Try It On For Size
I am told that in the Kirkland Lake gold mines of the 1940s, there was resistance to the newfangled jackleg or pusherleg drill that Atlas Copco had just invented. Resistance appeared on two fronts. Wo…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Underground Radio
Guglielmo Marchese Marconi (1874-1937) first successfully transmitted over the English Channel in 1899 and across the Atlantic in 1901. Only pulse transmisssions were possible at the time and it was r…
Raising the Green Flag: The Environmental Program (Second of Two
In the previous Law article, The Environmental Audit (see our January, 1991 issue), we left the corporation and its directors with a completed environmental audit that pointed out both actual and pote…
Not Amused
I am disgusted at the attitude displayed in your editorial entitled “Our Man at Thompson” [see December 1990 issue]. The licence that you took describing the city of Thompson in the way that you did i…
What’s New in Mining: Raise Reamers
Raise reamers designed and manufactured by Machines Roger International of Val d’Or, Que. have entered the market. The first machine was the V-30, capable of reaming an 8-inch pilot hole to 30 inches …
What’s New in Exploration: Navigational Accuracy
A navigatonal and positioning device of considerable accuracy has been developed by Telefix Canada of Richmond Hill, Ont. Known as the Magellan GPS 1000, the unit can determine latitude, longitude and…
New debentures for Stratmin
An affiliate of the French company Imetal SA, Mircal Mineral (Canada), will subscribe to $5-million worth of convertible debentures in Stratmin Graphite, the debentures bearing 6.5% interest payable y…
Exploration firm keeping active in the Yukon
Despite an uncertain outlook for the Yukon exploration industry this season, Archer Cathro and Associates (1981) Ltd. expects to keep busy. The firm, with offices in Vancouver and Whitehorse, accounte…
Montreal Exchange NAR is active
The volume leader on the week, North American Rare Metals, got in on the Benoit Twp. excitement in northwestern Quebec by announcing it had purchased a 30% interest in 70 claims about three miles sout…
Intl. Larder shares
A total of 500,000 shares of International Larder Minerals (TSE) was recently acquired by River Oaks Gold in a private sale transaction. River Oaks, a private company, now owns 2.13 million shares or …
Amax earning Haile interest
A definitive option and earn-in agreement was signed by Amax Gold (NYSE) and Piedmont Mining (NASDAQ) which will allow an Amax subsidiary to earn an interest in Piedmont’s Haile gold property near Ker…
Bre-X drops Arizona gold bet
Tough equity markets have forced Calgary- based Bre-X Minerals (ASE) to drop plans to earn a 55% interest in the United Western mine in Oatman, Ariz. Bre-X could have earned the interest from owner Su…