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Samuel J. Ritchie, an American millionaire from Ohio, founded the Canadian Copper Company (CCC) in 1886 to exploit the minerals near what was to become known after 1902 as Copper Cliff. He was also president of the Central Ontario Railroad (COR).

Biography

In the early 1880s, Ritchie invested in Ontario and became president of the Central Ontario Railroad, and founded the CCC.

Ritchie was ousted from the board of the CCC in 1891. He then lobbied for a Nickel export tax from Canada, with which to subsidize a smelter and refinery operation, but was unsuccessful until the Big Nickel scandal of 1916 forced the International Nickel Company to re-situate the Constable Hook operations to near the hydroelectric power source of Niagara Falls in Port Colborne.

Family

Ritchie married Sophronia Jane Hale; together they raised three children: a daughter called Clara Belle, and sons called Lewis Andrew and Charles Edward (Ned). It was Ritchie's daughter that bequeathed five linear feet of familial photographs to the Western Reserve Historical Society.

Sophronia was an elder sibling to Charles Oviatt Hale, a noted state legislator.

References

  1. ^ http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG181.xml;chunk.id=bioghist_1;brand=default. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Sandlos, John (24 June 2024). "The Big Nickel scandal of 1916". Canadian Mining Journal.
  3. "RITCHIE, SAMUEL J." Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 13. 1994.
  4. https://republicofmining.com/2008/02/06/samuel-j-ritchie-a-tower-in-early-sudbury-mining-gary-peck/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/PG181.xml. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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