Company	Cdn. Malartic Gold Mines Ltd.	Malartic	Quebec
1950	Sigma Mines (Quebec) Ltd.	The Sigma Mine	Bourlamaque	Quebec
1949	Matachewan Cons. Mines, Ltd.	The Matachewan Mine	Matachewan Matachewan, Ontario Matachewan is a small township in Timiskaming, northeastern Ontario, Canada, located at the end of Ontario Highway 66 along the Montreal River.The town's main economy is based on mineral mining, mainly gold mining, with some tourism.-History:...	Ontario
1948	Toburn Gold Mines Ltd.	The Toburn Mine	Kirkland Lake	Ontario
1947	International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd	Levack Mine	Levack	Ontario
1946	International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd	Levack Mine	Levack	Ontario
1945	International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd	Garson Mine Garson Mine Garson Mine is an underground nickel mine located in the community of Garson, within the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Garson mine was developed around 1908 by Mond Nickel Company and is owned by Vale Inco.-Garson Ramp Project:...	Garson	Ontario
1944	The Stadacona Mine (1944), Ltd.	-	Rouyn	Quebec
1943	Omega Gold Mines, Ltd.	The Omega Mine	Larder Lake Larder Lake, Ontario Larder Lake is a township and community in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the Timiskaming District. It is located along Highway 66 at the north-western part of the lake bearing the same name.The township had a population of 735 in the Canada 2006 Census...	Ontario
1942	Omega Gold Mines, Ltd.	The Omega Mine	Larder Lake	Ontario
1941	Chesterville Larder Lake Gold Mining Co.	The Chesterville Mine, Ltd.	Kearns	Ontario

Select Mines

John T. Ryan National Trophy for Select Mines Winners

Year	Company	Mine	City/Town	Province
2011	Canadian Gypsum Company	Windsor Plant	Windsor Windsor, Nova Scotia Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...	Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
2010	a Rio Tinto Rio Tinto Group The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the... /Harry Winston Diamond Corporation joint venture	Diavik Diamond Mine Diavik Diamond Mine The Diavik Diamond Mine is a diamond mine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, about north of Yellowknife.It has become an important part of the regional economy, employing 700, grossing C$100 million in sales, and producing 8 million carats of diamonds annually...	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
2009	PotashCorp Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. , also referred to as PotashCorp, is a Canadian corporation based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The company is the world's largest potash producer and the third largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate, three primary crop nutrients used to produce...	New Brunswick Division	Sussex Sussex, New Brunswick Sussex is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy products producer in the province...	New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
2008	BHP Billiton BHP Billiton BHP Billiton is a global mining, oil and gas company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and with a major management office in London, United Kingdom...  Diamond Mines	Ekati Diamond Mine Ekati Diamond Mine The EKATI Diamond Mine is Canada's first surface and underground diamond mine. It is located north-east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about south of the Arctic circle, near Lac de Gras. EKATI is a joint venture between BHP Billiton Canada Inc...	Yellowknife	Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
2007	Mosaic Potash Esterhazy Limited Partnership The Mosaic Company The Mosaic Company is a Fortune 500 company based in Plymouth, Minnesota. Mosaic offers two key crop nutrients—phosphate and potash—plus specialty products K-Mag®, MicroEssentials® and Pegasus™...	K1 Mine	Esterhazy Esterhazy, Saskatchewan Esterhazy is a town in the southeastern portion of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located 83 km southeast of Yorkton along Highways 22 and 80. The town is located within the rural municipality of Fertile Belt No...	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
2006	PCS Potash	NB Division	Sussex Sussex, New Brunswick Sussex is a Canadian town in Kings County, New Brunswick.Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, 70 km northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy products producer in the province...	New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
