50 Years Ago – The Northern Miner, August 1940
NOT A STRIKE IN CANADA A most significant announcement has been made by the Dept. of Labour in Ottawa, which reports that there was not a single strike or lockout in progress in Canada at the end of J…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Liners for Leaching
The need to protect groundwater resources from the contaminating effects of toxic liquids has created a thriving market for the manufacturers of synthetic, “impermeable” geomembranes. Miners seeking t…
The Refractory Riddle; A large amount of gold is trapped in
An outbreak of alcoholic neuritis in northwest England in 1900, as recorded by Dr. Ernest Reynolds in the British Medical Journal on Nov. 24 of that year, changed the way toxic hazards are regulated. …
New Ground
I would like to draw your attention to a regular column that we initiated with the June issue and that will become a fixture within these pages. We have called the column “Habitat,” which, to risk sta…
Suppliers’ Notes (August 03, 1990)
Minpro Ltd. has installed Ecuador’s first modern gold-processing plant. The 120-tonne-per-day mill, shipped in modules from the company’s Mississauga factory, will be treating a rich gold ore. Among t…
Polymetallic pickings; With gold coantent particularly high, the
The Estrades orebody in northwestern Quebec is a gold-rich, polymetallic massive sulphide deposit occurring within the Casa Berardi Fault zone. Although it exhibits characteristics similar to Kuroko-a…
Cross-Cuts (August 03, 1990)
INDIVIDUALISM TRIUMPHS IN B.C. Three cheers for the little guy. In British Columbia, individual prospectors can take credit for the recent discovery of several orebodies. Included in the finds are a t…
Ins and outs of grouting
“There is no longer a place in our profession for black magicians — although artistry is still to be encouraged — who deliberately obfuscate issues in order to maintain some form of self-serving mys…
Nuclear Police; The AECB Gets Tough
At the invitation of the Hatchet Lake Indian band, members of the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) will meet in October at Wollaston Post, a community 30 km east across Wollaston Lake from Cameco’s …
COATS (over-the-counter) Gold Bar hit with lawsuit
It appears that Southern Arizona Mining and Smelting’s bid for a 50% interest in the Chester Twp. gold property near Gogoma, Ont. is in jeopardy. James Hunter, a shareholder of property owner Gold Bar…
Drilling resumes on Douay gold bet
A new drilling campaign has started on the Douay gold property owned by joint venture partners Inco (TSE), Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior (ME) and Cambior (TSE). The property is in the Casa Berard…
Alberta Stock Exchange Tyrae gains 43 cents
The high-profile Eskay Creek gold region of northwestern British Columbia continues to attract more junior companies. One of the latest newcomers is Tyrae Resources, which following a recent change of…