Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Heatherington, Alexander

by Gordon Goodwin ‎

HEATHERINGTON, ALEXANDER (d. 1878), mining agent, opened in 1867 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, the ‘International Mining Agency,’ with which was associated the ‘Canadian Mines Bureau’ at 30 Moorgate Street, London. He also started at Halifax a monthly paper entitled the ‘Mining Gazette,’ the first number of which appeared on 10 Jan. 1868. He was a fellow of the Geological Society, and a clever statistician. He compiled:

1. ‘The Gold Yield of Nova Scotia, compiled from corrected official records,’ 8vo, London, 1860–9, continued from 1870 to 1874 as ‘The Mining Industries of Nova Scotia.’
2. ‘A Practical Guide for Tourists, Miners, and Investors, and all persons interested in the development of the Gold Fields of Nova Scotia,’ 8vo, Montreal, 1868.
3. ‘A Plea for the Gold Industry of Nova Scotia,’ 8vo, London (1874).

Heatherington died at Toronto on 8 March 1878 (Geolog. Mag. new ser. v. 336).

[Heatherington's Works.]

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