Northair drilling Deception Lake
The first four holes of a 20-hole surface drill program were completed by Northair Mines (TSE) on the Deception Lake property, 114 miles north of La Ronge, Sask. Northair, which is earning a 51% inter…
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Barrick pulls strong hole on Card Lake bet
Assay results from one of six recently completed surface drill holes on Card Lake Resources’ (COATS) Harker Twp. property near Matheson, Ont., include 10.5 ft. grading 0.26 oz. gold per ton and 7.5 ft…
Correction (February 05, 1990)
Reference (T.N.M., Jan. 22/90) to an exploration project in Grevet Twp. near Matagami, Que., by VSM Exploration (ME) and Serem Quebec included an incorrect tonnage figure. Current reserves stand at 6….
Stroud to double stake in Hislop Twp. gold bet
Toronto-based Stroud Resources (TSE) is set to double its stake in a Hislop Twp. gold project near Timmins, Ont., by acquiring the 50% interest held by its former partner Chevron Minerals, a unit of C…
Northern Miner celebrates 75 years in business
A 75th anniversary party for Northern Miner Press became almost as much a farewell party for Richard Pearce, whose family owned the company for 74 of those years, and retiring President Frank Bowles a…
THIRTY-SIX YEARS YOUNG
Although the Labrador Trough was identified and iron formations noted by A.P. Low in 1894, iron orebodies were not identified until two junior exploration companies — McKay (Quebec) Exploration and L…
PERFORMANCE TEST: Management at Giant Yellowknife Mines is out to
The Yellowknife division of Giant TYellowknife Mines has been Tdogged by high-cost gold production. The mine began operation as an underground mine in 1947 with total aggregate production of gold to d…
NATIVE MINERS
It is 1960 and the federal government is wringing its hands over what to do with the Inuit it had moved to Rankin Inlet, on the west coast of Hudson Bay, from the central Arctic. Suddenly, the bureauc…
IOC’s quest for quality; With the outlook for iron ore more
Gold is for the mistress, Silver for the maid, Copper for the craftsman, cunning in his trade. “Good,” cried the Baron sitting in his hall, “But Iron, COLD IRON, …
%0 Years Ago
50 Years Ago [in] THE NORTHERN MINER, FEBRUARY, 1940 CALL FOR ACTION Right now Canada should be searching for war minerals. Who can say how much or how little we have until we investigate? Prospectors…
Suppliers’ Notes (February 01, 1990)
Caterpillar Inc., the equipment maker that brought the world the elevated sprocket, has passed another milestone. After just four short years in the field of plus-100-ton trucks, the company has sold …
FIRE DOWN BELOW
We are often reminded that “safety is the first priority.” In maintenance, we have to provide the means to practice this. Preventive programs vital to safety must be implemented and kept functional. A…