1989


Athlone completes drilling program

Seven short holes testing a gold- copper zone have been completed by joint venture partners Athlone Resources (VSE) and Vital Pacific Resources (VSE) on their Soup property situated of Johanson Lake, …


Black Hawk’s Minago yields good results

The first hole in a drill program under way on Black Hawk Mining’s (TSE) Minago nickel property has intersected encouraging results in a northeast extension to the main zone. The Minago nickel project…


Letters The Role of Geostatics

In the regular column headed “Suggestion Box” in your June, 1989, issue, Normand Champigny quite rightly points out that ore reserve calculations should be done by a team of professionals, but unfortu…


THE GREAT PRAIRIE DIAMOND HUNT

The French have a saying: “As false as a diamond from Canada.” The phrase orig inates with a load of “diamonds” the explorer Jacques Cartier uncovered near the St. Lawrence River in 1541 and subsequen…


What’s New Indicator/Monitor

Bailey Controls of Burlington, Ont., introduces the PI750 intelligent process indicator/monitor. Only two models cover the full range of inputs. An ac model can be ranged from 1 to 600 VAC, while the …


Positive Displacement Pump

A positive displacement pump designed for longer life when pumping abrasive, high-viscosity fluids is offered by Robbins & Myers Canada. Called the R&M 1000, the pump’s processing cavity design has no…


Cross-Cuts GOLDEN GRIDDLE

At these prices, it’s a steal. We’re talking about solid gold frying pans. “Pure unalderated gold would make a superb frying pan because it diffuses heat more evenly than iron or copper. Being chemica…


50 Years Ago GOLD OUTPUT MAY EXCEED 5 MILLION OZ

If the existing rate of gold output is maintained for the last six months of 1939, Canada’s gold production should pass the 5-million- oz mark for the year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. …


Editor’s Note FUTURE TENSE

In the picturesque Black Hills of South Dakota, heap leachers are learning at an accelerated pace what mining companies across the continent are discovering: people want action on environmental concer…


SINGLE-BOOM JUMBOS

How do manufacturers rate Htheir own drifters? By impact Henergy? If so, is that figure calculated or is it measured? Manufacturers that recommend a particular drifter for a given hole diameter may ha…


First Aid for Acid Burns

The only commercially available preparation available for skin burns caused by hydrofluoric acid is being marketed by Pharmascience Inc. of Montreal, Que. H-F Antidote Gel is a calcium gluconate gel t…


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