Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Two new road-graders specifically designed for underground mines were recently introduced by mining equipment manufacturer Getman Corp. at its plant in southwestern Michigan. In a ceremony attended by…

There have been mineral claims on the Doyon property for a very long time. Sporadic exploration produced sufficient proof of mineralization to tantalize various owners for well over 40 years. But it w…

Nov. 4-5, Toronto, Ont. Workshop on Metallurgy and Materials Science in the 21st Century. Contact Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan, ORTECH International, (416) 822-4111, FAX (416) 822-9537. Nov 11-15, Ottawa, Ont….

When the Bousquet No. 1 mine was found, not only was a prime gold orebody revealed, but it also opened up the entire Cadillac treasure trove in northwestern Quebec. In a few short years four new orebo…

The Cadillac mines are in the southern part of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of the largest continuous units of the Superior Geologic Province. The belt extends for 760 km. over a width of 160 km. …

The science of the workplace environment, called ergonomics, takes on special meaning underground. After all, there aren’t many workplaces that have solid rock above, below and beside the worker. Fall…

It is nothing more than a mere printed line on a claims map and a surveyed picket line in the bush, yet as insubstantial as it seems this represents the boundary between LACs Bousquet No. 2 mine and A…

Robotech Industries Ltd., through distributor Northern Consolidated Equipment of Sudbury, Ont., has introduced a remote-controlled skid steer loader that would be handy in hazardous underground situat…

Since 1972 Gibraltar Mines has operated a medium-sized, copper-molybdenum open pit in the Cariboo country of British Columbia. To improve the economics of a low-grade operation, Placer Dome (the major…

The Northern Whiner? On reading the Editor’s Note “Stranded” (Summer Issue), I think you should rename the magazine “The Northern Whiner”. You open with ominous warnings about NDP government and concl…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $352.40 + $4.40 Silver* $ 4.24 + $0.15 Platinum* $357.50 + $2.75 Nickel** $ 3.44 – $0.02 Lead** $ 0.24 …. Copper $ 1.06 + $0.03 Zinc $ 0.46 – $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiab…

Canmine Resources (CDN) says it has identified an alteration pipe at its FER copper-zinc property in northern Manitoba that is similar to the pipes found under known volcanogenic orebodies. In January…