Editor’s Note AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD
Elliot Lake was a boom town in 1956, the impetus for which was essentially the United States’ need for a secure supply of the yellow powder that had so convincingly and tragically ended the Second Wor…
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A BREAKNECK PACE Isle Dieu
The official opening of Noranda Minerals Inc.’s Isle Dieu mine, near Matagami, Que, is scheduled for September. Discovered in May, 1985, the rich zinc deposit, grading 17.78% zinc, 1.03% copper, 2.34…
50 Years Ago January 1938 LAMAQUE TAKING UP SLACK OF TECK- HUGHES
Lamaque Gold Mines is running neck and neck with Teck-Hughes and, during 1938, the new mine may overtake the parent organization in production rate and earning power. That’s what is revealed in a comp…
Profile ENGINEERING A TRADITION
He is an affable, part-time hobby farmer from southern Ontario, a tall, trim man with a greying pate and an avuncular air. In appearance and manner he seems just too nice and easygoing to be running o…
A BREAKNECK PACE Golden Bear
The rugged Dease Lake area of northern B.C. will soon be the site of a new gold mine when the Golden Bear property, owned by North American Metals and Chevron Canada Resources, starts producing the ye…
DEBUNKING A MYTH
Small junior mining companies have often been credited with outperforming senior companies in mineral exploration. It is widely believed that the juniors have found more mineral deposits than the seni…
Ketza River A BREAKNECK PACE
Canamax Resources is growing at an impressive clip. Last year the Bell Creek mine, in northern Ontario, shipped its maiden dore bar. This year, its Ketza River project, in the Yukon, and the Kremzar d…
A BREAKNECK PACE Hope Brook
In what is easily one of the mining success stories of 1987, Hope Brook Gold brought into production its Newfoundland mine — the only operating gold mine in the province. What’s more, the operation i…
A BREAKNECK PACE Pan-Empire
In the fall of last year, an A.C.A. Howe company, Ateba Mines of Toronto, started screening and sorting old mine dump material grading as low as 0.01 oz gold per ton. This material, from the old North…
A BREAKNECK PACE NICKEL PLATE
The inappropriately-named Nickel Plate Mountain is a goldbug’s dream. Placer gold first drew miners to the area near Hedley, B.C., in the 1860s. Later, lode-type gold brought the miners back to the ar…
Law SPELLING IT OUT – Joint Venture Agreements
If there are two parties to an agreement, whether or not they have equal interests, decisions will either be unilateral or they will be unanimous. There is no in-between. So in these circumstances, wh…
WHAT’S NEW Engineering Software
Pincock, Allen & Holt, a major international consulting and engineering firm in Lakewood, Colo., has introduced two new additions to its line of mining software. Opcost provides detailed and summarize…