Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Maynard Isabell has been named vice-president of marketing of the Michigan- based Simplicity Engineering division of Lukens Inc. He joined the comp any in 1985 after being associated with the Ajax Vib…

Canadian gold stocks gave a very good account of themselves in the recent break of world markets, especially when one considers that the dominant influence in the crash of quotations was the scare ove…

A contract has been awarded to Messrs Shoemaker and Burnham, Toronto, for immediate construction of a 125-ton mill at Curney Gold Mine * * * The property is 12 miles northeast of Cranberry Portage, Ma…

In setting wage scales it has been considered advisable, first of all, to establish a minimum-wage scale which will take care of the workmen’s cost of living and then to add bonuses acknowledging effi…

Ore reserves at the Bralorne mine are now greater than ever before, shareholders were informed at the annual meeting, April 29, by managing director R. Bosustow. Exact figures were not given, but it w…

The Schaft Creek deposit, 100 miles north of Stewart, B.C., ranks as the largest porphyry copper occurrence in Canada (outside of the Highland Valley). Open pit reserves are 1.07 billion tons grading …

If there is a style that characterizes Teck’s management, it is one of not bei ng hamstrung by convention. A physicist guards the books, a chartered accountant handles marketing, and mining engineers …

The Deister Concentrator Co., of Fort Wayne, Ind., has completed two agreements with Sala International AB, of Sala, Sweden, for manufacturing and marketing of Deister’s Flotaire Flotation Cell in wor…

The Ontario Caterpillar dealer Crothers Ltd. has opened a 35,000-sq-ft expansion. The new branch is at the Walden Industrial Park, in Sudbury. The company hopes the new facilities will expand sales an…

The Asbestos Institute in Montreal has announced that Claude Forget is its new president. Forget, an economist and a partner with the consulting firm of secor Inc. of Montreal, succeeds previous pres…

Commissioner Frazer’s report on Hedley Amalgamated, released May 10 by B.C. Premier Thomas Pattullo, contained positive evidence that diamond drill cores had been salted. William Cox, superintendent, …

World metal markets are at their steadiest so far this year and rather quiet … Rumors are being heard here and there that the American price of copper might advance since the world market price has …