WHAT’S NEW Snow Sensors
A new temperature and precipitation sensor and a snow-melting control unit, developed by Environmental Technology (South Bend, Ind.), are now available. The sensors, called the cit-5 and cit-6, conver…
1987
WHAT’S NEW Linear Drive for Mills and Smelters
Ascolectric of Brantford, Ont., has introduced a rodless linear drive system which moves heavy out-of- balance loads without additional guidance. Called the Power Beam, the cylinder can move loads of …
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…
Vatican in the gold business
Investors should soon be able to buy 3-ounce gold reproductions of gold seals that are iconographic treasures, found in secret archives in the basement of the Vatican in Rome. The seals, said to make …
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…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT MASCOT GOLD MINES
Back in 1984 a 300-ton-per-day Bgold milling operation was being considered. In 1985 that jumped to 1,500 tons per day. In early 1986 it was increased to 1,8 00 tons per day and by the end of 1986 th…
Drill programs of $2.5 million for Golden North
Diamond drill programs to cost approximately $2.5 million have been started on the Nickel Plate Mountain properties of Golden North Resource Corp., near Hedley, B.C. Golden North says the programs, un…
Energex seeks access road before production decision
In an interim report, Energex Minerals says mineral inventory on its A1 property in the Toodoggone area of B.C., now stands at approximately one million tons grading 0.20 oz gold per ton, combining po…
Evert Ross
Evert Ross, one of the pioneer mining contractors in northwestern Quebec, and the founder of Evert Ross Ltd., of Val d’Or (now Ross-Finlay Ltd.), has died at the age of 83. An emigrant from Sweden in …
Canadian juniors involved with Gwyder oil well test
A $4 million(US) oil well being drilled by a consortium of Canadian, U.S. and Australian companies is past the 8,000-ft mark and fast approaching its target depth of 11,000 ft. The well is testing a s…
Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT CROWS NEST
Crows Nest Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell Canada, operates the Line Creek mine in the Elk Valley area of southeastern British Columbia. T he company also holds extensive coal rights in …