2005	Little Narrows Gypsum Company	-	Little Narrows	Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
2004	PCS Potash	NB Division	Sussex	New Brunswick
2003	Fundy Gypsum Company
Windsor Windsor, Nova Scotia Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...	Nova Scotia
2002	Luscar Limited	Poplar River Mine	Coronach Coronach, Saskatchewan Coronach is a community in southern Saskatchewan, Canada near the US border. It was founded in 1926 by the Canadian Pacific Railway and named after Coronach, the horse who had just won the Epsom Derby in England that year...	Saskatchewan
2001	Georgia-Pacific Inc. Canada	Gypsum Operations	Port Hawkesbury Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia -Historical residents:*Henry Nicholas Paint , member of Parliament for Richmond county, merchant and land owner. His family received land grants at Belle Vue on the Strait of Canso in 1817 and at Point Tupper in 1863, and did much to develop the local communities in the area.*Arthur John Langley ...	Nova Scotia
1999	Fording Coal Limited	Mildred Lake Operations	Fort McMurray Fort McMurray, Alberta Fort McMurray is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It was previously incorporated as a city on September 1, 1980. It became an urban service area when it amalgamated with Improvement District No. 143 on April 1, 1995 to create the Municipality...	Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
1998	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.	Rocanville Division	Rocanville	Saskatchewan
1997	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.	Rocanville Division	Rocanville	Saskatchewan
1996	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.	Rocanville Division	Rocanville	Saskatchewan
1995	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Little Narrows Gypsum Company	Rocanville Division -	Rocanville Little Narrows	Saskatchewan Nova Scotia
1993	International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited	-	Esterhazy	Saskatchewan
1992	Little Narrows Gypsum
Little Narrows	Nova Scotia
1991	Fundy Gypsum Company
Windsor	Nova Scotia
1990	International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited Westmin Mines Limited	K1 Mine Premier Gold Project	Esterhazy Stewart Stewart, British Columbia Stewart is a small town, incorporated as a district municipality at the head of the Portland Canal in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. In 2006, its population was about 496.-History:...	Saskatchewan British Columbia
1989	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited Cameco Little Narrows Gypsum Company	Rocanville Division Allan Division K2 Mine Rabbit Lake Operation -	Rocanville Allan Allan, Saskatchewan -External links:* *... Esterhazy Rabbit Lake Little Narrows	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Nova Scotia
1988	Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mining Ltd. Obed Mountain Coal Company Limited	Rocanville Division -	Rocanville Hinton	Saskatchewan Alberta
1987	Equity Silver Mines Fundy Gypsum Company Limited Canadian Gypsum Company	- - Hagersville Mine	Houston Windsor Hagersville	British Columbia Nova Scotia Ontario
1986	Potash Company of America	Patricia Lake Mine	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
1985	International Minerals & Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited	K-2 Mine	Esterhazy	Saskatchewan
1984	International Minerals & Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited Little Narrows Gypsum Company Limited	K-2 Mine -	Esterhazy Little Narrows	Saskatchewan Nova Scotia
1983	Fundy Gypsum Limited Georgia-Pacific Corporation Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mining Ltd.	Windsor Mine River Denys Mine Rocanville Division	Windsor River Denys Rocanville	Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Saskatchewan
1982	Potash Company of America	Patricia Lake Mine	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
1981	Flintkote Holdings, Ltd. Canada Cement Lafarge	- Steep Rock Quarry	Flat Bay -	Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... Manitoba
1980	Potash Company of America	Patricia Lake Mine	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan
1979	Potash Company of America Newfoundland Mineral Ltd.	Patricia Lake Mine Oval Mine	Saskatoon Conception Bay South	Saskatchewan Newfoundland
