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Late in November, Brian
Pewsey and Ray Erickson
arrived in Cassiar to take
up their new positions in the
mine department. Brian is the
Mine Superintendent and Ray
the Training Instructor. Both
Ray and Brian bring with them
a creditable amount of exper-
ience and enthusiasm.

Ray came from Leaf
Rapids, Manitoba where he
worked for Sherrit-Gordon
Mines as a Pit Foreman.

Prior to Leaf Rapids, he was
with International Nickel in
Thompson as an Equipment
Instructor. Ray and his wife
Betty are now living at 189
Zimmerman Street.

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LOADER LOADING WASTE FROM A NEW BLAST:

479 TEREX

The GD-80 Drill is now assembled on the peak
and should be ready for production drilling at the
beginning of the new year. The assembly was set
back a week or so when the original mast was dam-
ged in an accident at Reid's Hill. However, a new
mast arrived on December 15 and has been installed
on the drill.

Chinook Construction have shut down their
operation for the Christmas season and will resume
stripping of the footwall on January 5.

Mining has been progressing steadily without
any major storms of equipment failures within the
last month. Ore delivery has been relatively good;
but an all out effort will be made in December and
January to fill up the mill dry rock storage.

LYLE FRENCH has been a
blasters helper in the
Mine for the past 5
months. Lyle came to
Cassiar from Vancouver
where he worked for
I.C.B.C. in the Salvage
Sales Department.

DAVE TROUGHTON, also a

blasters helper has been

in Cassiar 4 months. Davé

@:s originally from New

| ~ Zealand, but worked as an
office worker in South
Africa for the past 3 yrs.

JIM COLLINS is presently

a Drillers helper in the
Mine. His home town is
London, Ontario but came 2
to Cassiar from Oakville,
Ontario last August.

FRANK SHORT came to Cassiar

4 months ago after spending

4 years in Labrador working
at Churchill Falls. He
started in the rock reject
plant, moved to driller
helper, then became a

tractor operator 3 months ago.