Selkirk College Is a two-year multi-campus College *
offering a wide range of academic, career and
vocational programs throughout the 7,000-square-
mile region it serves. The College Is currently
operating in Castlegar, Nelson, Trail and Grand
Forks, and several extension centres have been
established in communities such as Midway,
Nokusp, Salmo and Kasio. The College has full-time
and port-time students, students who are enrolled
in university transfer, career and vocational
training programs, and students who take general
Interest courses available through the Continuing
Education Deportment. Some students come to the
College to improve their basic education skills, or
to learn English, others enrol In upgrading and pre-
employment programs.

The Programs—
University Transfer .

} Selkirk College in Castlegar offers university level!

* courses in arts and sciences programs: including
Anthropology, Blology, Chemistry, English,
Economics, French, Geography, Geology, History,
Mathematics, Physics, Physical Education,
Psychology and Sociology. In addition, first-year
courses are available in Astronomy, Computing
Science, Philosphy, Fine Arts and Political Science. '
Credit for these courses is recognized by Simon
Fraser University, the University of British Colum-
bia, and the University of Victoria, z .

For more Information about the College's Univer-
sity Transfer program, telephone or write to the
Student Services Department.

Career. Programs

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The two-year caraer diploma’ programs are
designed to prepare students for careers In
business, industry and government. Some of the
career programs available at Selkirk College are
unique in the B.C. college system and unavailable
elsewhere in Western Canada,

Seven career programs are available at Castlegar:
Allied Health, Aviation, Business Administration,
Electronics, Forestry, Early Childhood Education
and Wildland Recreation,

For information on admission to career programs

telephone, or write to the Admissions Office,
Selkirk College, Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1,
<7 .

College
Preparatory

People who have been away from school for some
years may find that the College Preparatory
program provides an excellent opportunity to
prepore for future studies at the College. Students
of secondary school age, or mature students who

ve not graduated, but who satisfy the admission
requirements, or students who have graduated but
lack the neces: pre-requisites for entry into a
career or university transfer program, may enral in
the College Preparatory program.

The College Preparatory program includes courses:
Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Physics,
and Reading and Study Skills.

Adult Basi
Education

Adult Basic Education programs are held at centres
throughout the College region. At Castlegar ABE

rams include Basic Skills Improvement ond
English as o Second Language.

Basic Skills Improvement Is for adults who wish to
Improve their skills in reading, writing, spelling,
math, or general science. English as a Second
Language courses help people improve thelr ability
to speak English. :

Continuing
Education

Continuing Education courses include credit and
non-credit courses in topics ranging from An-
thropology to Photography. Specific creas of study
include: university transter courses, courses In
Allied Health, Forestry, Electronics, Wildland
Recreation, and Human Services. A full diploma in
Business Administration is available on a part-time
basis. Professional upgrading, personal growth,
and general interest courses are also available.

For more information, contact the Department of

Continuing Education at Selkirk College at 365-_

7292, local 232,

. Vocational
Division:
The Vocational Division of Selkirk College Is
located in Rosemont. Trades training and
upgrading courses are available, along with pre-
employment and pre-apprentice programs,
re-employment programs include: Business
Career, Hairdressing, Long Term Aide, Basic
Training and Skill Development, Atchitectural
Mechanical’. Drafting, Homemaker, General
Mechanics, Welding, Practical Nursing and Ski
Resort Operations and Management program,

Three pre-appr ship training courses are
currently available at the Rosemont campus, They

are: Automotive: Mechanics, Heavy Duty -
Mechonies, and Millwright. Upgrading and_exten- .

sion training ‘courses include: Business Careers
Upgrading, Welding Upgrading, Millwright-
Technical. Qualifications Upgrading, Long Term
Care Alde Upgrading and Homemoker Upgrading.

Extension Centres
Division

.Trail is the head office of Selkirk College's Exten-
sion Centres Division. The division coordinates the
delivery’ of a. full range, of .education services.
Academic ‘courses, business career ond
management training. programs, Adult Basic
Education, English as a Second Language,
vocational and community education courses are
available throughout the college region. There are

many learning formats to choose from: short term,
full-time and part-time studies.

