Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Under normal conditions Sigma Mines’ new big gold mill should be completed in early April when it will swing into production at a rate of 300 tons daily, The Northern Miner can say after visiting the …

Back in July, 1985, the Alberta Oil Sands Technology Research Authority (aostra) invited tenders to design and manufacture an underground drill rig to test a proposed method of recovering bitumen from…

Stanley Gold Mines, just south of Wawa Lake in the Michipicoten area, had a program of shaft-sinking to open up three new levels nicely under way when The Northern Miner visited the property. … Drif…

Dresser Industries of Marion, Ohio, has built a new mining shovel for an iron ore mine in Australia. With a duty cycle of 30 sec., the 65-cu-yd shovel can load a 190-ton truck in three passes. Working…

For many, many years the mining industry considered itself a rugged, old survivor, able to endure the toughest of times. Of course, the industry hadn’t banked on the mini-holocaust handed us by the re…

As the deadline for spending approaches, it is difficult to imagine an area more active in exploration than Val d’Or, Que. Nearly every property in the camp is getting some sort of going over as the e…

The officers of the newly- formed company Heath & Sherwood Drilling (1986) are: James Savage, president, John Halsall, secretary-treasurer, Francis Aimone and Edward Marinigh, directors.

Komatsu Canada (Mississauga, Ont. and Richmond, B.C.) is marketing a 5.9-cu-yd hydraulic excavator equipped with a 404-hp diesel engine. The company’s unique, open- centre, load-sensing system automat…

Wisconsin-based Northwest Engineering Co. has signed a letter of intent with General Motors Corp. to acquire TEREX Corp. of Ohio and TEREX Equipment of Scotland. Terex is to be operated as an independ…

With reference to your article on zinc (“Outshining Other Major Metals”) in the November issue, I wish to inform you that the Black Angel mine is not closed. It is operated by Boliden, the Swedish min…

The Insley Manufacturing Co., formerly of Indianapolis, Ind., has been bought by Badger Construction Equipment Co. of Winona, Min. In addition to producing the Insley family of hydraulic backhoes, the…

Remarkably rich ore is being found in the K zone on the new 11th and 12th levels of Siscoe Mines. Results indicate the possibility that it may become the best gold orebody opened up in a Quebec mine t…