EDITORIAL More Mining
A readership survey recently conducted by our editorial staff gave us some very important indications about what you want from The Northern Miner Magazine. Whil e those of you who replied to the surve…
1987
SUPPLIER’S NOTES Sii Mining Equipment / Drillco Industrial Canada
Sii Mining Equipment Companies Canada was sold in December, 1986. The new company will be known as Drillco Industrial Canada and will be based in Sudbury, Ont.
110,000 oz in ’88 Detour underground
It’s official. The Detour Lake gold mine northeast of Timmins, Ont., will go into underground production, with full production at the rate of 2,000 tons per day expected to be achieved by mid-1988. Th…
Gold bug bites Denison, Ghana bet with Sikaman
After being out of the gold exploration business for nearly seven years, Denison Mines is jumping back in with both feet. And the company is taking aim at the original Gold Coast, specifically the Rep…
Investment Comment Canada’s first heap leacher, Gordex has growth
Heap leach gold operations are usually associated with the western United States, particularly with Nevada and California, but on the eastern seaboard of Canada there exists a small mine which is the …
Delbridge to spend $350,000 on DeSantis
Coats-listed Delbridge Mines has raised $350,000 for exploration work on the former-producing DeSantis gold property southwest of Timmins. A stripping and trenching program is under way with bulk samp…
Mono fill-in drilling continues at Madoc
Mono Gold Mines says its consultant has estimated mining and milling costs of $65 per ton for ore on its Bannockburn property near Madoc, Ont. However, a production decision is not assured. The compan…
Quartz Mtn. drilling cuts wide sections
Drilling has expanded the area of known mineralization at the Crone Hill property held by Quartz Mountain Gold Corp. Located in Oregon, near the Nevada border, the property was tested for extensions a…
Tax Angles, Flow- through shares and your RRSP
A number of 1986 mining flow- through share vehicles were structured so that the shares will be listed on a Canadian exchange and the actual shares delivered to the investors in January or February, 1…
Editorial Belmoral victim of legal process
Canadian courts move in mysterious ways their wonders to perform. In general, the court decisions we’re familiar with seem to display a good deal of common sense. Given the facts as we know them and…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Compressor Controls Corp.
Compressor Controls Corp. of Des Moines, Iowa, is moving for the second time in about four years. A new building in Des Moines will increase available space by 50%. Compressor Controls manufactures an…
CROSS CUTS OUTLANDISH
One has to wonder how Thomas Budnick is going to carry out his assessment work. The Massachusetts resident recently had mining claims on the planet Mars accepted by the county auditor’s office in Spok…