ON A ROLL
With almost 20 more mines now producing the yellow metal in Canada, as compared to last year, and prices going higher, the outlook for tomorrow’s gold mines could hardly be brighter. Gold mining in C…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Cross-Cuts U.N. PROMOTES GOLD
When gold is hot, everybody wants to get involved. Even, it seems, the United Nations. The worldwide organization devoted to promoting world peace is not above a bit of gold promotion, judging from a …
New found gold HEAP LEACHING AT HOPE BROOK
Hope Brook Gold’s heap leach operation was put in place principally to generate early cash flow in the order of $21 million throughout 1987 and 1988. In fact, production from the heap leach has alread…
ON THE MOVE Dravo Corp.
William Roth has been elected chairman, president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh-based Dravo Corp. Roth was recently president and chief operating officer at American Standard. He succeeds …
Suppliers’ Notes Lifeliner Corp.
Lifeliner Corp. of St. Louis, Mo., has announced production expansion and new packaging and labeling for Lifeliner/Elbow-patch. Introduced as a means of saving wear-worn metal in the mining industry, …
What’s New JUMBOS FOR NARROW MINES
There’s good news in the mine equipment field for Canadian gold miners. Historically, Finland-based Tamrock has tested its new drill jumbos in Scandinavia. Only when the machines were modified and imp…
ON THE MOVE Abresist Corp.
The Abresist Corp. has appointed Ray Elbertson as its new sales representative for the East Coast from Virginia to New England. Abresist Corp. is an American manufacturer of abrasion-resistant linings…
Maintenance TIME-SAVER FOR WORKERS
The skills, experience and training of maintenance workers should, ideally, be used only for productive, hands-on work. They should move from job to job, knowing exactly what is to be done — with the…
Suppliers’ Notes Astro-Arc Co.
Astro-Arc Co. of Sun Valley Calif., manufacturer of automatic welding systems, has formed the Astro Arc Field Services Division. The division features a field welding demonstration trailer, equipped w…
Managing CRISIS IN EDUCATION
Not long ago, a young graduate mining engineer had a guaranteed ticket to an exciting career. Jobs were challenging, plentiful and world-wide in scope. There weren’t very many new engineers (or techno…
Suppliers’ Notes Wire Rope & Rigging Consultants
A new division of Vancouver-based Wire Rope & Rigging Consultants has been established. The Mining Ropes Management division has begun marketing its services on a select basis to companies in the surf…
ON THE MOVE International Association of Hydrogeologists
The new president of the Canadian chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists is Robert Leech. Although he has worked in Australia, Canada and Europe, Leech has devoted much of his eff…