The Cassiar Asbestos Sheet, March, 1974, Page ll

Howls from the Hill

NEWS FROM THE MINE

On February 7, 8, 9 §& 10, the mine suffered
from the worst storm conditions so far this winter.
All equipment was shut down except tractors and grad-
er, the ore shovel and one haulage truck, the rock
reject and the tramline. Visibility was very low to
nil most of this weekend, and it was a big effort to |
keep the roads open with two tractors and two graders.
The new power line for the electrification of the pit
which was designed for 2 inches of ice and 80 mph
winds, was damaged in a number of places and will
require some major modification.

Previous to this storm the 30R drill was tip- .
ped over on the ore bench, fortunately without in-
jury to any employee. The drill mast and cabin were
damaged extensively. Since the repair of this drill
would be expensive and time consuming, a 40R drill
was rented from lower B.C. and arrived on the property
February 16. This drill should be in operation on
February 19. On about March 15 another rental drill
will be on the property. This drill is a Robbins
drill ‘mounted on a D-9 Caterpillar frame. This drill
will be taken up to the peak where it will be dril-
ling in advance of the P § H 1900 shovel.

Also concerning drills, Brian Allan and Jim
Murdoch made a trip to Minnesota in early February
to look at a Gardner-Denver drill being employed
there. They were impressed enough by the drill to
order one which should be in Cassiar towards the end
of June. Some of the main advantages of this GD-80
drill are: completely hydraulic. raising and lowering
of the drill mast, drill stem drive from the drill
deck instead of from a rotary head, and an air con-
ditioned and pressurized operators cab.

Other equipment coming will be a completely new

radio communications system for the mine, equipment tgs.
garage, tramline and electrical shop. In the mine, Paci
all pickups, shovels, front-end loaders and graders ,

will be radio equipped, as well as base stations in RS sm
the mine lunchroom, mine garage and a remote station a Se yes
in the crusher building. The radios are from Can- | ss
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The new 1900 shovel is approximately two weeks .
behind schedule, but is now on its way to Cassiar. a ae
The shovel plus two new 75 ton Wabco trucks should be |
here sometime in early March.

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The Rock Reject modification has made a defin-
ite improvement in ore delivery. Work is being per-
formed on a continuous basis to upgrade the condition
of the rock reject plant and further improve ore
delivery to the mill. The record day to date is
6000 tons through the reject plant.

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