50 YEARS AGO (October 01, 1991)

PAMOUR PROSPECT

GROWS CHEERY

At Pamour Porcupine, west-end developments continue to be very favorable. The Northern Miner can say that more than two years’ mill supply — better than one million tons — has been plainly put in sight in this direction and that indications of two million tons have been brought much plainer and closer. Some of this new tonnage is in high-grade plums; the average though is typical Pamour grade. It cannot be denied that the ore may work out a bit better than Pamour’s usual $5 grade.

KEEP EM ROLLING

Federal government advertisement: Go 50/50 with our fighting forces. Pledge yourself to a 50% saving of gasoline. You can help keep our mechanized army rolling; our munitions plants functioning; our corvettes at sea and the planes of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan in the air, by cutting your gasoline consumption. This saving is vital; and it becomes increasingly urgent as tanker after tanker is diverted for overseas service. Keep your car in good condition so that you may get more miles out of every gallon you [must] use. Hitch a ride to work with your neighbors. Shop on foot. Walk to the movies. Drive only when absolutley necessary. Remember: the slower you drive, the greater our chances overseas.

HBM&S NEARS

6,000-TON GOAL

Step by step, Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting’s tonnage at Flin Flon, Man. has been raised and now stands at 5,800 tons a day. At the end of the year, it should be 6,000. Mine planning has been so successful that the company finds itself able to carry out an expanded production at a time when industrial operations generally are beset with difficulties. A major factor in output is improvements made to extractive processes, resulting in the winning of a larger portion of metals from Flin Flon’s troublesome ores.

EMPLOYERS MUST

TAKE BACK

ENLISTED MEN

An Order-in-Council directed at rehabilitation of men discharged from the army was announced by the federal government last week. The regulations provide that every employee who had had six months’ employment with any employer, including mining companies, at the time of his enlistment must be reinstated by the employer in that same job. Moreover, he must be enlisted under conditions no less favorable than he would have enjoyed had he not enlisted. Failure to comply with these regulations carries a fine of $500. Almost 1,600 men, mostly miners, have enlisted from the Kirkland Lake area. Barring heavy casualties, most of those men will be coming back to work after the war.

STRIKES

ARE UNPATRIOTIC

The theory that the Kirkland Lake CIO miners’ union can play with fire and no one get burned is rapidly giving way to a clear picure of what a strike there would mean, and the hardship and irreparable loss that would be suffered by all residents of the community. It is the firm conviction of this paper that strike votes are highly dangerous, particularly if placed in the hands of recklessly ambitious men. We are also getting a clear picture of the kind of people who head the CIO — and The Northern Miner declares that among them are traitors to the soldiers, sailors and airmen who have left this camp for active service, that among them are men who would tear the Union Jack to shreds, who play false to the mothers and fathers of Canadian soldiers.