Two levels of Adult Basic Education Courses are
available in Trail. Students may enrol in Adult Basic
Education 1 which includes reading, com
$ graWfimatard spelling, math, and.

ul , or Adult Basic Education: fl. Ceur-
ses ‘at' Level Il ‘include communications,
mathematics, and some sciences for Grade 12
equivalency,

‘Courses in Basic Job Readiness Training and
English as a Second Language classes at beginning,
intermediate and advanced levels are avallabl
Business Career programs are designed for ine:

rienced students and students interested in
upgrading their skills. Major options are: clerk-
typist, secretarial, bookkeeping clerk, and
bookk ng. Upgrading courses in machine tran-
scription, adv

bookkeeping, word processing and business com-

munications are available.

Selkirk College and Shcoo! District No. 13 work |

together to offer several continuing education
programs in Trail. Among the course offerings are
university transfer, general interest, vocational
upgrading and adult secondary graduation. ‘

For more information about the courses svalleble :
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in Trail, write to Extension Centres Di in, Selkirk
, College, 845 Victoria Street, or telephone 368-5236,

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anced typing, advanced. shorthand, ~

Selkirk College also offers courses throughout the

region, Contact the Extension Contre In your area: -

for program listings.

GRAND FORKS

5 West Central Avenue

1
Box 968
Tel: 442-2704, 442-2705

UPPER LAKES
Nakusp, New Denver, Kaslo ,
Box 720 .
Tel: 265-4077

NELSON.
Vocational Consultant
367 Baker Street

Tel: 352-7231

David Thompson University Centre
820 - 10th Street :
Nelson, B.C.

Tel: 352-2241

Open Learning Institute
367 Baker Street
/Tel: 352-2310, 352-7231

MIDWAY.
c/o Boundary Central High School
Tel: 449-2224, 449-2225

‘SALMO

Box 999
Tel: 357-2017, 357-9964

SLOCAN VALLEY
Site 12, Comp. 2, No.1
Crescent Valley, B.C. -

Tel: 359-7564, 359-7455

David Thompson
University Centre

Selkirk College plays an important role In the
operation of the David Thompson University Centre
In Nelson. The College, together with the Univer-
sity of Victoria provides a selection of cours:
community activities, diploma ond certificate
programs and degree programs. .
The College offers diploma programs in Fine Arts,
Graphic De: ign Theatre, Music, Writing,
Photography and Creative Woodworking. First- and
second-year Univi ity Transisr programs are also
among the College's atferings at DTUC.

The Kootenay School of Art of Selkirk Collage has
established itself at DTUC and provides courses and
programs in the Visual Arts.

For more Information about Selkirk College ‘at

DTUC read about the College's offerings in the Cen-» : ;

tre’s program listing, or write to the David TI
pson University Centre, 820 - 10th Street, Nelson,
11. 3C7, telephone 352-2241. iB E

Facilities

Library with more than 50,000 volumes . : Gym. >

casivm with raquetball and a weightroom . ...
Bookshop Cafeteria . . . Student Counsell

++ Intramy Sports.
ts Student Getivitl

. »« Special Events .
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: _/ the College at Box 1200, Castlegar, B.

or telephone (

}) 365-7292,

Home of the Selkirk Sain

ZiNC:.: PRESSURE leaching: plant! Bulli by Cominco tor ‘rmlnister:

Indy

ry and sm

A totel of more: than’ $417

"million has | been’ sppropri-

sted (to date: for various

The largest single approp-
riation has been $210,600,000

‘for the zinc electrolytic: and

‘melting plant: at Trail: The
“plant is scheduled to be par.”

