Kiddie Point

Kiddie Point (49˚48'00" 124˚38'00" NW tip of Texada I, Str of Georgia). Thomas A Kiddie was a New Jersey metallurgist hired about 1898 by the Van Anda Copper & Gold Co to supervise the company’s Texada I mining and smelting operations. He built two smelters on Texada that ran intermittently, 1899–1919. Prior to his appointment, Kiddie had been assistant manager of the Orford Copper Co of NY. BC Ministry of Mines reports from 1902–3 describe him as manager of the smelter at Ladysmith...

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