Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The use of geostatistics for reserve estimation began in the 1970s and, with the availability of computer technology, is becomin g increasingly accepted. Initially, few consulting firms were capable …

Grassroots geological mapping is entering a digital revolution. If the trend gains momentum, it could be so far advanced by the turn of the century that exploration geologists will begin searching for…

When talking to a lawyer, you might notice the lawyer uses words that are common in everyday speech, but somehow, when uttered by him or her, they take on a strange meaning that may or may not be simi…

A new exploration tool is being used to profile structures 12 km down inside the lithosphere. By L. Mayrand, A. G. Green, C. Hubert, S. L. Jackson, J. N. Ludden, B. Milkereit, R. H. Sutcliffe, and P….

Situated in the rolling Shuswap Highlands, 60 km northeast of Kamloops in south-central British Columbia (right), the Samatosum deposit is becoming the first of what Minnova Inc. believes will be a nu…

Mine operators at Inco’s copper/nickel mine in Thompson, Man., have a talent for innovation in more than one field. Even etymology is within their sphere of expertise, having invented a word of their …

The article in the March, 1989, issue on the Caribou mine of New Brunswick, gives a wrong impression on the discovery of the Caribou deposit. It says: “Cavalero, an American geologist from Maine, was…

As Canada’s miners tackle narrower vein deposits, they’ll need locomotives to haul the ore to the shaft in the mines that opt for track mining. But while locomotives have been around a long time, few …

All uranium-bearing minerals contain radium, the radioactive product of uranium decay. Radium itself decays and gives off the chemically inert, radioactive gas radon. Radon can percolate out of rocks …

Gundle Lining Systems of Houston, Tex., recently completed an 8.5-million-sq-ft polyethylene lining project for a mine site in Ridgew ay, S.C. The Ridgeway gold mine is one of the largest mining taili…

Wth the help of a computer graphic technique called “solid modeling,” mining engineers now can combine the accuracy of drill sections and plans with the visual effect of Plexiglas models to produce a …

Cigar Lake Mining Corp. is constructing a test mine at its large and prodigiously rich uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan. “This project is a major step toward development of a full-scale uraniu…