Boart Longyear Longyear, which eventually became Boart Longyear. He drilled his first diamond drill core hole in 1890 in northern Minnesota. Longyear's company developed the wire-line retrieved Q core barrel. Longyear was inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame in Leadville, Colo in 1990. On March 1, 2016, Mr. Jeffrey Olsen was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Boart Longyear. He joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer in March 2014. Boart Longyear conducts contract drilling services in more than 40 countries, and provides mining products to customers in over 100 countries. Boart Longyear Boart Longyear is a global
Boart Longyear Boart Longyear Boart Longyear is a global mineral exploration company founded in 1890. It is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Regional offices and operations are located in the Asia-Pacific region, North and South America, Europe, and Africa. The company provides mineral exploration services and drilling products for the global mining industry and also has a presence in drilling water exploration, environmental sampling, energy, and oil sands exploration. As of 2018, it employed more than 5,000 people. In 1888, Edmund J. Longyear, a mining engineer from the first graduating class at the Michigan Mining School, drilled the first