Page AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 18, 1992

“BUSINESS REVIE

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DRILLING RIG used by the highways ministry brings up core
samples which can be used to determine the best placements
for bridges and the like. That's drill foreman George Deane.

ing an open house held fast week to demonstrate what the

He was one of many highways ministry workers on hand dur-

ministry does.

TERRACE — A local group has
been formed to give investment
and other financial information.

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4 Subeess Group’”” after the person
>Who gives seminars on these and
other topics.

It says telephone hotlines are
available and it wants to hold
workshops.

The phone number is 635-4217,

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The gas fitters’ course for Class
B and C licences at Northwest
Community College has received
a boost.

Lennox, through Terrace dealer
Acadia Plumbing and Heating
and Kitimat dealer 101 Sheet
Metal, has donated two natural
gas furnaces.

Also making contributions over
recent years have been Pacific
Northern Gas, Western Supplies
and ACR Bryant Equipment.

All of the equipment is being
assembled in a laboratory setting
for students, says Stan Holland of
Skeena Heating who tcaches the
course.

Bach course takes 100 hours

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Route drilled under river.
for natural gas pipeline —

TERRACE — Pacific Northern
Gas is finishing up a $1.5 million
project to drill a new pipeline un-
derneath the Skeena River.

It replaces one installed in 1979
to serve points west which broke
open in June during the high
water period on the river.

The new pipeline will be 2,800
feet long, and connect the main
lirie to the line that serves Prince
Rupert and Port Edward.

“It failed because it came ex-
posed during the flood and began
vibrating in the water, rupturing
itself by the welds,” explained
Pacific Northern Gas engineering
manager John Craig.

The new pipeline is being
Placed down 50 feet, a lot further

— and safer — than the 15-foot
level of the old one.

‘We don’t want this (a rupture)
to happen again and it is done so
for environmental reasons,”’ said
Craig.

The new pipeline is 8.625 in-
ches long, the same size as the
former one.

Work began on the highway
side of the river near the Salvus
highway maintenance camp by
drilling down to the required
depth.

Drillers passed through a layer
of gravel before reaching sand.

They don’t actually drill

horizontally through the sand, but
push through drilling mud at 700 &
feet per square inch of pressure to

create an opening.

Houston mine
lays off workers

HOUSTON — Equity Silver
Mines has laid off 48 workers and
will cut another 17 by the end of
the year.

The layoffs are the latest in a
scries since the mine started phas-
ing out operations due to a declin-
ing ore body.

There'll be 39 workers left by

_ the end of the year, mine person-

nel manager Brent McKinnon
said last week,

_ ‘That’s significantly less than
the

379 the open pit mine
employed during peak ‘work
years. It opened officially in
1981.

The latest layoffs come because

_ the underground work.

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and Holland has taught seven so
far here, in Prince Rupert and in
Kilimat and is in, the. middle of
the eighth one.

The plan, says Holland, is to es-
tablish the laboratory here as a
centre of instruction for gas fit-
ting in the northwest.

He's had as many as 22 stu-
dents but says 16 is the preferred
number for each course.

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Sue Dimback, whe used to
serve at Hanky’s and who now
lives in Burns Lake, was back
over the weekend in the Skeena
Mall with a new product.

She’s bought equipment, soft-
ware and supplies to produce per-
sonalized children’s books.

Dimback has nine story lines
within which a children’s name,

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‘Bach book is produced while
the purchaser waits.
Dimback — bought

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Quebec and can print in several
languages.
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KMart has launched a sales-
oriented magazine called ‘Family
and Home Magazine.’

The first issve of five million
copies was distributed last week.

The shopping guide is divided
into specific sections, listing pro-
duct descriptions and prices.

KMart has 127 stores in Cana-
da.

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wet and freezing weather make it J

uneconomic and not possible to
mun stockpiled ore through the
mine’s processing facilities, said
McKinnon.

It will now concentrate on mill-
ing and processing ore from a
small underground operation and
doing the same with ore from the
small Dome Mountain mine neat
Smithers, he said.

“Our (processing) tonnage is
now 9,000 or 9,500 tonnes a day.
That'll change to 2,500 when we
make the changes in the mill,”
McKinnon said.

Although only 39 Equity em-
ployees will be on site by the end
of the year, 18 workers are
employed by a company doing

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\ “Werground: work --could continue... .
' up toa the end of next year if
piedictions hold.

The new firearms control law gives everyone
the chance to turn in unwanted or illegal guns
and register restricted weapons without fear

-of prosecution for possession offences during the

amnesty. The amnesty means you can also

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Taking advantage of the amnesty is easy,
Simply unload the gun and turn it over.to your
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-you have any questions, call your local police.
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The pipe is coated with epoxy

- and is pulled through the opening

once it has been made.

Craig said sand is the next best
thing to clay in terms of drilling.
Gravel is the worst because of the
rocks. ;

He said the pipeline is the
longest to run under water in the
Pacific Northern Gas system but
that some pipelines in other

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places reach 5,000 feet in tength.

“And some pipelines are 40 in-
ches in diameter. This, I’d say, is
about the middle of the road,’
Craig added,

All told, the drilling is schedul-
ed to take six weeks, we

Pacific Norther Gas hired
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