Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) says its operator Noranda Exploration has completed a reserve calculation for the Eagle River gold property held in joint venture with Central Crude (VSE). The property is locat…

With a substantial increase in reserves brought about by its 1988 work program, Esperanza Explorations (VSE) is contemplating a $3.3-million pre- feasibility program this year for its Tillicum Mountai…

An additional 13,850 acres has been added to Tundra Gold Mines’ (VSE) McKenzie Break property in Courville and Fiedmont twps., 20 miles north of Val d’Or, Que. The company recently optioned another 34…

In 1910-11, when the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Arctic wintered on the remote, northwestern coast of Baffin Island, a prospector on board reported, for the first time, the presence of silver, lead an…

In British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, proposals (more or less offical) have been made in connection with aiding the prospector and the mining industry. In the coast province, Mayor Telford o…

An article entitled “Breakthrough in Measuring Stress” appeared in your October issue on Page 71. The article gave the impression that the breakthrough device mentioned was arrived at after combining …

POLARIS You could say it’s about as redundant as hauling coal to Quintette or gold to Hemlo. Polaris, the world’s most northerly metal mine, requires underground refrigeration. The cooling is necessar…

Reliability, productivity and flexibility are the hallmarks of any load-haul-dump (LHD) machine worth its weight in ore. Striking an appropriate balance for the job at hand is a tough job for an equi…

In the article “Compressed Air, Naturally” in the November issue, the following was stated: “Thus was born, in 1910, the world’s first and only water-powered compressed air plant — the Ragged Chutes …

This year Dome Mines enters upon the active development of the No 6 shaft area towards the east end of the mine, after two years of letting that section lie fallow. This development will carry detaile…

After it is mined, ore from the Nanisivik deposit is broken up by a jaw crusher. From there, it is moved along a kilometer of conveyors to the grinding mill. In the flotation process that follows, the…

Since base metals deposits in southern Canada are being mined at such great depths today, exploration geologists are being forced to rethink the meaning of the word “remote.” Base metals deposits disc…