1978	Fundy Gypsum Company Limited Canada Cement Lafarge Limited Plant	- -	Windsor Steep Rock	Nova Scotia Manitoba
1977	International Minerals & Chemical Corporation (Canada) Limited	-	Esterhazy	Saskatchewan
1976	Texasgulf Canada Limited	-	Timmins	Ontario
1975	Pine Point Mines Limited
Pine Point	Northwest Territories
1974	Fundy Gypsum Company Ltd.
Windsor	Nova Scotia
1973	Georgia-Pacific Corporation	Gypsum Division	River Denys	Nova Scotia
1972	Pine Point Mines Limited
Pine Point	Northwest Territories
1971	Fundy Gypsum Co. Ltd.	Miller’s Creek, Wentworth & Hantsport Operations	Windsor	Nova Scotia
1970	Little Narrows Gypsum Limited
Little Narrows	Nova Scotia

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John T. Ryan National Trophy for Coal Mines Winners

Year	Company	Mine	City/Town	Province
2011	Teck Coal Limited	Coal Mountain Operations	Sparwood Sparwood, British Columbia -Newspapers:* Fernie Free Press - Weekly Paper* Elk Valley Herald - Weekly Paper* Kootenay News Advertiser - Weekly Paper* The Valley - Weekly Paper* Fernie Fix - Monthly Glossy Magazine* Black Rock News - Semimonthly-Radio stations:...	British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
2010	Sherritt	Genesee Mine	Warburg Warburg, Alberta Warburg is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 58 km west of the city of Leduc, along Highway 39.-Demographics:The population of the Village of Warburg according to its 2009 municipal census is 696....	Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
2009	Sherritt Coal	Sheerness Mine	Hanna Hanna, Alberta Hanna is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada.The town's main industries are agriculture, oil production, tourism, and coal mining. It is the centre of a large trading area called Short Grass County and is the home of approximately 200 businesses...	Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
2008	Western Canadian Coal Corp. Prairie Mines & Royalty Limited Prairie Mines & Royalty Limited	Brule Mine Genesee Operations Paintearth Mine	Tumbler Ridge Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia The District Municipality of Tumbler Ridge is a small town in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Peace River Regional District. The municipality of , with its population of 2,454 people, incorporates a townsite and a... Warburg, Alberta Warburg, Alberta Warburg is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 58 km west of the city of Leduc, along Highway 39.-Demographics:The population of the Village of Warburg according to its 2009 municipal census is 696.... Forestburg, Alberta Forestburg, Alberta - External links :*...	British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... Alberta
2007	Elk Valley Coal	Greenhills Operation	Elkford Elkford, British Columbia Elkford is a small community in southeast British Columbia. It is nestled within the majestic Rocky Mountain range. Elkford is located 32 km North of the junction at Sparwood, on provincial Highway 43....	British Columbia
2006	Luscar Limited	Genesee Mine	Warburg Warburg, Alberta Warburg is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 58 km west of the city of Leduc, along Highway 39.-Demographics:The population of the Village of Warburg according to its 2009 municipal census is 696....	Alberta
2005	Luscar Limited	Paintearth Mine	Forestburg Forestburg, Alberta - External links :*...	Alberta
2004	Luscar Limited Luscar Limited Quinsam Coal Corporation	Sheerness Mine Genesee Operation -	Hanna Hanna, Alberta Hanna is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada.The town's main industries are agriculture, oil production, tourism, and coal mining. It is the centre of a large trading area called Short Grass County and is the home of approximately 200 businesses... Warburg Campbell River Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...	Alberta Alberta British Columbia
2003	Luscar Limited Luscar Limited N.B. Coal Limited	Paintearth MineM Genesee Operation -	Forestburg Warburg Minto Minto, New Brunswick Minto is a Canadian village straddling the border of Sunbury County and Queens County, New Brunswick. Located on the north shore of Grand Lake, approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Fredericton, its population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the...	Alberta Alberta New Brunswick
2002	Luscar Limited Quinsam Coal Corporation	Poplar River Mine -	Coronach Campbell River	Saskatchewan British Columbia
2001	Luscar Limited	Sheerness Mine	Hanna	Alberta
2000	N.B. Coal Limited Fording Coal Limited
Minto Warburg	New Brunswick Alberta
1999	N.B. Coal Limited Fording Coal Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Ltd.,
Minto Warburg Forestburg	New Brunswick Alberta Alberta
1998	N.B. Coal Limited Fording Coal Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Ltd.,
Minto Warburg Forestburg	New Brunswick Alberta Alberta
1996	1996 Fording Coal Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Limited Manalta Coal Limited	Genesee Operations Sheerness Mine Paintearth Mine Vesta Mine	Warburg Hanna Forestburg Halkirk	Alberta Alberta Alberta Alberta
1995	Fording Coal Limited New Brunswick Coal Limited	Genesee Operations -	Warburg Minto	Alberta New Brunswick
1994	Fording Coal Limited	Greenhills Operation	Elkford Elkford, British Columbia Elkford is a small community in southeast British Columbia. It is nestled within the majestic Rocky Mountain range. Elkford is located 32 km North of the junction at Sparwood, on provincial Highway 43....	British Columbia
