ON THE MOVE International Lead Zinc Research
The new chairman of International Lead Zinc Research Organization, of New York, N.Y., is Keith Spurr. He is vice-president, metal sales, for Toronto- based Cominco Ltd. and had been ilzro’s vice- chai…
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LETTERS Remembering the Siscoes
As a person with some interest in the Canadian mining industry it is not unusual to read accounts of the history of different mining areas. I refer to the article “Focus on Val d’Or” in the January is…
THE NEW GENERATION
Inco’s Crean Hill mine is using the latest in mining technology minus the diesel equipment. It could become Canada’s safest, most efficient operation when it resumes full production in 1989. By Patri…
THE DRIVE TO SURVIVE
When Canada’s underground mine operators met in Elliot Lake, Ont., recently the talk was about how to achieve excellence when simple survival remains the first priority. By Patrick Whiteway Where are…
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– SPECTACULAR FIND IN RED LAKE
Word of a spectacular gold find, made last September in the Red Lake area, has just reached Toronto. Rich gold ore samples in the possession of Tom Johnson, well known prospector and mining man, were …
ON THE MOVE Swing Stage Clima
A new safety division of Scarborough, Ont.-based Swing Stage Clima has been formed, to be headed by Sean Burke. Burke has 12 years of experience working on safety committees, such as csa, the Scaffold…
ON THE MOVE Eldorado Nuclear
The federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear has elected L. George Bonar as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Bonar has extensive international experience, having held senior manage…
ON THE MOVE Newmont Mining Corp.
Newmont Mining Corp. of New York City has announced the appointments of John Johnson, Jr. as vice- president; Timothy Schmitt as vice-president and controller; and Graham Clark, Jr. as vice-president …
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– MYSTERY OF RADIUM AND ITS RAYS
One of the first questions of visitors to the radium laboratory is: “What does radium look like?” Imagine a small glass tube, the size of a match, partly filled with a gray powder; that is the picture…
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– QUEBEC TRYING TO APE MEXICO?
Deep indignation, and talk of reprisals, has been aroused in Ontario over Bill No. 5 which has received its third reading in the Quebec legislature and which may be proclaimed law on Friday of this we…
ON THE MOVE U.S. Dept. of Energy
Scott Campbell has been named director of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Office of Policy, Planning and Analysis.
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– THREAT OF OUT- BREAK MINIMIZED BY
The possibility of strikes at northern Ontario mines was definitely minimized by leading mine managers who were interviewed this week by The Northern Miner in the course of a survey of the situation a…