Page A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 24, 1993 BUSINESS REV. ONE OF A KIND Bristol Freighters owned by Trans Provincial Airlines sit waiting for business to pick up. TERRACE — Trans Provin- cial Airlines (TPA) has grounded its Bristol Freighter aircraft here because of a lack of business, But airline “owner Genc Storey hopes they*ll soon be back in the air once spring and a revived mining exploration season arrives, The company has laid off its Bristol flight crews but has kept on mechanics and office staff here. TPA has three Bristol Freighter aircraft, two of which can fly and the third is kept in reserve. The bulbous nose aircraft are the last of their kind in the Lack of business grounds aircraft word, Flight crew. sit in a cockpit located above two cargo doors which swing open for front end loading and unloading. ‘We're just in a holding pat- tem unti] the work comes along,”? said Storey. ‘*We expect to have a lot more work when the mining companies: begin exploration,” he added. : The Bristols saw a sig- nificdnt amount of service fly- ing, between. Wrangell, Alaska and the Snip mine in the Iskut Valley. - That contract has now gone to a Whitehorse, Yukon com- pany. TERRACE — The Fish. Tales tackle shop has been bought by Copperside Foods and will be lo- cated in Copperside VI. Dave Elkins, new manager of Fish Tales, ae he pipes renovations. ne pperside VI ‘to ‘Be comple By ‘the TES Wee ‘of April. oa - The renovations ‘will located Fish Tales: between the Radio Shack outlet in Copperside . VI and the ronvenienoelas station pat. * Elkins said there are plans to convert-a gas pump to purple gas for boaters, - The idea, he said, is to provide a full service outlet for fishermen, ; kkkkk Smithers will be host this fall to Skyline goes back to Iskut TERRACE — Skyline Gold hopes that gold ore found just as it closed its Johnny Mountain mine in the Iskut Valley two and half years ago will fead to a start up of operalions. Back then the company had committed itself to closing and didn’t have any money to explore the new zone. But now it does and Skyline wants to be back at the property aS soon as weather warms: up, company chief geologist David Yeager said last weck, ‘Our plans are to do an ex- ploration program, underground diamond drilling this year,’ he said. “TE we get good results, we'll do an underground development — mat-sized holes — to see if there is sufficient ore,”” Yeager added. Good results there will Jead to a feasibility study and if that turns up positive, a re-opening, he said. ‘Just before the mine was to close, we found some fairly high grade material but we had no idea of how extensive it was,”’ said Yeager, **There wasn’t the time to do an exploration program and then feasibility study and the principal partners when asked if they wanted to put some more money in said not right now,” Yeager continued, The exploration program. this year will cost approximately $600,000. Money for this comes from a $2.6 million debt restructuring completed several weeks ago by ou AND ABOLE a gathering. of politicians responsible for northern Canadian’ issues. : The Northern Ministers Confer- ence has the theme of jobs, skills training and literacy, B.C.’s eco- nomic development minister Dave Zimhelt announced. Zimbelt said the choice of Smithers is ideal because of its easy air access and good facilities. kh kkk The Co-operators group of in- surance companies has put out a poster and a video targeted at young people who drink and drive. At 12 minutes long, “Behind Bars” video illustrates the legal consequences of drink- ing and driving. The “Who are you going ta RILD.E. home with tonight??? poster depicts a young person being arrested, RIDE! stands for Reduce Im- paired Driving Everywhere, The Co-operators published two earlier posters. the . ~ NECHAKO Ute 0-6. NORTHCOAST CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Your Road Maintanance Contractor _ Serving Terrace, Kitimat, The Nass Valley __ As spring approaches road maintenance activities. switch trom sanding, salting and plowing to grading, patching and road sweeping. ~ With the frost leaving the ground- we can all expect to see the annual spring thaw. As the frost comes out of the ground the normally compacted gravels become soft and the results gre ruts and mucky sections on gravel roads and potholes on the paved roads. As the weather improves and the danger of snow diminishes sweeping and bridge washing will commence. With the change in the type of maintenance occurring it is time to think of people working on the road, Please watch for and obey the signs that the maintenance crews have placed as they go about their work. The signs are placed to protect them, and to warn you of possible obstructions on the highway. Your attention to, this matter is appreciated. To report any maintenance problems that you encounter please call: “fp Ron Shon, principal shareholder of Johnny Mountain. One of his companies owns the Skeena Mall. The Royal Bank is getting an immediate $739,500 and Skyline will give shares worth $850,000 to the bank. A deferred payment plan is in place to cover $1 mil- lion. Yeager. said the mine’s mill, mothballed since the fall 1990 closure, is in. good shape and can be restarted at any time. Skyline Gold experienced prob- lems when it first opened in Au- gust 1988, The kind of ore ex- pected did not materialize and wasn't suited for the mill that was Terrace Area: Bob Bowie, phone 638-8383 Kitmat Area: Clarence Baker, phone 632-5876 Nass Valley: Emie Kuehne, phone 633-2555 or Call toll free any time 1-800-665-5051 constructed. = as (eee oe eer Cs Z ne eer Exciting Specials -