Fence deal set out TWO LOCAL organizations who were alter the old animal shelter chain link fence will now have to ne- potiate with a local con- tractor, Last month the city invited quotes on removal of the shelter building and founda- tions’ removal of the fence, clearing of adjacent land and removal of the build- ing/foundation of the farmer metal recycling building just _ to the north of the shelter, Making the fence a sepa- rate item was in response to interest expressed by bath the Skeena Valley Golf and Country club and the Elks. Council last week ac- cepted a committee recom- mendation Vic Froese Trucking be awarded a con- tract covering all four items, Froese will charge the cily $8,500 for the complete package, the best bid received, said administrator Bob Hallsor. Asked where that left the . golf club and Elks, Hallsor said Froese would be con- lacling both organizations and it would be up to them to negotiate a deal. Houston officials unhappy Mine switches site A PROPOSED plant acar Hous- ton to process gold orc from the Homesiake Canada’s Eskay site is dead, says company president Jack Thompson. He said building a mill, worth about $190 million, is simply too expensive compared to contract- ing the ore out to an existing - smelter, The Eskay Creek site is located near the Iskut Valley north of here and is considercd one of the - prime gold bearing locations. in North America. Homestake has worked out a deal with the Noranda Mining Company-owned Hom smelter in Noranda, Quebec, For a couple of years now Homestake has debated whether lo ship ore from ore from Eskay Creek (0 a smelter or to a mill it would build on the site of the for- mer Equity Silver Mine. Although Homestake applied for permitting for the Housion plant, the company all along pursued the smelter option with ihe knowledge of Houston offi- cials. But news that the Houston op- tion is dead has displeased local lcaders. “This is absolutely = un- acceptable to the people of Hous- ton and to all Brilish Colum- bians,’’ Mayor Tom Huverman said in a press release calling for government intervention to halt Come To The Homestake’s plans, “These are BC,’s raw resources and should not be sent outside of this province for pro- cessing when we have a ready, _ Willing and able workforce within B, (on an - Although final decision hasn't been reached and nothing’s in. writing, Thompson - said _ the smelter option is looking more -- and more solid, “Tt had nothing to do with the - perceived problems people have with mining in B.C.,’’ he added, **Houston, the locals up in the mine arca and the province itself have all been very good about handling our permit application.” Because the Quebec smelter can’t handle all of Eskay’s ore, _ Homestake is also pursuing con- tracts with off-shore smelters, nolably Japan, Thompson said. The plan is to truck the ore to the CN Rail north line and trans- fer it to rail cars, which would haul the cargo to Quebec. The transfer facility would probably be built at Kitwanga if. negolia- lions with Gitksan leaders are fa- vorable, he added. - Homestake would also ship ore by boat, either from Stewart or Prince Rupert depending on the best shipping rates. Eskay Creek ore. would be -shipped directlyfrom -the mine without any crushing, Thompson said. That’s a plus because there - would be fow w tailings to dispose of. “The ore is sufficiently rich that we would not need to up- grade it prior to shipping.’’ ‘A mine development permit is expected from ‘Victoria ‘“‘any day,” Thompson said.. Once that’s secured, construction of a $75-million mine project would proceed in ihe spring and con- tinue throughout the summer. “Td say full production by the end of the year,’’ he said. 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