ODDS’N’SODS — Preserving Bruce Mines
A mining-tourism project has been under way during the past few years in the town of Bruce Mines in northern Ontario. Other than some small “Indian diggings” at Mamainse and Alexander Henry’s 30-ft. e…
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Nevada’s `School of Mines’
An elementary school in Henderson, Nev., is trying to interest students in mining through construction of the “McCaw School of Mines.” Funding, materials and manpower are being donated to the 4,649-sq…
Canadian record in raise boring
Raise bore crews of Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada have set a Canadian record. The site of the feat was the Trout Lake mine in Flin Flon, Man., belonging to Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. A 16…
CLAIMS in Kirkland Lake
The mining recorder’s office in Kirkland Lake, Ont., has become the ninth provincial site to offer electronic access to information on mining claims. This has been made possible by the expansion of th…
Drills turning at Damoti Lake
The first three holes of a planned 60-hole program on the Damoti Lake property in the Northwest Territories has expanded the Horseshoe-Pyrite gold zone. Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) extended the str…
RTZ, Freeport-McMoRan partnership in Indonesia
An agreement with Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE) and its offspring, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE), sets the stage for RTZ (NYSE) and its subsidiary, RTZ America, to become involved in exploration and…
INVESTMENT COMMENTARY — Tiomin viewed as having upside
Allan Ferry, research analyst for Toronto-based Thomson Kernaghan & Co., believes Tiomin Resources (ME) is well positioned to develop its Natashquan heavy mineral sands project in Quebec. Tiomin is al…
Downhole analysis focus of meeting
An April 7 meeting in Toronto on the subject of “advancing downhole geochemical logging technology” will be hosted by the Mining Industry Technology Council of Canada (MITEC). Guest speakers will be P…
OBITUARIES — Martin Morrice
A senior geologist for MK Gold, Martin G. Morrice, died in Panama when the airplane in which he was travelling crashed. The plane, a twin-engine Seneca, was chartered to carry Morrice from Penonome to…
William to buy Mexican company
Toronto-based William Resources (TSE) intends to acquire all outstanding shares of Minas Colorada of Mexico. Colorada operates three mines and a mill in Zacatecas state. The mill has a capacity of 240…
TSE SHORT POSITIONS (March 20, 1995)
mi-monthly reports as of Feb. 28, 1995 showed 235,623,529 shares of 758 issues compared with 243,958,189 shares of 785 issues on Feb. 15, 1995. rger individual positions included: Aber Res. 61,940, up…
Cons. Nevada finds zone at Aurora
Reverse-circulation drilling at the Aurora gold mine in Nevada is returning ore-grade mineralization over large widths. Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE), in an attempt to define the eastern extens…