Geoffrey Thomas Jacobs (b. 1965)
Geoff Jacobs was born in Reefton, New Zealand, a small town on the west coast. He was the son of a gold miner. Goeff has mined in Alaska, Malaysia, Mongolia, and Dawson, Yukon.1)
Geoff mined at two locations near Dawson. He was on the Lousetown bench and on a bench of the Hunker from 2000-2003. At Lousetown [Tro'jek], he contoured the entire face for stability and safety by filling and removing waste. The Hunker bench had been mined by others and Jacobs restored the disturbance by cleaning up and recontouring the site and surrounding area. He removed fuel containers and oil pails and used organic soil and root mixes to promote natural vegetation. In 2003, Geoffrey Jacobs received honourable mention for the Robert E. Leckie Award for outstanding Placer Mining Reclamation Practices.2)