1987

Alotta Resources has pulled what it describes as “the best hole yet” on its Mineral zone project in Idaho, adding to management’s conviction that it has its teeth into a sizeable and good grade open p…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) June 69.40 69.10 69.40 + 4.10 July 69.40 67.0…

A majority of issues were listless traders this week, as gold prices behaved erratically. One of the most intriguing movers was Jerome Gold Mines, a generally inactive company. The issue closed at a n…

Thirteen of the 15 locals at Stelco Inc. have ratified a new 3-year contract. Included in that total is the key Hilton local in Hamilton. One local, in Burlington, was voting at presstime. The Parkdal…

Seems like most everyone is turning more and more to gold these days. Its appeal has even caught the fancy of giant General Motors, which obviously recognizes the attraction it holds. The big firm’s…

Joint-venture partners Quebec Explorers and Cogesco Mining Resources spent more than $1.3 million on a recent drilling program to explore the Dubuisson Twp. property in northwestern Quebec. The 6-mont…

Economic Minerals of Saskatchewan, the proceedings of a symposium held in Regina late last year, is now available for purchase from the Saskatchewan Geological Society, at Box 234, Regina S4P2Z6. Soft…

Maclean Engineering & Marketing of Collingwood, Ont., is marketing a line of jacklegs and stopers which it considers to be a good alternative to the hand-held drills that are now in wide use in the Ca…

Bradley Bros. of Noranda, Que., has developed a pollution control system that it says satisfies every environmental regulation concerning pollution control in all Canadian provinces. Developed for two…

Atlas Copco Canada of Montreal has brought its aut omated drilling jumbo to the Canadian market. Called the Robot Boomer H135, the rig features two but 35 booms for drilling mine openings which have c…

Two events last week, one coinciding in time with the other, brought a considerable degree of encouragement to Canada’s beleaguered mining industry. One was the unveiling, in Ottawa, of a new federa…

A unique group met recently at the Haileybury School of Mines in Ontario, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Haileybury College, Hertford, England, its namesake. A luncheon meeting of civic a…