CROSS-CUTS Prospectors’ Triathalon
It should be a great party when Timmins, Ont. — the city with a heart of gold — celebrates its 75th anniversary this summer. We wonder, though, how many participants will be prepared to get up Sunda…
News
WHAT’S NEW Drilling equipment Swiss Jacklegs & stopers
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…
Can-Mac funded for exploration
A total of $1.8 million of flow- through share financing has been arranged by Can-Mac Exploration for the 1987 and 1988 exploration seasons. The cash will fund exploration work on several properties i…
WHAT’S NEW OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT On-Board Truck Monitoring
Vehicle Systems Corp. (Bothell, Wash.) is marketing an on-board monitoring system for off-highway trucks. Designed to reduce maintenance costs, the system consists of an in-the- cab display box, a sma…
WHAT’S NEW DRILLING EQUIPMENT Clean Diamond Drilling
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…
WHAT’S NEW OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT British Trucks in Canada
Les Equipements Lefco of Montreal, Que., has delivered to a Montreal contracting company three new Aveling Barford 35-ton capacity trucks. The company will be using the trucks to supply crushed stone …
First-phase work at Favourable Lake gets under way
First phase of a $7.8-million underground development program at the joint-venture Favourable Lake gold-silver project in northwestern Ontario, north of Red Lake, is under way. Partners in the venture…
Queries There’s hope for O’Brien Energy
I have been a shareholder of O’Brien Energy and Resources for a good many years. I have followed its progress through news stories with interest and optimisim. Your reviews have generally been support…
News in Brief (June 01, 1987)
Quest Energy Corp. has changed its name to pch Post Career Habitats Inc. on a 1-new-for-2-old share basis.
WHAT’S NEW DRILLING EQUIPMENT New Lubricants for Pneumatic and
Two lubricants — one that increases diamond drill bit life and one for pneumatic drilling — have been developed by D. A. Stuart Inc. of Scarborough, Ont. Designated Dasco CS-7-J, the new diamond dri…
Alotta plans drill program
New Mexico based Alotta Re- sources is set to begin work on a number of properties in the Val d’Or, Que., area. According to President Albert Applegath, the company has optioned 21 claims known as the…
WHAT’S NEW Milling equipment Magnetism and Vibration
Eriez of Canada has introduced a new line of magnetic and vibratory equipment. The new line includes vibratory feaders, mechanical conveyors, screen separators, bin vibrators and volumatic feeders. Ma…