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-.No there is not a Cassiar branch of the
Mickey Mouse Club - those extra ears

seen on the hard hats are the new style
of ear muffs used for noise suppression.

- With the renovation of the mine lunch-
room, one fellow coisldn't understand why
bunks weren't being installed.

- After 4 years of faithful service,
Albert has finally retired his overalls.

- We haven't seen the mine foxes much
lately - maybe they'll be out more in

the spring when they get a little hungry.

A number of pieces of new mine equip-
ment have been ordered and we will be
seeing them in the near future. The new
Champion Grader arrived December 10. A
new TD-25 International Dozer is now in
Whitehorse and should be in town soon.
Six 75 ton Wabco Haulpak Trucks are
scheduled to arrive here sometime in
February, as well as a new 1900 P GH
Shovel. The Shovel will come in dis-
assembled and will be built up on the peak
by P §& H employees. The Rock Reject
plant is presently being fitted with six
T.V. cameras and monitors with a central
control room.

Gerry Charette, his wife Pat and family
arrived in Cassiar. from Williams Lake in
early December. Gerry is a new mine
Foreman and will join the other new fore-
men here, Ray Elhorn, Cesar Isidoro and
John Forbes. Early in January, two other
new Foremen will be in Cassiar; Bill
Jones and family from Elkford, B.C. and
John Willox and family from Shiefferville,

P.Q.

On a Saturday sometime in January, the
mine department hopes to host a tour for
all people interested in se¢ing the mine.
Some pieces of equipment will be set up
especially for the tour to give everyone
an idea of the mining operation. After
the tour, coffee and doughnuts will be
available in the newly renovated mine
lunchroom. Notices will be sent out
regarding the time of the tour, and who to
contact.

A program has been initiated by the
Mine and Equipment Garage Departments to
recondition the existing mine equipment.
The Bucyrus-Erie 71B Shovel was the firs-
product of the prograin. This shovel was
completely overhauled and repainted inside
and out. The Northvest 80-D Shovel and
478 Hough 400 Front-end Loader are now
being reconditioned.

1974 HOLDS GREAT HOPES FOR THE FUTURE
OF CASSIAR ASBESTOS

Here is the latest Company. news to keep
you all up to date on the events that are
taking place and coming up in the near
future.

The Pit is the process of being electri-
fied and this will change the 40 R drills
from diesel to electric. Cassiar is also
purchasing a new 45 Rotary drill a slightly
larger, more up to date machine. These 3
drills should have no trouble breaking the
required amount of ore and waste. The
purchase of a new 11 yard electric shovel
along with 6 - 75 yard trucks for the waste
production will insure adequate waste
removal to expose the required ore.

A new tram line with 3 to 4 times the
capacity of the old one along with the
proper loading and unloading bins will be
built this year as soon as possible and
should take care of the bottleneck between
the mine and mill.

With the large capacity of the tram line
a new concentrate plant will be built at
the mill site and this will make better use
of the ore by extracting a larger percen-
tage of the asbestos fibre before it is
discarded on the tailings pile.

With all the new equipment in 1974,
production at the mine and mill will reach
new heights.