Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Jules R. Timmins, 1889-1971

Jules Timmins’ finest hour, and his claim to mining fame, occurred when he brought into being the iron ore fields of northern Quebec and Labrador, in one of the greatest projects in Canadian mining hi…


Queenston hopes riding on Kirkland, Anoki bets

With its Anoki gold project in the feasibility stage and underground exploration under way at the Kirkland West property near Kirkland Lake, Ont., Queenston Gold Mines (TSE) is hoping to become a gold…


Earnings Reports (January 16, 1989)

U.S. Gold Corp. of Denver, Colo., reports net income for the 3-month period ended Sept 30 of $352,000 (US) or 1 per share on revenue of $1.9 million. For the same period a year earlier the company re…


La Fosse takeover

La Fosse Platinum (TSE) has made an offer to purchase up to a 60% interest in Louvicourt Gold Mines (COATS). La Fosse is offering one of its shares for every four common shares of Louvicourt. The offe…



United Lincoln Drilling Expands MBX Gold-Copper Zone

With assay results in for the first ten holes of a major delineation drill program, United Lincoln Resources Inc. (VSE) is reporting an increase in gold grades at the open, southern end of the MBX dis…



Photo…..Mining Hall of Fame

Photo by George Onuska Bill James, right, president of Falconbridge Ltd. and the keynote speaker at the recent inaugural dinner for the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, points out to fellow head-table gu…



James Y. Murdoch, 1890-1962

A lawyer by profession, James Y. Murdoch, who became first president of the fledgling Noranda Mines in 1922, at the age of 32, was one of the greatest builders Canada ever produced, not just a mine-…


Jerome Gold buys reprieve as reserve hunt continues

After persuading E.B. Eddy Forest Products to extend the deadline for an option agreement at the old Jerome mine near Swayze, Ont., Toronto-based Jerome Gold Mines (ASE) has raised $500,500 to finance…


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