Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Steep Rock Resources reports net earnings of $83,600 in the first quarter this year, compared with net of $133,600 for the similar period in 1986. The earnings drop, the company says, is attributable …

The third annual Pennsylvania Blasting Conference and Exhibit will take place Nov 12 and 13 at the Keller Conference Centre on the Penn State campus in the U.S. Papers will be presented on current dev…

The oil and gas division at Westmin Resources has been its most profitable in recent years, eclipsing all other sources of income by a wi de margin. But even though crude oil production was at record …

Another mineralized zone has been discovered by partners Chevron Minerals and Stroud Resources on their Hislop gold property southeast of Timmins, Ont. The latest showing comes 1,300 ft northwest alon…

J. Larocque Drill Supplies of Laval, Que., is distributing two diamond drills which are new to the Canadian market. The two drills, called onram and toram, are manufactured in Sweden by Hagby Bruk ab….

Sullair Corp. of Michigan City, Mich., has introduced two new portable rotary screw air-compressors. Called the 175Q and 185Q, the two new units deliver 175 cu ft and 185 cu ft of air per min. They fe…

Following completion of a geophysical program on a Mazarin Twp., Que., property owned by O’Leary-Malartic Mines, the company allowed its claims to lapse, O’Leary-Malartic says in its report to shareho…

Despite a drop in international oil prices which reduced the company’s revenues from $589,745 or 20 cents per share in 1985, to $215,598 or 7 cents per share during fiscal 1986, McChip Resources plan…

Production this year from the three open pit gold mines in Nevada operated by Rayrock Yellowknife Resources could decline slightly from last year, President David Crombie said following the annual mee…

An agreement to explore and purchase a mining concession 8 sq km in size in the Juntas area of Costa Rica has been entered into by Nor-Quest Resources. Under the direction of Tim Coates, the company’s…

Copper Cliff Door Manufacturing, which provides the mining sector wit h custom-designed door systems, has changed its name to M & I Door Systems. The company has also moved to a larger quarters in Bar…

Toronto-based Davis Controls has appointed several new distributors w ho will handle its lines of instrumentation and control equipment in British Columbia. From its technical centre in Edmonton, Alta…