‘phased

i \program ..was ‘an-
*. nouneed in April, 1977 follow- ”

$2.3 million is shown here as a plant operator adjusts a ceremony Oct. 20, 1980. The plant, a com> *
x. pressure leaching

the high’ pressure sealwater. system on number four . mercial application of the comple:

agitator on the leaching autoclave.
ficially commissioned by the Hon. D Phillips, 8.C.’s -

plant.was'of- _ technology for zinc recovery.

ing ‘an’ intensive two-year

i study-of all aspects of Com-..

inco’s operations in Trail and
’ Kimberley, Ait

Marcolin said the prograin

i well and: on

has ‘already

provements * will “com
: stream: this year ‘and many

others are just arourd thi
corner, he said. *

AN INSIDE VIEW of the electrolysis Section of Cominco’s | section of the massive building is as long 'a83% football
$210.million zinc electrolytic and melting plant project. . fields. The. first section of the new. Trail. plant. is:

‘Pictured Is an automatic; cath

CONSTRUCTION in progtessifor:Cominco’s $9 million. effluent treat-
ment plant at Trail in January. This is a view from Inside the treat-
ment plant building looking out before the siding {s put on. At top left
is the lime bin and

ime feeding system, and at right is the lime slurry»

jode-pulling ‘crane, : This. scheduled fo begin operation later this year.

tially operational later: this
yearand'-be ‘completed ) in
4988,

The. major. work at |
inco’s Sullivan lead-zinc mine

‘in Kimberley’ has involved

struction: of new facilities, :
Mechanized mining involves

+ using rubber-tired: vehicles

instead of rail cars to get al
the ore and bring it out of th

PPro}

Kimberley: in .t

zation and ‘expansion “pro*
gram to date total just over:
$51: million * including’ “the
$11.8 million drainage water.
treatment Plant which began

8 1

in the’ Upper’ Duncan where ©
molybdenum showings were ~
discovered as a‘ result of the

release of a geological survey:

and department ‘of. ‘mines

k 'progressi

geochemical stream sediment ‘<

survey covering quite a largo --

part of the Kootenay district,
Considerable staking was

» done on Silver Cup Mountain

and. in the: Incomappleux
River. but: it. is. not known
what activities this created.

* “Some work was done at the

Beatrice Mine and the Teddy

deau River. |

The Slocan Mining’ Divi-
sion contains literally’ hun-
dreds of old properties. that
produced high grade silver in *
the old days. Each | year

_ Jeasera mine’and ship small

feed tank: The plant is scheduled to begin operatio ;
will be similar to Cominco’s successful drainage water treatment

plant which
water from

began operation in the fall of 1979 to handle effluent
he Sullivan lead-zinc mine and concentrator, i

_tonnages of this typq of.ore
even yet — 1980 was no
exception. ve

: At:present the biggest
shipping mine‘in this aren is
the Silvana, formerly known
as: Silmonse. Discovered in
1968, production started in
1970 and up to 1980 the ‘mine
has produced about .200,000
“tons. of ore containing 3:
million ozs. of silver, 20. mil-

grade from the Antoine.
Alto Exploration an
Exploration .continu:

1979 rehabilitation , program

ued development work at the
Molly , Hughes . nears New
Denver, at the Carlyle Group
on Keen Creek and shipped a
bulk'sample of dump material

from the Payne. Sipald Re-|

sources did further work on
their claims near Sandon,

“showings ‘and
dof -Hooker:

‘able activity’ in those’ areas,.
Of :course, * the: old ‘reliable:
Sullivan Mne was'by far the

biggest producer. One of the

world’s greatest ore bodies of.

ita: type: it, has: to"date’:
\produced well over 140 mil-
Lon tons of 16 per cent com-

ed lead-zitie

In the Salmo-Ymir’ area’

Goldbeit continued their un:

derground development and -

rehabilitation program. B:
June: they. had. ‘proven re-

serves: of 60,000’ tons..Once. -

they: prove’ enough tonnage

to warrant a mill they’ plan to’

build one. They also did some
work at.the Queen. *
Cochrane Oi] and Gas did

lion pounds of lead and 20°.
po ys Dtath

million pounds of zinc.
A concentrator ‘on |
Property treats 125 tons

property’north | of
:Moyie Lake and has several
other active exploration pro-.
granis underway. It Is under.
stood that the Ruth-Vermont,