Placer output starts at Gold City project
Klondike placer gold miner Gold City Resources (ASE) is back in business again at its Indian River project in the Yukon’s Dawson Mining District. Gold City is one of at least six public and more than …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Watts, Griffis wins contract
A $7-million contract has been awarded to Watts, Griffis and McOuat, a Canadian geological consulting company by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia. A team of 15 Canadian …
Operating Canada’s Mines Challenge and excitement drive IMC’s
David Kelland chose mining as a career 35 years ago because he was looking for something active, challenging and exciting — a career that would take him out of the city and give him the opportunity t…
50 Years Ago COBALT WORTH MORE THAN SILVER
A delegation from Cobalt and surrounding areas seeking a bonus on silver for the Cobalt and Gowganda silver areas of Ontario has waited on the Dominion government, but the outcome has not been announc…
Letters GROUND CONTROL
Your article entitled “King of Zinc,” regarding Brunswick Mining & Smelting (see April issue), contained several errors. In the section on ground control/rock mechanics, you say the cable bolts and st…
EMVIRONMENTAL POLICY UNVEILED
The following is the new environmental policy of The Mining Association of Canada: Member companies of the mac are committed to the concept of sustainable development, which requires balancing good st…
50 Years Ago GEOLOGY FOR THE LAYMAN
We have heard comments occasionally that readers of mining news sometimes miss the significance of a report because they do not understand the implications of geological information given. Accordingly…
50 Years Ago GOLD REACHES NEW PLATEAU AS SEVERAL CURRENCIES BREAK
The expected has happened. The pound has fallen and gold has gone to a new high price in London, the world’s one great open market. The news is important, for even though the drop came co-incident wit…
What’s New DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
A new, automatic directional drilling tool has been successfully tested in Canada by Redpath Raiseboring of North Bay, Ont. The tool was developed by Bergbau- Forschung and Schwing Hydraulik Electroni…
Specs cs **
** CONTINUOUS PROCESSES ** Solids/liquids separation has gone through quite a change over the past decade. This mineral processing circuit was once dominated by drum or disc filters. But the vacuum fi…
50 Years Ago QUEBEC MINE BELT PROVES POPULAR
Mining in northwestern Quebec is a flourishing business. This fact is well appreciated by those engaged in the search for new metal orebodies, The Northern Miner found on a recent trip through the 100…
Muckling and hauling a continuous process
The earth-moving technology Tthat makes open pit and underTground coal, salt and potash mining so affordable is making its way into underground hardrock mines. Significant advances have been made in r…