 A database of inductees to the Hall of Fame is available here.Notable honorees include Georgius Agricola, Janet Zaph Briggs, Gertrude Selma Sober, Meyer Guggenheim, Herbert Hoover, James M. Hyde, Ed Schieffelin, Harrison Schmitt, Paddy Martinez, Horace Tabor, Fred Chester Bond and Edmund J. Longyear, founder of Boart Longyear.The Hall of Fame is criticized by James Loewen in his book "Lies Across America" for over emphasis on scientists, mining executives, and owners of vast mining properties.