Benton is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Closely followed by shop keepers, quarry men, loggers and sawmill operators.
Jim Wicks brought his family to Benton in 1939 and was a cook in the logging camps and later ran a general store.
November 3 2023 Allan Keats received honorary membership to the Canadian Institute of Mining.
The mining industry continues to be a huge success because of the prospectors of this little community of Benton!