Articles by Northern Miner Staff

HOMESTAKE MINING — Thomas H. Wong elected assistant secretary and assistant treasurer.

Most people have little knowledge or appreciation of the five “other” platinum group metals and only a few know how to make money out of any of those noble metals in the market. The most important of …

The January 23 issue of The Northern Miner carried an article on Ontex Resources with several slanted references to Metalore Resources (“Ontex completes financing, continues suit against Metalore”). F…

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 …