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CLINTON MINE

An aerial photograph of the Clinton mine and plantsite is included in this report. It was taken
in the late fall before the construction was entirely completed. It does, however, show the general
layout and the nature of the country in the Yukon River valley. The elevation at Clinton mine is
approximately 1,600 feet above sea level as compared to 6,000 feet at Cassiar. Precipitation is
comparatively light and temperatures are more extreme, ranging from the high eighties (°F) in the
summer to fifty and sixty below zero (°F) in the winter.

The townsite will be located about five miles to the southeast of the plant, on a knoll overlooking
the Forty-Mile River. Construction in this area will be substantially completed this summer.

The first few hundred tons of ore were put through the mill in the middle of October 1967. It
was not until the end of November, however, that the machinery was completely run in, the dry rock
storage roofed over, and the plant considered ready for operation. For the next three months, the
operation experienced numerous mechanical and operational problems, many of which were associated
with severe winter temperatures. The major problems were centered around the crushing plant,
tramline and other equipment exposed to the elements. It became necessary to resort to a limited truck
movement of the ore from the mine to the mill to supplement the tramline. As a result, production was
held to less than fifty percent of rated capacity. However, the basic plant was designed for an output
of 80,000 tons of fibre per year and with the addition of a few screens in the rock-line, the plant should
be able to make up the deficit and meet the objective for the current year of 60,000 tons of fibre.

A further 1,093,000 tons of waste were stripped from the orebody in preparation for mining.
The ore to date has all come from the footwall side of the orebody and it is too early to comment on
the recovery.

Mill
The mill is performing up to expectations, and as noted in the paragraph on sales, is producing
high quality good filtering asbestos-cement fibre.

Ore Reserves

The probable ore reserves remain unchanged at 24,000,000 tons.

TRANSPORT DIVISION

The Clinton fleet has now been added to the Transport Division and the garage facilities in
Whitehorse will be expanded in 1968 to maintain the enlarged fleet. This division continues to operate
as a very efficient arm of the organization.

ASBESTOS WHARF

The automatic equipment installed at the mines to compress and strap one-ton unitized loads
has resulted in completely mechanized handling throughout all operations and has reduced handling costs.
Further experiments are underway with shipping companies and customers in various parts of the world
to determine whether additional benefits can be derived from this package.

KUTCHO CREEK ASBESTOS COMPANY LIMITED

A limited amount of geological and geophysical work was carried out in 1967 on the claims
staked in 1966. Some of these claims will be retained for further investigation and some will be

allowed to lapse.

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