1987

Stanley Gold Mines, just south of Wawa Lake in the Michipicoten area, had a program of shaft-sinking to open up three new levels nicely under way when The Northern Miner visited the property. … Drif…

As you read this story there is probably not a single idle exploration rig in the country. Flow-through financing and some excellent exploration results have made sure of that. But the uncertain futur…

Dravo Wellman Co. is to act as the exclusive sales and service representative for New Jersey-based MKT Geotechnical Systems’ Mead-Morrison spare parts business. Pittsburgh-based Dravo Wellman, a divis…

Under normal conditions Sigma Mines’ new big gold mill should be completed in early April when it will swing into production at a rate of 300 tons daily, The Northern Miner can say after visiting the …

The 1985 report to the federal government by the McDonald Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada stated: “In the past, research and development (R&D) in exploratio…

Calvin Cramer has been named manager of customer services for Mineral Processing Systems. He joined the York, Pa., company in 1971 and most recently was manager of design and applications engineering….

Armco’s Union Wire Rope has promoted Steve Ornduff to technical services engineer. Previously Ornduff was a mechanical engineer in Armco’s plant engineering dept. Union Wire Rope is based in Kansas Ci…

Dresser Industries of Marion, Ohio, has built a new mining shovel for an iron ore mine in Australia. With a duty cycle of 30 sec., the 65-cu-yd shovel can load a 190-ton truck in three passes. Working…

Roy McNeil is the new president of the Canadian Explosives Distributors Association for the 1986-87 term. McNeil, who is president of Industrial Trucking of Moncton, N.B., has served on the cedec boar…

Martin Walker has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of M. A. Hanna Company, based in Cleveland, Ohio. He succeeds Robert Anderson who will continue as a director and chairman of Hanna…

Diamond Chain Co. of Indianapolis, Ind., has appointed Michael Brewer as field representative. Brewer’s background is in power transmission with an emphasis on distribution.

For many, many years the mining industry considered itself a rugged, old survivor, able to endure the toughest of times. Of course, the industry hadn’t banked on the mini-holocaust handed us by the re…