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When the zinc famine was on in the U.S. in 1937, resulting in the importation of 45,000 tons, the discovery was made that any preconceived ideas about the amount of the metal in undisclosed inventorie…

Paymaster Consolidated is crosscutting through high-grade ore in the new No. 24 vein on the 2,075-ft. level at the No. 3 winze, The Northern Miner can announce. At presstime, the west wall of the cros…

“Why,” asks a thoughtful subscriber, “do not Canadian banks employ mining engineers?” Why not, indeed? Perhaps some of them do, although the fact is not publicized. However, employment of experts in m…

As Robert Service said, there are indeed “strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.” But even he would be hard pressed to find anything more unlikely than a heap leach oper…

Final approval has been given for the merger of Total Erickson Resources (TSE) with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total Energold Corp., formerly Getty Resources. Under the court-approved arrangement, T…

“A Rockburst Primer” by Dr. David Hedley, which appeared in your July issue, brought back memories. In 1937 or 1938, I was working in a large, flat-back stope in the Lake Shore mine in Kirkland Lake, …

Since 1980, the frequency of accidents at Rio Algom’s Panel mine in Elliot Lake, Ont., has decreased significantly. I attribute that record in large part to the Loss Control System, which we institute…

While the demand for lead continues to be firm, the market should remain well supplied with prices on the defensive for the rest of this year, international investment firm Shearson Lehman Hutton writ…

The majority of the gold mines that have been discovered along the 60 to 70 miles betweeen Noranda and Val d’Or, Que., are located close to, or within a few miles north of, the major break known as th…

At a meeting held in Vancouver in mid-September, the board of Pioneer Resources (TSE) voted against the acquisition of a 9.9% interest held by Canacord Resources (VSE) in the Premier Gold project near…

ONTARIO Ekersval — final rec iss offer 500,000 @ $1.30 per sh to net $325,000. Released from Escrow Fort Knox Gold — 160,500 shs released. VANCOUVER Athabaska Gold — 500,000 shs offered @ min 40 ce…

Like a good many other new gold producers, Skyline Explorations (TSE) has run into operational problems at its 100%-owned Johnny Mountain mine in the Iskut River area of northwestern British Columbia….