Articles by Northern Miner Staff


MANAGING Job satisfaction

“A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of a little courage. Everyday sends to their graves obscure men whom timidity had prevented from making a first effort; who, if they had been ind…


ON THE MOVE Eimco Jarvis Clark Co.

Michael Stevens has been appointed drilling manager at Eimco Jarvis Clark Co., based in Burlington, Ont. He is now responsible for all marketing activ ities re lated to Eimco Jarvis Clarke’s Eimco Sec…


Aber, Freeport drill

Drilling is under way at Aber Resources’ Bugow gold prospect at Russell Lake, N.W.T. Freeport-McMoRan Gold, which is operating and financing the program, can earn a 51% interest for expenditures of $7…


Caribbean nickel

Falconbridge Dominicana is the second biggest ferronickel producer in the world. Among lateritic nickel operations, Falcondo’s capital cost is o ne of the lowest for nameplate capacity. At about $3(U…



The Swede’s lead

When Mike Amsden, Falconbridge’s vice-president and general manager for Kidd Creek Mines, travelled to Stockholm earlier this year to attend the 13th World Mini ng Congress, he took a $1.25-million pu…


More drilling at Rea Minnova bet

A reserve estimate for the Minnova Inc./Rea Gold Corp. Samatosum property near Kamloops, B.C., will probably be ready by late August. More drilling will be required, though, to fully delineate the dis…


THE EDITORIAL PAGE A gold producer’s Mecca

With minimum wages standing at $36(US) per month and some of the most lucrative operating conditions anywhere, it is perhaps surprising to learn that only two Canadian juniors are conducting operation…


How safe?

A recent spate of mine fatalities has many people wondering just how safe Canada’s mines are. Critics say the industry is killing off miners at an alarming ra te while others claim that a miner could …


Books (August 03, 1987)

Mineral Development 1984-1986 by Nyal J. Niemuth — Reviews exploration and development at more than 180 mining properties in Arizona plus a table of gold and silver resources. $3.50(US), Department o…



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