Research: SOUND INVESTIGATIONS
About 2800 million years ago, the North American craton was forming and stabilizing. Gradually, pulses of activity deep below the surface formed the greenstone belts which contain a large proportion o…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
A PLEA FOR COMMON SENSE
Environment and health issues are at the top of the public agenda. National opinion polls consistently report that a majority of Canadians identify the environment as their most important concern. Thi…
A CAMP EVOLVES; Our west coast correspondent surveys northwes
Charles Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest caused an uproar in the genteel Victorian society of his time. More than a century later, this principle can be applied to the evolution of northwest…
What’s New: AN EXPANDED GIS
Tydac Technologies of Ottawa will release a new version of its geographic information system (GIS) called spans, in January, 1990. Enhancements have been facilitated by an operating system (called OS…
Crosscuts: BYE, BYE BRONTO
Geologist Peter Gummer of Claude Resources and two of his colleagues have garnered some academic interest with their suggestion that kimberlite volcanism should be seriously researched as the kind of …
Maintenance: PARTS MANAGEMENT
Maintenance performance and costs are directly affected by the quality of material control. All delays in acquisition of material are disruptive and costly. The right parts must be ready and available…
Letters: COMPUTER BUGS
In his article “And Now the Bad News” in the June issue, Kerry Knoll listed several reasons for the misfortune of a substantial number of gold mining projects. Understanding why some projects have fai…
Editor’s Note: GOVERNMENT’S ROLE
At one time, government’s reach into Canadian society was limited to provider and custodian of infrastructure, specifically roads and such. Today, it would be easier and quicker to show where governme…
Suppliers’ Notes (December 01, 1989)
Shareholders of R. Angus Alberta have announced their intention to sell their shares in R. Angus Alberta and its subsidiary companies to Finning Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C. Based in Alberta, R. Angus is …
Calendar (December 01, 1989)
Jan 21-23, Houston, Tex. World of Concrete ’90. Exhibition is scheduled for the Houston Astrodome. Contact Becky Auten at 1-800-323-3550. Jan 24-26, Golden, Colo. Ore Reserve Estimation & Mine-plannin…
Flowsheet: THE GOLDEN GIANT MILL; Part One of Two
Hemlo Gold Mines, owns and operates the Golden Giant mine, near Marathon, Ont. The mine is one of three gold operations exploiting the large gold orebody in the Hemlo area. Milling facilities include…
Plexus moving toward production on Rawhide
In relative obscurity, Plexus Resources (TSE) and Kennecott Corp. have been developing a Nevada open pit mine that will rank as the fourth largest heap leach producer in the U.S. The Rawhide project, …