1993	Fording Coal Limited	-	Wabamun Wabamun, Alberta Wabamun is a village located west of Edmonton in central Alberta, Canada.- Demographics :The population of the Village of Wabamun according to its 2009 municipal census is 662....	Alberta
1991	Curragh Resources Inc	Westray Westray Mine The Westray Mine was a coal mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the site of an underground methane explosion on May 9, 1992. The explosion resulted in the deaths of all 26 miners who were working underground at the time.-Background:...  Coal Division	New Glasgow New Glasgow, Nova Scotia New Glasgow is a town in Pictou County, in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the banks of the East River of Pictou, which flows into Pictou Harbour, a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait....	Nova Scotia
1990	Smoky River Coal Limited	Mine No. 1765	Grand Cache Grande Cache, Alberta Grande Cache is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada, located northwest of Hinton and west of Edmonton. It is located in the Municipal District of Greenview, between Highway 40 and the Smoky River, at the northern border of Alberta's Rockies...	Alberta
1986	Smoky River Coal Limited	Mine No. 1765	Grand Cache	Alberta
1988	Smoky River Coal Limited	Mine No. 1765	Grand Cache	Alberta
1989	Smoky River Coal Limited	Mine No. 1765	Grand Cache	Alberta
1985	Westar Mining Ltd.	Balmer Operations	Sparwood Sparwood, British Columbia -Newspapers:* Fernie Free Press - Weekly Paper* Elk Valley Herald - Weekly Paper* Kootenay News Advertiser - Weekly Paper* The Valley - Weekly Paper* Fernie Fix - Monthly Glossy Magazine* Black Rock News - Semimonthly-Radio stations:...	British Columbia
1984	Cape Breton Development Corporation Cape Breton Development Corporation The Cape Breton Development Corporation, or DEVCO, was a Canadian federal government Crown corporation. It ceased operation on December 31, 2009, after being amalgamated with Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation ....	Donkin-Morien Mine	Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....	Nova Scotia
1982	Petro-Canada Exploration Inc. & Precambrian Shield Resources Ltd.	Kipp Mine
Alberta
1978	McIntyre Mines Limited
Grande Cache	Alberta
1977	McIntyre Mines Limited
Grande Cache	Alberta
1976	McIntyre Mines Limited
Grande Cache	Alberta
1975	Kaiser Resources Limited	The Michel Colliery Operation	Sparwood	British Columbia
1974	Kaiser Resources Limited	The Michel Colliery Operation	Sparwood	British Columbia
1973	Kaiser Resources Limited	The Michel Colliery Operation	Sparwood	British Columbia
1972	Century Coals Limited	Atlas Mine	East Coulee	Alberta
1971	Kaiser Resources Limited	The Michel Colliery Operation	Sparwood	British Columbia
1970	Charter Coals Limited	Century Coals Limited	East Coulee	Alberta
1969	Charter Coals Limited	Century Coals Limited	East Coulee	Alberta
1968	Kaiser Coal Co. Ltd.	Michel Colliery	Michel	British Columbia
1967	Charter Coals Limited
East Coulee	Alberta
1966	Charter Coals Limited	Atlas Mine	East Coulee	Alberta
1965	Star-Key Mines Ltd.	-	St. Albert St. Albert, Alberta St. Albert is a suburban city in Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second largest city in the Edmonton area. St...	Alberta
1964	The Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company	Michel Colliery Limited	Michel	British Columbia
1963	Century Coals Limited	Atlas Mine	East Coulee	Alberta
1962	The Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company	Michel Colliery Limited	Michel	British Columbia
1961	Comox Mining Company Limited	T’Sable River Mine	Union Bay	British Columbia
1960	Algamated Coals Limited	The Western Monarch Mines	East Coulee	Alberta
1959	Old Sydney Collieries, Ltd	The Princess Colliery	Sydney Sydney, Nova Scotia Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....	Nova Scotia
1958	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 25 Colliery	Gardiner Mines	Nova Scotia
1957	Coleman Collieries	The McGillivray Mine	Coleman	Alberta
1956	Canadian Collieries Resources	The Foothills Mine	Foothills	Alberta
1955	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd.	No. 4 Colliery (Caledonia)	Glace Bay Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Glace Bay is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton....	Nova Scotia
1954	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria)	New Waterford New Waterford, Nova Scotia New Waterford is a Canadian urban community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.-Geography:New Waterford is located north of Sydney and northwest of Glace Bay. It is named after the city of Waterford, in Ireland. It is located near the ocean and is bordered on one side by cliffs...	Nova Scotia
1953	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria)	New Waterford	Nova Scotia
1952	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria)	New Waterford	Nova Scotia
1951	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria)	New Waterford	Nova Scotia
1950	Old Sydney Collieries, Ltd	The Princess Colliery	Sydney	Nova Scotia
1949	Old Sydney Collieries, Ltd	The Princess Colliery	Sydney	Nova Scotia
1948	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd.	No. 4 Colliery (Caledonia)	Glace Bay	Nova Scotia
1947	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 2 Colliery	Cadomin	Alberta
1946	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 25 Colliery	Gardiner Mines	Nova Scotia
1944	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 25 Colliery	Gardiner Mines	Nova Scotia
1942	Dominion Coal Co. Ltd	No. 25 Colliery	Gardiner Mines	Nova Scotia