Dan O'Connor (prospector)

Daniel O'Connor (31 January 1864 – 30 March 1933) was a Canadian politician, businessman and prospector from Pembroke, Canada West. In the late 1880s, O'Connor moved to Sudbury where he became associated with economy, life and industry, becoming the town's second mayor in 1894.[1] Later, O'Connor travelled north where he founded the town of Temagami and opened Lady Evelyn Hotel, the Temagami Inn and Ronnoco Hotel.[1]

Daniel O'Connor
Mayor of Sudbury, Ontario
In office
January 1894 – December 1894
Preceded byStephen Fournier
Succeeded byMurray Biggar
Personal details
Born(1864-01-31)31 January 1864
Pembroke, Canada West
Died30 March 1933(1933-03-30) (aged 69)
Timmins, Ontario
Residence(s)Sudbury, Temagami, Timmins
Occupationmining prospector

When O'Connor moved to Temagami, he was hoping to find some mineral prospects.[1] In 1899, O'Connor created test pits in east-central Strathy Township that later became Big Dan Mine, which is named after him.[2] Other mines in Temagami that bare his name are Little Dan at Arsenic Lake and O'Connor near Lake Temagami.[3] O'Connor continued to move northwards where he discovered deposits of gold. He moved to Connaught, Ontario and ran a general store.[4]

Personal life

O'Connor was born in Pembroke, Canada West to Patrick O'Connor, and the family moved to Sudbury when he was young.[4] His brother Larry was also a mayor of Sudbury.[5]

On 30 March 1933, O'Connor died at St. Mary's hospital in the city of Timmins where his daughter was living, after being hospitalized there for a week. The cause of his death was bronchopneumonia.[6] He was survived by his wife and his daughter, Jos. Clemens.[4]

References
  1. "Great Lives Lived in Greater Sudbury" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. Gordon, J. B.; Lovell, H. L.; Grijs, Jan de; Davie, R. F. (1979). Gold Deposits of Ontario Part 2: Part of District of Cochrane, Districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and Counties of Southern Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. p. 25. ISBN 0-7743-3554-8.
  3. Moorhouse, W.W. (1941). "Preliminary Report on the Timagami Map Area". Ontario Department of Mines: 3. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "D. O'Connor Passed Away This Morning". Porcupine Advance. 30 March 1933.
  5. "O'CONNOR, DAN - Death of prospector". Timmins Public Library.
  6. Item 2 – Daniel O'Connor 1894 – 2
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