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This is my first opportunity to be in -
Cassiar and I am indeed impressed by the
operation, but am more impressed by the
people. People I have met believe in
Cassiar and believe in the north country.
They believe in what they are doing. I
believe this is important.

Cassiar has won an award as the safest
open pit mine in B.C. I think this isa
misnomer. It is not the safest open pit

mine, but the open pit mine with the safest

employees. You have hazards that many
other mines don't have. Your mine is on
top of a mountain and you have extreme
weather conditions, and it is indeed a

credit to every employee to have won such *™.

an awarde

It is people that make an operation and
people who make the community you have
here. It is my pleasure to be here and on
behalf of the Mining Association of B.C.
to award Safety Certificates to first line
supervisors for last year. I am sure there
are other supervisors who will be recip-
ients of these awards in the near future,
but we had to start somewhere and we made
a cutoff date that excluded some,

The award is not to the supervisor, as
he will point out, but the fellows who —
work under him who win the award. They

. of its hazards.

_ Palting these 26. ‘supervisors; they. represent
~ over 3 million man hours without a lost

fime accident. .I think this is remarkable.

| Less accidents mean less. suffering..-This —
aé something we must work for. 7

-I see the first line binaryi sok as the i
most important man in safety; the most 3
important man in production. You have an~
operation here at Cassiar which is not
equalled in many mines for the fact that
from management, all the way down the line,
everyone is working for a safe and
efficient operation.

_ Mr. J. D. (Jake) McDonald, is Safety
Director for the Mining Association of
B.C.,.a position he has held for the past
three years, He brings to this job a long
career in mining and a deep understanding
A graduate from the
University of Alberta in Mining Engineer-

_ ing, he worked for eight years with

Cominco in exploration at Kimberley and
Bluebell mines. After four years as
Resident Engineer and Inspector of Mines
with the Dept. of Mines in the Kootenays,
he moved into his present position.

help him, but he has to sell the idea tha .-....

safety is part of the job. Safety is
part of production. It is essential that
everybody does his job safely and you will
have an efficient operation.

To qualify for these awards, supervis-
ors in underground mines had to have at
least 5,000 man shifts without a lost time
accident. For open pit mines the figure
is 10,000 man shifts, concentrator and
crusher, 15,000 man shifts.

The Award of Merit is given to a super—
visor who has double the number of shifts
qualifying for a Certificate of Achieve-
ment. We have about 26 supervisors
throughout the province who have received
these awards. Cassiar was one of the
first. to apply for and ‘receive this award,

SEAT OF SUSPICION

No perfumed notes; no telltale marks
Of lipstick on his shirts;

But the seat belt was adjusted
To half my size -—- that hurts