Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Events and achievements in minerals exploration in 1986 confirmed Papua New Guinea as one of the places to be for gold explorationists and producers alike. Precious metals exploration activity rose to…

Bighorn Development Corp. has acquired an option from Catear Resources and a private Calgary- based company to earn up to 60% interest of approximately 54,000 acres in the Sulphurets area of British C…

Duncan R. Derry, eminent economic geologist and one of the Canadian mining industry’s leading spokesmen, died suddenly in Toronto this week. Indeed, he was known internationally for his many contribut…

SherrGold Inc.’s MacLellan mine, Snear Lynn Lake, Man., is the hands- down winner of the “Most Fiesty Mine of 1986” award. And for good reasons. Not only w as the decision to put the gold deposit into…

At Cape Spencer, N.B., a small piece of land which juts into the Bay of Fundy, Gordex Minerals has demonstrated the viability of heap leaching gold ore in Canada’s Atlantic climate. Last year the St. …

A world-wide oversupply of thermal coal forced Byron Creek Collieries (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esso Resources Canada) to significantly reduce the scale of its operations at the Coal Mountain mine…

Milwaukee-based Bucyrus-Erie has tested a prototype blasthole drill in a coal mine in the central U.S. Called the 49-R, the drill was designed for high performance, ease of operation and long life wit…

A $4 million(US) oil well being drilled by a consortium of Canadian, U.S. and Australian companies is past the 8,000-ft mark and fast approaching its target depth of 11,000 ft. The well is testing a s…

Eagle Crusher Co. of Galion, Ohio, manufactures three low-profile jaw- crushers designed for underground and open pit mining. Ranging in height from 2.2-2.9 m, they are rated at 150-400 hp respectivel…

Anomalous gold values have been intersected by Westmin Resources on the Little Stull gold property held in joint venture with Tanqueray Resources. Located in Manitoba, the Little Stull property was te…

The Cannon mine project at Wenatchee, Wash., appears to have turned the corner. According to Bruce A. Kennedy, senior vice-president minerals for Asamera Inc.,”the mine is working beautifully” and mil…

Nor-Quest Resources reports it has acquired outright an established 1,200-ton-per-day mine, mill and land located near Salmo, B. C., on a 2,000-crown-grant mining property. The company says negotiatio…