Verrtnsay July @ 1999 oT Long ne of patked tansport Bailers at the Lomak yard on 16 mark one of the more Visible affects of the pulp strike here. The company tucks chips bul with closed pulp mills, there's no demand. Employees have been taid off, Hope fades for asbestos mine future TERRACE — Receivers for the ‘Cassiar mine are in supreme court this week asking 4o sell the now- closed asbestos mine and ib townsite piece by piece, The move fellows the Tune 26 failure of Black Swan Gold Mires to come up with a 10 per cent down payment of the $4 mil- Jin io $6 million purchase price it bad negotiated for the entire package, Terms of witt agreement bad calted for Black Suan te com- plete payment by July 17. The company was also required past a $5 million reclamation bond. tn wal, Black Swan needed Realy $46 million ta purchase and start up the mine. Cassiar Mining tion, was placed into receivership by the provincial govemment, its chic creditor, in February. That. came. after the province. refused to loan the. company on. other $53 million on top of the $20 million the company had al- ready borrowed, . The supreme cour {hen gave an order permilting teceiver Arthur Andersen and Company to try and sci the mine and town in one pices, But although the Black Swan deal collapsed it is stilt trying to taise maney to make anolber of fet, Company president’ Arthor Fisher is due back in Vancouver Gris week after visiting potential investors in Europe. Black Swan had carlicr reached agreement with the United Steel. workers, the onion reptescatiag. Cassiar miners, for a new contract Being deters TERRACE — Since the begin. ning of April, northwest conser vation officers bave deen forced to relocate six bears and destroy another 14, Unfonunatcly, it is buman bes haviour which fs retponsible for the deaths of those frcars. “The solutions & reducing the cement of cantlict between people and beara falls squarely on We -houldecs of poapie in the community." said conservation officer Petra Rating. Bears are auractcd to easy sources of fi J, aud human gar- hage is near the top of their fist, “Sane people just wen't heed the warnings." said Kalina, “Recep your parhage sored inside your house or ia closed gas “Bears are creatures af habit,” Haan bsve to be relueated once ry beanie a potential danger, adh thar bs ae where i seas Seat they mutt be destrayed. tint atfwers will soy haat ter bea Hi shows signs of he Dolawieer, on if it is fer wil survive in fnie dey het Meat pattaagte should it make a purchase and re~ ‘open the operation. Black Swan is “continuing to work bard to resolve all ovtstand- ing issues so that an acquisition of the Cassiar mine can, in feel, be compicted ....”* a company press release said ast week, ‘The compiny was ont of four lo express an interest in the mine this spring when receiver Arthur Andertca sought potcatiat pur- obasers, Black Swan was required to make a 3100,000 deposit but lost that when its deal fell through. Anbur Andersen pariner Jim Stuart said Black Swan still has access to the mine site in its at Jempt to come up with another deal, And while Arthur Andersen will consider another offer, the order it wants to sell the mine and town piece by piece must come si oon. . That's docanse it takes time. to onganize auctions and sales in ed- vance of the next winter, Tk would cost an estimated $500,000 tx mothball the town and mine over the wext winter. Stuart doubted any other com- pany will make a9 offer to buy the mine and town in one piece. “IE they weren’t interested be- fore, why would they be now!" he said last week, Once the supreme court penmission to sell the assett piece by piece, Arthur Andersen will be Organizing salex and auctions to take place next month and in Sep- kember. About half of the 1,000 people who lived in the town whea the imine closed now remain. clean bears “Someone took a bag full of dirty diapers and put them on top of a dumpster," secalled Katina, “Dirty disper are very attrac live to Dears, and the bear spread them oll over." Now that the bear bas devel- oped a “taste” for dispers, the bear will be very dangerous around 4 shild playing ouiside in diapers, be ssid, “Whoever is responsible for Wat kind of action should be Severely chastised," sald Katine, ‘The bear papulation is farge in the northwest, ond Kalina asked sesidents that they learn to live in harmony with the wildlife, Othes ways you can minimize conflict: with bears is ta keep fruit ees picked, make sure com- post piles are kept away from the house, keep pel food dishes in- side, and clean your basbecus after you use it. Correction TERRACE — A tiit of individu. aly oni! groups wha donated itera to Mils Memarial Hospital wap published June 30, $992, ‘The Shriners were Heted as hav- ing donated a billilite — a light weder which jaundiced newbom babies are placed — in memory od Baby Straw, in fac, the Straw tantly donate? the billilie and the. Shemees donated a billilite meter ~ a device which measures the radiance af the fight From front Native food fishery lon sackey¢ died wsrlessly there Mcsare they coulda’! ger inside the hatchery to spear, “You don't like (o sce that hap. pen,” he sard. The Tsimshian ailocatian could be worth more than $500,000 to local bands. Commercial fishing wan't be open to all natives. Bolton seid vnly those workers bired by the band cowned will run the seine Bshery, Since the year is a triad ron, Stertilt said most of the mancy gencraled will prabsbly be caicn up by capital expenses, wages, ang other startup costs. Any prof ils will go back to the band coun- cil or the tribal cauncit for com- munity or fishery projects, ‘The tribal council issued invita- ions Thursday to ati northern Processors ta bid for ike rights to Process the Tsimsbian-caughl sai- tan, Not all the Gish will go to the ors, however. The Kit sumkalam band's Alex Bolton said some fresh salmon will be kept for direct sale to los! e. “We're making allowances for Tocat sates," be said, ‘It'll belp climinate the black market, te0."” The Tsimshian fishermen will be tagging the fish they release to help researchers Icam more about the. Skeena’s salmou stocks, Ster- Fit said, They"! also be training some of thelr own people ax enforcement officers — called rivet guardians — wo patrol the rivers and ensure. tagging and release procedures are being followed. “We're going to be doing a lot of monitociag aod if we find any infractions, we'll be calling DFO. in,”” Sterriw added. Commercial fishermen last year caught Lk wailtion sockeye snd 2.3 million pinks atthe mouth of the river, David Einarson, of the Departaeat of Fisherics and Oceans, said an sdditional 9.4 million pinks meny of sheng from the Skeena —— were caught by tHe commercial Alert browern Priner Rupert and Alaske, It's not known haw many Skeena River salmen are taken by the Amer. ivan Geet in Alaskan waives. Sockryr is hy far the most valu able of the twa species, with Prince Rupen processors paying around 32 4 pound as of fast week. The price for pinks was Jess than 25 cenis per pound, From front Cassiar costs the willngs mountain to reduce the angle of its slopes so as to curtall erosion. Another mines ministry official responsible for reclamation, Tom Bell, said the tailings mountain is approximately 200 feet high and contains waste rock workings dating back four decades. He said three per cent of the mounisin contains asbestos which sould be recovered given the right method, Cassiar Mining Corporation had Sel up a test project but its results. weren't successful cnough to con- tinue, Bell said, “If that can happen, a liability can be tuned into an asset,” said Exrington of the possibility, of tecevering asbestos from the tail- reclamation || work planned includes removing all buildings and — infrastructure, growing vegetation on those arcas and retuming waterways there to their natural sate. The $3 to $5 million estimated reclamation cost follows closely the $5 million reclamation bond the province had wanted Black Swan Gold Mines to post as CAR RENTALS Gail Us Today For Complete Rental Rate Information COLUMBIA AUTO HAUS 3779 River Drive 635-5717 » im KERMODE! Tt LOVE IS IN THE AIR! See our selection of elegant wedding gifts. 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