COMPACT CORE DRILLS
Diamond-impregnated bits and Dthe wireline method of recoverDing core (without removing the drill rods) have been an industry standard since they were introduced in the 1970s Various safety features …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
MR EXPLORTATION Noranda Exploration’s John Harvey
Throughout its history the Noranda company * * * has manifested what is tantamount to genius in finding, by accident or design, the right man for the job — from the book “Noranda” by Leslie Roberts N…
BRAVING THE ELEMENTS
A shining metal headframe, a small trailer complex of offices and a long, metal building sparkle in the sunlight of a rare perfect day on the Barrens at Courageous Lake, N W T Here, Thyssen Mining Co…
RESEARCH IMPROVED SLAG FUMING
Recent modifications to a zinc Rextraction process at CoRminco’s Trail, B C , smelter have almost doubled production efficiency during plant testing Tests of the modified zinc slag fuming process, co…
A LOOK AT LINDSLEY
The Lindsley deposit, 6 5 km north of Sudbury, in Blezard Twp, Ont , is 100%-owned by Falconbridge Ltd It is a polymetallic sulphide deposit, with values in nickel, copper, cobalt, gold, platinum and…
50 YEARS AGO TODAY ROCK BURST STUDY
The question of rock bursts in northern Ontario mines is receiving the study of government authorities, Premier Hepburn has announced Some 10 days or so before the recent Lake Shore accident, a commit…
THE BIG NICKEL SEARCH
These are not exactly boom times in nickel exploration for Canada’s two major nickel producers It’s not like the late 1960s and early 1970s when Inco Ltd went searching for lateritic nickel deposits …
Letters Life-saving Radio
I think Patrick Whiteway has missed one of the key points about the real reason why HudBay (Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting) continues to turn the heads of more conservative mining groups His story about…
Editorial Panic button
From a speech by Canamax Resources President John Hansuld at the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines’ annual regional geoscience seminar in Thunder Bay Feb 7-8. It seems obvious to sa…
Cornelius Campbell
Cornelius J. Campbell, a well- known prospector in northern Quebec since the 1930s, died in Rouyn- Noranda Feb 12, at the age of 84. During his long career in the exploration industry, “Con” Campbell …
COATS Trading Features (February 27, 1989)
The total value of trades on COATS increased to more than $41 million last month, up from a low of $22 million during December. Asquith Resources was a busy trader this week with 79,000 shares changin…
FINANCING (February 27, 1989)
VANCOUVER Shiva Venturees Inc — min 360,000 offered @ 40 cents per sh. American Girl Res — 1,000,000 sold for gross $170,000. Castle Minerals Inc — 450,000 sold for gross $180,000. Sleeping Gold -…