A2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 17, 1991

Prime only player eft.
in Iskut road project —

The proposed access road into
the remote, mineral-rich Iskut
River valley north of Terrace will
go ahead, but in a considerably
modified form.

The road was originally expected
to run from Highway 37 near Bob
Quinn Lake to the Bronson Creek
airstrip near the Stikine River. But
Cominco, one of the three com-
panies initially interested in build-
ing the road, has decided it will be
too expensive, and Skyline Gold,
one of the other original players in
the deal, pulled out last year when

Forestry
Commission

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tegy. Representatives of this, group
did visit Terrace to solicit public
input but the forgot to tell people
they were here. But it may not
have mattered. Their recommenda-
tions are very similar to the ones
made by the Forest Resources
Commission — based on the idea
that resources should be controlled
by local boards.

There are of course a number of
other forestry commissions and
committees travelling around the
province, hearing the same sub-
missions from the same people and
coming up with nearly the same
recommendations. This led to a
motion by committee member
Doug McLeod that was seconded
by Rod Amold: that council write
a letter to the province suggesting
that the. various commissions be
combined, that the province adopt
an overall Provincial Land Use

' Policy, and that no major land use

decisions be made until that policy
is adopted.

This recommendation was
referred to council’s Forestry,
Housing and Senior Services Com-
mittee chaired by alderman Mo
Takhar. This committee adopted
the Forestry Committee’s recom-
mendation nearly word-for-word,

- and so eventually did city council.
That letter has since been mailed;
now it’s a matter of waiting to see

if the government is willing to |

listen.

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Government takes stake

it ran into financial difficulties,
That leaves Prime Resources, the
operating company for Eskay
Creek, widely acknowledged as the
hottest gold property in the North-
west. The government announced
last week it has reached an agree-
ment in principle with Prime to
build a road into Volcano Creek
from Highway 37, a distance of 38
kilometres. A second stage of the
project will extend the road south-

ward 24 kilometres to the Eskay _

Creek site.

Tom Greene, an engineering
department spokesman for the
Ministry of Energy, Mines and
Petroleum Resources, said Monday
the government has financial esti-
mates on the cost of the road, but
they aren’t being disclosed because

it might "prejudice the tendering
process". Rod Silver, ministerial
assistant to Northern Development
minister Dave Parker, said the
province has set a limit of $7
million on its contribution to the
road construction.

Prime will pay for and contract
the construction, with financial
assistance from the provincial
government. On completion owner-
ship of the road will be transferred
to Prime, with the govemment
leasing the right-of-way to the
company. Prime will be allowed to

charge a toll on other road users to
recover its capital investment and
pay for maintenance costs, as
specified under the Mining Right
of Way Act, a new piece of legis-
lation passed last year. Public
access will be allowed on
restricted basis, subject to Prime’s
safety regulations.

The government will take back
any toll amounts over and above
Prime’s maintenance and capital
recovery requirements. The com-
pany willbe allowed. to cover its
expenses, but it won't be allowed
to make a profit on the road.

Both stages of the road are
expected to be complete by fall of
1992. Cost estimate for the entire
project in 1989 — including the 38
kilometres from Volcano Creek to
Bronson Creck, which will not
now be built — was $21 million.

Mining companies spent. $63
million on exploration and
development in Northwestern B.C.
last year, spread over the Iskut,
Eskay, Galore Creek and Tele-
graph Creek camps. Analysts
expect 1991 to be another strong
year, with major companies like
Placer Dome and Corona teaming
up with junior enterprises to build
on the exploration data collected in
the region over the past decade.

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Rescue effort required
in Thornhill accident

Two 19-year-old Terrace men were injured and a 1970
Firebird was destroyed in a single vehicle accident at the
intersection of the Highway 16 frontage road and the Celgar
logging road in Thornhill at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday, April
12.

According to RCMP corporal Gary Moritz, the passenger in
the vehicle was transferred to Vancouver due to the extent of
his injuries while the driver was treated at Mills Memorial
Hospital for less serious injuries and later released. Moritz says
the car was westbound on the access road when the driver lost
control, hitting a hydro pole and some trees. Moritz says an
investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing and the
names of the two victims have not yet been released.

The pas tank was ruptured in the accident and rescue efforts
involved the RCMP, both the Terrace and Thornhill fire
departments,and ambulance attendants. According to Thornhiil
fire chief Art Hoving the vehicle spun before crashing into
bush backwards, shearing off several trees. He says there was
no fire due to the resulting fuel leak, but Thornhill firefighters
were required to attend the scene as a precautionary measure.

Terrace fire chief Bob Beckett says his department was called
to the scene at 2:38 a.m. when RCMP decided the Jaws of Life
might be required to extricate the passenger. The driver was.
able to get out of the vehicle on his own. Beckett says Terrace
firefighters Bill Warcup and Wally Martell responded with the
department’s 01 rescue vehicle, but the Jaws of Life were not
required. Warcup and Martell were able to free the victim
using hand tools.

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