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1. Clinton Creek is Canada’s most westerly mining community. totalled $36.5 million. Of this amount $8.5 million was spent on preproduction

2. Clinton Creek mine is 140 miles south of the Arctic Circle, making it the most and development, $24.2 million for plant and equipment, and $3.8 million for
northerly open pit mine in Canada. automotive and heavy duty equipment.

3. The community of Clinton Creek is located at the junction of the Forty Mile River 12. Townsite water is pumped from the Forty Mile River, upstream from the pow-
and Clinton Creek, in hilly, unglaciated terrain, about ten miles east of the erhouse, to an insulated 350,000 gallon storage tank.
Alaska-Yukon border and 400 road miles northwest of Whitehorse, the Yukon’s 4 er ,
capital city. 13. ere bane is bes eel ae ue ji sewage treatment plant below the
4. Clinton Creek townsite and powerhouse are located on the Forty Mile River, So ea a
three miles upstream from its confluence with the Yukon River, and six miles 14. There are 252 rooms in 8 residences to accommodate Clinton's single people.

southeast of the minesite. In addition there is a four-room nurse's residence.

5. Road access to Clinton Creek is by a twenty-two mile all-weather gravel road 15. Families are accommodated in 58 houses and 18 dwelling trailers.
that joins the Sixty Mile Highway thirty-seven miles northwest of Dawson City.

: ’ ante 16. All townsite buildings are on piles which are set into 21 foot holes.
6. Mill and plantsite elevation is 1,950 feet.

17. The Clinton powerhouse is located in a steel building beside the Forty Mile River

7. Townsite elevation is 1,200 es ' 7 ; By and below the townsite. It is equipped with five 1,400 kilowatt Ruston and
8. Snowfall accounts for one-third of Clinton's annual twelve inches of precipita- Hornsby diesel generators and one 500 kilowatt Caterpillar diesel generator.

tion. Snow cover reaches a maximum thickness of three feet in March. The plant generates 4,160 volts and transmits at 33,000 volts to transformers at
9. Temperatures at the minesite range from a mid-winter low of minus fifty-two the plantsite where it is stepped-down to required voltages. Waste heat boilers

supplemented by two oil fired boilers at the powerhouse, produce heat for the

degrees to a summer high of 30 degrees celsius.
larger buildings in the town. Fuel for the powerhouse is stored in a 350,000

i -f nths per year.
te toe ae tur Host reo ; kel F aa gallon steel tank, located near the powerhouse.
11. Clinton Creek mine is owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited. It
started official production on April 1, 1968. The original “start-up”investment 18. Utilidors, above and below ground, carry all community steam and water lines.

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