Careers (November 09, 1998)
Placer Dome…
Porcupine Mine
EDITORIAL & OPINION — GUEST COLUMN — A closer look at mining
Last month, I participated in the Mine Tour Program for Members of Parliament, organized by Mining Works for Canada. Through the program, I travelled to Timmins and spent an entire day touring the und…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Water, water everywhere
Sometime in 1922, I got word that the Consolidated Coal Company in Fairmouth, W.Va., had a big shaft job up for tender.This company was said to be an interest of oil baron John D. Rockefeller and was …
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Win some, lose some
In 1919, I left my job as an Ontario mines inspector to work for the Longyear Company in Minneapolis, Minn., on its shaft contracts.My family came from Ontario with me, but, because I was often on the…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Tying up loose ends
When I was a mining inspector in northern Ontario in 1916, the Northern Pyrites mine was one of the operations I was responsible for. It lay 20 miles west of Sioux Lookout, near the Manitoba border, a…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Making the grade
I became an assistant mine inspector on March 1, 1916, at which time I moved my family to Sudbury.I was prepared to take it easy for a few days, but on my first day, before breakfast, Tom Sutherland, …
Placer drops Cerro Crucitas
Placer Dome (PDG-T) has decided to sell its interest in the Cerro Crucitas gold property in northern Costa Rica, stating that the property does not fit its strategic objectives.Since discovering the C…
ODDS `N’ SODS — Working on the railroad
During my 16 years in Timmins, Ont., I seemed to be involved with mine cars on a continual basis.Redesigning the cars at the Paymaster gold mine presented the biggest challenge I faced while working i…
LITERATURE REVIEW SPECIAL — Battle Mountain and Normandy eye Vera-Nancy gold mine
Equal partners Battle Mountain Gold (BMG-N) and Normandy Mining intend to develop the Vera-Nancy project near the Pajingo complex in Queensland, Australia.The projected capital cost of US$40 million i…
THE GLOBAL SEARCH FOR GOLD SPECIAL — Gold keeps Ontario’s Porcupine district on the map
When the Porcupine gold camp, near Timmins, Ont., has to compete with the glamor of the Andes and the mystery of Southeast Asia, it pulls out its secret weapon: gold. Exploration somehow keeps going w…
Toronto CIM plans outing to Timmins
The Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum has planned a field trip to the Timmins mining area.The tour, scheduled for June 19-21, will provide mining professiona…
Lacklustre first half for Placer
Significantly higher exploration expenditures, along with lower gold-related income and an investment writeoff, were experienced by Placer Dome (TSE) in the first half of 1995.The company netted US$12…