2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 12, 1986

Instructor | discovers

crack in track

TERRACE — In mid May of this year Larry Dickerson, an instructor at Northwest Communi- ty College who is presently living in Usk, discovered a potentially dangerous area on the railway track that is near his home.

by Philip Musselman

During the evening of May 17, before the set- ting of the sun, Larry Dickerson heard a train going by his home. Dickerson noticed that the train was making a strange noise as it passed and decided to in- vestigate. After looking around the Terrace in- structor found that a sec- tion of the track was cracked and worn. He then contacted his next door neighbour Don Richard who is a

foreman for that area. The CN employee soon contacted his men and they repaired the track immediately after calling in a warning to incoming traffic. That part of the track was closed for a few hours and then traf- fic resumed. The situa- tion, according to of- ficials, had the potential of causing a major de- railment.

Recently, on Nov. 29 two officials from regional CN Safety of- fices visited Terrace to present Dickerson with a watch in order to show their appreciation, These officials along with Don Richard, Usk foreman; and Dave Viveiros, Roadmaster in charge of the track; personally thanked the instructor for preventing a poten- tially costly accident.

mm At the Northwest Community

. College, Don Richard (lett),

foreman of the Usk repair crew, Larry Dickerson, college instructor; Guy Lambert, acci- dent prevention officer; and Dave Viveiros, road master; participated in the presenta- tion. Missing from the photo is Ed Falardeau, accident prevention coordinator from Prince George.

Gold mines proposed

Sites on Banks Island, 170 kilometers southwest of Terrace, and Princess Royal Island, 170 kilometers directly south of Terrace, are presently in late stages of evalua- tion for gold mining ac- tivity. A short summary of each operation was on the agenda for the Oct. 4 meeting of the Kitimat- Stikine Regional District board of directors.

The Surf Inlet proper- ty on the west coast of Princess Royal Island has a history of gold mining going back to the turn of the century, with intermittent activity until 1947. In 1981 the proper- ty was optioned by Cominco Ltd. and Placer Development, who have carried out a small program of surface mapping, sampling and drilling along with underground mapping and sampling.

The proposal by Surf Inlet Mines, Ltd., in- volves a combination of mining indicated underground reserves of §7,000 tons and reprocessing of waste dumps and tailings from previous mining opera- tions. Underground samples have tested at .44 ounces per ton with the expectation of fur- ther reserves as explora- tion continues. The waste dump materia! has tested at .10 ounces per ton for 300,000 tons, and

the tailings have in- dicated .05 ounces per ton for 950,000 tons.

The _ preliminary feasibility study for Surf Inlet calls for engineer- ing and environmental studies throughout the remainder of 1986 and 1987, mine site, wharf and power plant con- struction during 1987, and full operation in 1988. During production the mine is expected to employ between 70 and 80 workers in a year- round operation lasting at least three years and possibly up to ten years if further reserves are established. Transporta- tion to and from the site will be by float aircraft, with bulk commodities arriving by barge from either Vancouver or Prince Rupert.

Trader Resources of Vancouver intends to develop the encouraging results from a major dia- mond drilling program completed in March of

this year. Although test data are not available, from probable reserves the company projects a mine life of three years at 200 tons per day and a high potential for addi- tional reserves. Environmental studies begun this summer will continue through 1987, and underground ex- ploration and engineer- ing studies are scheduled for the balance of 1986. Trader. Resources ex- pects to complete and submit its Stage I report for the project to the

Mine Steering Commit- ~

tee by spring of 1987. The Kitimat-Stikine Regional District board voted to request the en- vironmental impact studies and _ tailings disposal plan for the Surf Inlet operation, and the board will also re- quest the Stage I report for the Banks Island pro- ject from Trader Resources when it becomes available.

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CN officials present a Northwest Community Col- Jege instructor with a “Trainman’s Watch". The ine. structor, Larry Dickerson, reported a cracked railing on a portion of track near Usk.

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