LETTERS Remembering the Siscoes
As a person with some interest in the Canadian mining industry it is not unusual to read accounts of the history of different mining areas. I refer to the article “Focus on Val d’Or” in the January is…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
THE NEW GENERATION
Inco’s Crean Hill mine is using the latest in mining technology minus the diesel equipment. It could become Canada’s safest, most efficient operation when it resumes full production in 1989. By Patri…
MAINTENANCE The First-Line Foreman; A Critical profile
Keith Bowley is a Toronto-based maintenance management consultant. This is ** the first of a 2-part article. ** Miners could be described as people in the business of producing and pr…
ON THE MOVE International Lead Zinc Research
The new chairman of International Lead Zinc Research Organization, of New York, N.Y., is Keith Spurr. He is vice-president, metal sales, for Toronto- based Cominco Ltd. and had been ilzro’s vice- chai…
ON THE MOVE Swing Stage Clima
A new safety division of Scarborough, Ont.-based Swing Stage Clima has been formed, to be headed by Sean Burke. Burke has 12 years of experience working on safety committees, such as csa, the Scaffold…
ON THE MOVE Eldorado Nuclear
The federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear has elected L. George Bonar as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Bonar has extensive international experience, having held senior manage…
ON THE MOVE Newmont Mining Corp.
Newmont Mining Corp. of New York City has announced the appointments of John Johnson, Jr. as vice- president; Timothy Schmitt as vice-president and controller; and Graham Clark, Jr. as vice-president …
ON THE MOVE Goodman Equipment Corp. (April 01, 1987)
William Downey has been elected a director of Goodman Equipment Corp.
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– CENTRAL DUVERNY EXPLORES FOR OTHER
The fourth hole in the present drilling campaign has been completed to a depth of 650 ft at the property of Central Duverny Gold Mines, in Duverny Twp., Que., but assays were not available at press ti…
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– CANADA JOINS WITH KING SOLOMON?
According to archeologists, the gold operations in Arabia in which Premier Gold Mining Co. has an 11% interest date back 2,000 years B.C. It is admitted that there may be a little guesswork as to the …
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– SHERRITT TO MILL 1,500 TONS
The Sherritt Gordon mine was never in better position for production than it is at present, stated Halstead Lindsley, president, in addressing shareholders at the annual meeting in Toronto this week. …
EDITOR’S NOTE Improving Efficiency
Canada’s mineral extraction industry is based on the favorable geology with which the country was blessed, but it is people who developed the industry into one of the bulwarks of the national economy,…