Homestake takes mine plan on tour TERRACE — Most of the jobs from 4 proposed gold mine north of here can probably be filled by people already in the region, says the project manager. John Turney of Homestake Canada said the Eskay Creek pro- ject can draw workers from Iskut, Dease Lake and Stewart, He made the comment while on 4 recent northwest tour to explain the company’s plan, Homestake envisions a 360 tonne a day-mine at Eskay Creek employing 80 people, Ore will be trucked out to Bob Quinn Lake on Hwy37 and then driven south and east to Houston for processing at the Equity silver mite, The Houston operation is ex- pected to employ 150 people. Homestake released an updated outline of its. project several weeks apo and will follow that up with a formal application to the provincial government in June. The company estimates it has mineable reserves of 1.1 million tonnes, enough for a life of eight to 10 years at 360 tonnes a day. The ore also contains silver, zinc and copper. Homestake chose Houston be- Party pops up TERRACE — Mel Hurtig’s Na- tional Party might field « candi- date in Skeena in the next federal election. Local] National Party organizer Russell Earl says there are a couple of people in the con- stituency talking about running. The most likely ‘potential candi- date so far is from the Queen Charlotte Islands, he said. Earl, a counsellor at Skeena Jr. Secondary School, said any potential candidates will be vetted by the party’s B.C. nominating committee in an cffort to screen out candidates who would give them a bad name. cause of existing facilities serving Placer’s Equity silver mine which is soon scheduled to close. {It looked at other locations in the northwest, including the Dubose area south of Lakelse Lake. “‘Houston already has the ser- vices we need and it has a good baseline of environmental studies - for tailings Tumey. The decision to shift processing away from the mine site came after further investigation into the kind of ore there. “There is very high grade ore but it is quite. complex. The pro- cess we will use takes a lot of power,’’ said Tumey, ’.The process to be used is almost like a pressure cooker which will break down the ore to expose the gold. . It will accelerate very quickly the natural process that occurs when rock is exposed to air. Homestake wants to take waste tock from the site and dump it in one of several small lakes nearby. That will keep the rock covered disposal, >? said 4 “We don’! want weirdos. or. Ba os 8 pe tremists being part of the party,” . he said, adding they’re trying to avoid some of the problems the Reform Party has encountered. Earl says he‘has watched Hurtig - | for many years and says the time is right for a new political party. “The country is evaporating around us while these damned politicians natter without having their priorities straight.”’ So far-Earl has a few copies of Hurtig’s platform — the 90-page paperback A New and Better Can- ada — and he’s started seeking support." . “T won’t say there’s been an avalanche of interest. But there’s been some. I’ve had about 10 calls in a week.” The National Party has about 600 members in B.C. - The party hopes to run 200 can- didates across the country, ard is aiming to cover every riding in B.C. Earl said he doesn’t personally oppose Skeena’s sitting MP, New Democrat Jim Fulton. — - “T think Jim Fulton does a hell ofa good job, My problem is not with Mr. Fulton but with his party as a whole.”’ 4The National Party’s platform includes: -* Cancelling the free trade agreement with the United States and rejecting the North American Free Trade Agreement, * Electoral reform. . ¢ Development of national stan- dards for health care, social pro- grams and environmental pro- tection. : Eeonomute policies aimed at creating full + employment, restricting foreign ownership, and allowing the Canadian dollar to~ find its own value without being propped up by the Bank of Cana- da, ; 4 CORRECTION The following errors have occurred In this week's "Dollar Mania’ fiyer: ‘The Recondioned ‘Harmony’ Phone shown on page 3 will not be avallable, Instead, we will substitute the Reconditloned "Northern Telecom’ -Phone for $41.88. Two. items on page 5 have been Incorrectly ‘preed, The 3.76L. "Rich & Ready’ Chun Drink fs actually $1.84 and the 300mi Everfresh “Sparkler” Drink a $2.99 We apologize for any Ineonivanlonce this “may have caused, : oo" Kmart Canada Limited and so prevent acid generation which occurs when exposed ta air, said Turney, “We- are doing tests to determine the best way of hand- ling that,”’ he said. A key part of the mine plan is constructing a road to the site, It will connect with a road built into the Iskut Valley two years ago that provides access to Hwy37. An application to construct that road will be part of the compa- ny’s formal mine development proposal to the provincial govern- ment. Eskay Creek, if developed, will be Homestake’s third mine in B.C. It operates the Golden Bear mine near Dease Lake and one near Penticton in the south Okanagan, The company last year mined nearly two million ounces of gold in Canada, the United States and around the world. 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