Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Montauban and Grand Calumet deposits are geologically similar lead-zinc-gold- silver deposits occurring in the Grenville Province. The lithological, mineralogical and economic similarities are str…

The world’s smallest 4-wheel drive diesel-powered scoop has been developed by John Clark Inc. of Denver, Colo. Called the jci 50m, it has a 1/2-cu- yd bucket and weighs 6,000 lb. It was designed to b…

How dangerous are those tires used in some mining industry equipment? Rimex Supply of Surrey, B.C., a wheel manufacturer and distributor, has made a video about safety procedures for handling tires. R…

Winston Lake, 32 km north- northwest of Schreiber, Ont., is a base- and precious – metals – bearing volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit with drill-indicated ore reserves of 3.1 million tonnes gradin…

M. R. Brown, publisher of The Northern Miner, will be the after- dinner speaker at the Toronto Geological Discussion Group’s annual Christmas banquet this year. Brown, whose career in mining dates bac…

It may be too early in the game to call it a battle, but the action appears to be warming up on the shareholder front at Dickenson Mines, where Pamour Inc. has purchased a 9.9% stake. At the same time…

Shareholders of vse-listed Master Resources & Developments will be asked to vote Dec 8 on whether or not to allow management to sell some 5.3 million unissued shares that sit in the company’s treasury…

I was disappointed to note in your article about Gold fever in Canada (N.M., Nov 16/87) that our company, Coxheath Gold Holdings, was not included as a major player on the Nova Scotia gold scene. With…

I have read some disgusting letters to the editor but the one to your paper from David Somerville (N.M., Nov 9/87) takes the cake. Big unions against free trade, especially Bob White, he says. I am ag…

Additional drilling is slated in l988 on Faraway Gold Mines’ Sam claim group near Equity Silver’s mine southeast of Houston, B.C. Preliminary results from a $500,000 program carried out this year, in…

A 2,000-ft drill program on Hector Resources’ gold claims in the Iskut River area of northwestern B.C. has produced encouraging gold assays. Hector has a 100% interest in the claim group, which adjoin…

A large group of miners from Inco’s Frood mine in the Sudbury district of Ontario last week came up with the right number combination in the big Lotto 6/49 lottery, to win $1,600,000. The 58 people in…