Letters THE LOWDOWN ON THE ALPINE LOADER
I was interested to read the article in the June issue of your magazine entitled “High-Speed Mucking” and especially the portion on the Voest Alpine AL-60 loader. Unfortunately, the writer does not ap…
News
LOOK OUT BELOW
In 1968, a supposedly stable, near-surface backfilled stope in Timmins collapsed. In 1981, an old stope caved to surface near the town of Malartic, Que., creating a depression 300 ft across and more t…
Editor’s Note
Talk about a notable lack of success. In Canada, we produce tons of by-product silver, enough to rank us fourth in the world, and the Sudbury Basin coughs up sufficient platinum group metals to make C…
TONS OF FORTUNE
The size of the winnings has yet to be determined. But at the very least, the McCoy/Cove gold-silver deposit in north-central Nevada illustrates how a successful exploration program can boost the over…
USER-FRIENDLY EXPLORATION
The mining industry has been intrigued by the application of computers for many years. In fact, from artificial intelligence systems designed to run “smarter smelters” (see The Northern Miner Magazine…
Research THE MOTHER LODE BELT
About 120 million years ago, a metal-bearing, carbonate-rich hydrothermal fluid was channelled by a steeply dipping, major strike-slip fault zone which developed nearly 10 km beneath the contemporary…
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Over the nex t few years, Canada’s 70 gold producing mines will be joined by at least 10 major new producers and a handful of smaller ones. If gold prices remain high ($530(C) per oz at presstime), th…
Profile ALL THE RIAGHT MOVES
Toronto’s fashionable Yorkville district is the last place you would expect to find a down-to-earth mining man. The chic ambience and elegant designer boutiques seem more geared towards the leggy, asp…
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES (August 29, 1988)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Aug 101.00 99.50 100.05 + 6.60 Sep 101.20 99.25 100….
Investment comment Galactic returns to broker’s good books
After its credibility was severely damaged by operating problems at the Summitville gold mine in Colorado, Galactic Resources (TSE) appears to be back in the good books of at least one British brokera…
Noranda nearing 20% stake in Falconbridge
Not content with simply being Falconbridge Ltd.’s largest single shareholder, Noranda Inc. has increased its ownership of the nickel producer to 16.5% and will probably buy more. After failing once to…
Query Aldermac was Ascot
I’d like to know what happened to Aldermac Copper Corp. I understand it was bought by Ascot Metals Corp. in 1949. I’d like to know the name of the present company which took over Aldermac Copper. F. …