Computer Forum PUSH-BUTTON SURVEYING
Choosing the hardware and software for high-tech surveying systems is a lot like buying a stereo system. The question is this: Do you stick with one manufacturer for all your components or do you “che…
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Computer Forum OPTIMUM BLAST DESIGN
The computer blast model SABREX (Scientific Approach to Breaking Rock with Explosives) is a powerful new tool that can give miners the optimum bang for the buck. To highlight the role of all relevant …
Correction (February 01, 1988)
Reserves at Energex Resources’ Al property in the Toodoggone area of British Columbia have been increased to 1.9 million tons grading 0.157 oz gold per ton in the combined drill-proven, probable and p…
Law MINER SPILLS: Ontario’s Spills Bill
Recently, a newspaper article indicated that the former owner of a company that was responsible a couple of years ago for a spill of polychlorinated biphenals (PCBs) in northern Ontario was back in th…
Maintenance MAINTAINING THE HOIST
Ensuring that a hoisting plant is safe and will run when it is needed requires more than the mandatory tests. The true price is constant vigilance aimed at detecting potential problems. Aware of the c…
People (February 01, 1988)
Inspiration Resources — Burton M. Joyse appointed chief operating officer.
Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (February 01, 1988)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 89.50 cents -91.50 cents per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.14-$1.18 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). BISMUTH: New York dealer $4.75-$4.85 per lb. (Jan 14, 1988). CAD…
The 1987 Coal Review WESTAR
Vancouver-based Westar Mining is Canada’s largest exporter of metallurgical coal although it also exports thermal coal. The company is 66.6% owned by British Columbia Resources Investment Corp. and 33…
Important results from OGS study
Among the significant Ontario Geological Survey studies in the Northwest Region reported in the past year was the discovery of large areas of shallow oceanic platform sequences in several Ontario gree…
Letters to the Editor “My heart bleeds”
Re Juniors can’t afford red tape for speculators Jan 18: As one of the evil speculators who “hides behind a curtain,” etc., “in and out for a killing, or to rake the markets” whenever I get a chance, …
Acadia ups tons, grades
Avard Hudgins is building a mine. Nine fill-in holes put down on the L’Estrange shoot on Acadia Mineral Ventures’ Mooseland property in Nova Scotia have demonstrated the existence and continuity of a …
Core prepares for hard look at Knora gold bet
After months of quiet negotiations, Edmonton-based Core Explorations has got its hands on a property with some small-scale production potential. Located in the Kenora Mining Division, near Kenora, Ont…