A BREAKNECK PACE Goldex
Back in 1973 when the price of gold was a trifling $80(us) an ounce, Goldex Mines was driving a decline at its Dubuisson property, near Val d’Or, Que. There was even talk of putting the property int…
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A BREAKNECK PACE Bell Creek
The Canamax game plan goes as follows: like most other junior explorers, the company first focuses on promising exploration projects. It then sets an “economic hurdle,” such as establishing that a pro…
Cross-Cuts FLOATING ON SUPERLATIVES
Harnischfeger’s new and massive dredge floats on superlatives (and water, of course): largest; most powerful; its 50-cu-yd clamshell bucket can plop immense mucky loads into a 6,000- cu-yd companion s…
A BREAKNECK PACE Golden Rose
At the turn of the century, gold nuggets were found on the shore of a lake 60 miles northwest of North Bay, Ont. Four decades passed before anyone formally mined the deposit. That operation, known as …
A BREAKNECK PACE Detour Lake
The Detour Lake gold mine, northeast of Timmins, Ont., shifted from an open-pit to an underground operation late last year. At the time of writing, the operators were processing low grade, stockpiled …
WHAT’S NEW Another Small Scoop
Wagner Mining Equipment of Portland, Ore., has joined John Clark (see What’s New in our December issue) in offering an electrical-powered load- haul-dump machine. Called the Mini-scoop, Wagner’s unit …
WHAT’S NEW Surveying Instrument
A compact, lightweight and economical surveying instrument capable of angle and distance measurement has been introduced by Nikon, of Garden City, N.Y. The instrument can calculate co- ordinates and t…
A BREAKNECK PACE Holt-McDermott
In the pantheon of producing mines controlled or owned outright by American Barrick Resources, the Holt-McDermott property should hold a place of distinction. Once this property comes on-stream, it wi…
WHAT’S NEW High Explosives
A new non-nitroglycerin, all-purpose gelatin high explosive has been introduced by Austin Powder of Cleveland, Ohio. Called Helix 75, it is recommended for blasting under wet or dry conditions in eith…
WHAT’S NEW Electronic Diesel Engine Control
Detroit Diesel Allison Division of General Motors and Delco Electronics have developed a new electronicunit fuel injection and engine management system. Features of this second-generation system inclu…
A BREAKNECK PACE JOE MANN
It is sometimes said that the best place to look for a new mine is an old mine — and the Joe Mann gold operation in Chibougamau, Que., is a good example. The mine has operated twice before, under var…
50 Years Ago January, 1938 RYAN BROTHERS MAKE FINE DEAL
The unusually high grade character of the gold ore disclosed on the Ryan Gold Mines property on the Yellowknife River in the Northwest Territories is indicated by the deal which was made between the o…