1988

Continuing exploration drilling by Placer Dome US is going on in an area of several square miles located 6 to 8 miles north of Nome, Alaska in ongoing evaluation of lode gold deposits discovered by As…

Vancouver market watchers were buoyed by news that bargain hunters were out in full force in Toronto, generating a rebound among otherwise sound issues that had been battered by gold’s drop below $400…

Measuring stresses in hard rock has always been a big problem for rock mechanics engineers. Dr Gerhard Herget should know. The research scientist at the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology…

Shaft sinking at the Astoria property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., has reached a depth of about 900 ft, between the sixth and seventh levels, Karl Glackmeyer, president of Yorbeau Resources (TSE), told T…

The new Komatsu Dresser Co. of Libertyville, Ill., has elected a 6-member management committee. They are: John Murphy, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dresser Inc.; Masao Tanaka, pr…

Much of mine maintenance these days is based on the idea you can predict when a machine will fail. The reasoning goes like this: If you know when a component is going to fail and it costs less to repl…

Mine tailings that are dumped Minto lakes and other bodies Mof water are sometimes viewed with suspicion. Many people worry that the tailings contaminate drinking water. But studies done by Prof Thoma…

Utah-based Gold Standard has signed a joint venture agreement to explore its San Juan Hills gold property in Uruguay. Gold Standard is embarking on the joint venture with Compania Mineral San Jose S.A…

Although modern exploration interest in the Mishibishu area came about as a sort of `overflow’ from the Hemlo gold rush in the early 1980s, it was only until recent discoveries that major companies ha…

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…

Once known as John F. Kennedy’s campaign song, the words of that popular tune from the 1960s mirrors the hopeful expectations of every mining company. Armed with a positive feasibility study, more tha…