Suppliers’ Notes (July 06, 1990)
Berlet Electronics of Mississauga, Ont. has appointed Thomson Technology of Sudbury as the northern Ontario representative for Telemotive radio remote controls. As the largest manufacturer of industri…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
The Northern Miner, July, 1940
CHINS UP “We shall never surrender,” declared British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. And never in all history has a more stirring battle cry gone out from the leader of a free people bent on the de…
The Advantages of O_2
Adding pure oxygen to a conventional cyanide leach circuit has several advantages. It reduces the consumption of cyanide, lime and lead nitrate; it reduces the requirement for compressed air; and it i…
Making Allowances
In almost every joint venture or other property acquisition agreement wheremoney is spent on exploration, development or other mining work, the operator is allowed to charge an allowance for overhead …
Geophysics made easy
IP Time Domain Equipment A new line of induced polarization (ip) time domain equipment is available from Androtex Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont. The instrumentation is easy to operate and employs the lates…
Development ABCs
Through a period in the late 1980s when too many new domestic gold projects failed because the operators did not adhere to even elementary principles in proving up reserves and developing mines, opera…
Motors Matter; ‘High-efficiency’ electric motors are not your run-
As custodians of a wealth of natural resources, Canadians are accustomed to plentiful, cheap electricity. We seldom worry about wasting it. But like communism in Eastern Europe, that attiutude is outd…
C.I.M. IN U.S.A.
Environmental concerns that U.S. mining companies are grappling with today will probably be facing Canadian miners in the future. That prospect prompted the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy…
ANFO Still Reigns
The 1980s saw a consolidation of the explosives industry. Through mergers and acquisitions, three large manufacturers (ICI Explosives, ETI Inc. and Ireco) now dominate the Canadian underground mining …
The Mill
Kevin Weston is a mining engineer. He was hired by Inco during development of the Casa Berardi East mine and by all accounts he was a talented engineer. So why is he now the mill superintendent? As We…
Alberta Stock Exchange Gold Vessel up 35 cents
Shares of Gold Vessel Resources jumped 35 cents to $1.05 in the week ended June 26 after the company released assay results from underground channel sampling at its Gold Eagle mine in Arizona. The min…
COATS (over-the-counter) Major zinc discovery
Word of a major zinc find at Noranda’s Lynne project in Wisconsin almost doubled the share value of Pelangio-Larder Mines in the week ended June 26. The first two holes at Lynne both intersected over …