MINE RESCUE . A
ais aaateet nacmaanaaael Casstar's Mine Rescue Team. L. to R.

H. Hawkins, L. Fregonese, G. Smth,
C. Gander Jr., A. Kutsche, Capt.,
F. Venzie, V-Cant., T. Lobbes.

A team of Cassiar employees
travelled to Brenda Mines, in the
sunnier, warmer part of Southern
British Columbia, to participate
in a Mine Rescue demonstration
on October 2nd, 1971.

This was a new FIRST for British
Columbia insofar as Open Pit Mining
is concerned,

Four of the five originally
scheduled teams demonstrated their
knowledge and skill in working out
solutions to assigned rescue pro-
blems.

The Cassiar team demonstrated
two rescue situations, namely;
rescuing a victim buried in an av-
alanche (see accompanying photos),
and a rescue on lake ice, (see
photo).

W. Giachino, Mine Supt. and
coaches Kinky Borsato and Bill
Dobie accompanied the team to the
demonstration and the unanimous
opinion is that the Cassiar team's
performance was tops.

Congratulations are extended
to: Capt. Albert Kutsche; V-Capt.
Fred Venzi; Livio Fregonese;

Henry Hawkins; Glen Smith; Tom
Lobbes; and Chuck Gander.

Along with the men from the
other teams, we could say they are
the pioneers of Open Pit Mine
Rescue and if the interest and en- Avalanche Problem.
thusiasm demonstrated by all these
men is continued on in the years
to come, the Mining Industry will
have an invaluable asset to the
benefit of all concerned.

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