Began in Kootenay \Gominco ‘Ltd., a Canadian enterprise’ with extensive min- : ing, metal .and: fertilizer opera- tions and: other world-wide in- terests, began 61 years ago as a small mining and smelting com- pany right here in the Kooten- ays.: The company was formed at Trail as the Consolidated Min- ing’ and Smelting Company of Canada Ltd. in February, 1906. In that year two. gold-cop- ~* ‘per. mines at. Rossland and a lead mine at Moyie Lake, a small power company. and The Canadi- an Smelting Works at Trail were consolidated to form the com- pany. The new enterprise pro- duced gold, silver, blister cop- per and refined lead, and esta- ‘lished a policy of growth and - diversification which was char- “acterized Cominco to this day. The story of Cominco’s growth begins in 1910 when the company acquired the Sullivan Mine at Kimberley. The complex lead-zinc-iron ore had frustrated attempts to separate its compo- nent minerals for seven years. “\. Hopeful of success, Cominco constructed a test mill at Trail and” ‘engineers began experi- ments to establish a concentrat- ing procedure. Meanwhile, min- ers at the Sullivan: hand-picked ore high in lead values for re- fining at the Trail lead smelter, constructed in 1901 by. the Can- adian Smelting Works. -. The company had, in 1902, produced the world’s first com- mercial quantities of. electroly- tic lead at Trail and in 1916, with’ Cominco engineers pion- eering the project, an electro- lytic zine refinery was added. Again, ‘Sullivan ore was selec- tively: mined for zinc and hand- sorted. : In 1920 a separation prob- lem which had baffled. owners of the Sullivan Mine for over two decades was solved enabling Cominco to produce. high grade INTO A SECOND GENTURY! Robson Radio and TV Serving the Robson Area HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CANADA! | Mudlark Pre-Cut Homes concentrates of lead, zinc and jron. The solution was found jn. selective flotation, used. for the: first: time ‘in:.a: commercial- | ly «successful, large-scale’ appli- eation, to concentrate a lead- zinc-iron ore. { A 8,000 ton per day con- centrator. was completed at Kim- werley in 1923, ‘with lead and zine’, concentrates shipped by train: to. Trail and iron concen- trates stockpiled at Kimberley. ‘Success ‘with Sullivan. ore inino ‘way tempered Cominco’s: policy of searching: for new ore deposits. The company acquir- ed two new mines in 1927, the Bluebell Mine at Riondel and the HB Mine near Salmo, al- though. they ‘were. not to''go in- to. production ‘until the: mid _] 1950's. - Cominco also’ began explo- ratory work at Pine Point and in 1935 staked the Con ‘gold mine -at Yellowknife. in the Northwest Territories. To supply phosphate ‘rock for. the com- pany’s fertilizer industry Com-. inco formed Montana Phosphate Products, the first venture into operations : outside:: Canada. Other :mines: ‘were brought into production: although ‘some were active for’ only short per- iods..The Pinchi Lake mercury mine produced from 1940 until 1944, the Red. Rose tungsten mine began production in 1942 but was suspended: the | next year, the Tulsequah Chief ‘and Big Bull: mines produced gold, | copper, lead and zinc from:1951 to 1957. BBE, 7 ‘Two copper mines,.one-at Benson Lake, ‘Vancouver ‘Island and the other at Newcastle, New Brunswick were put into produc- tion in 1962, and lead-zinc .pro- duction ‘began -at Pine Point in -1963. : : nS Cominco ‘began’ shaft : sink-. ing for a potash mine in Sask- atchewan in 1965, with produc- tion’ scheduled at 1.2. million tons of. potash per year in 1969. The most recent Cominco cmin- kitchen Lad . area... Whatever you want; just name it — we'll help you find it. Get to know your Realtor, chances are he may. have.the very home you are looking for. And if not, he soon, will-have it. Call your . It’s Time to... es Cees e eee Live a Little! All these years you've been promising the family -- that SOMEDAY you’d have a home with the extra com- forts that add up to a fuller family life. Maybe. with an extra bedroom .. . a modern ...a formal dining . or a den. Over perty. mically. recovered. ing list’ of metal products. smelting and refining operation 1940 -to 19 acquisition ‘of Western Canad: tion’ was trebled to integrated iron and dustry. CA Set tries.: formed ‘in‘.1962 to: construct: quired. at’ Pine Point. in’ 196 ore. acid from metallurgical gas, Th ern Canada, ‘the Western’ Unite States and ‘off-shore’ in cific basin.” eter universities at ‘Trail and. Calgary. In: 194: ing venture is the reactivation of its Pinchi Lake mercury pro- To handle increased. vol4 umes: of concentrate: from:'the Sullivan and ‘from’ other. mines, at: Trail were’ substantially: en- larged and modernized,’ particu- | Trail. farly during: ‘the. ‘period: ‘from Diversification: in metal op: ) erations began ‘with: the produc. |SeEve 8 city the size of Vancou- tion’ of pig iron’ at Kimberley | '°™ y : jn 1961, followed in 1964 by the Steel wie d steel roiling .end fa- ricating ‘plants at Vancouver.” erican ‘Incorpor: it- At Kimberley, pig iron produe- [ed States. with is fertilizer pro 110,000:tons per year and an 80,000 tons per year steel ingot plant was bto-| nic materials fabrication, mar- ught into production there to establish western Canada’s at Base: metal interests were also expanded in’ ‘other: ¢oun-| Ontario, metal’ fabricating ‘oper- and witha Japanese. company compa roduced ammonium Snasptate aed: Ged” amhoniam research centre» at Sheridan phate in. increasing quantities, |F 27, near Ontario. selling these products. in West- groups in establishing the ‘bene- fits of fertilizer to the farmers. During World War I the: Cana- dian government requested Co- minco to assist in the construc- tion and ‘staffing of ordnance grade ammonium nitrate plants from ‘the government. : ’» Cominco’s © fertilizer opera- tion now includes plants at Kim- ‘As mining’ operations grew, berley, Regina’ and‘ Beatrice, Ne- metallurgical operations at Trail were expanded. With the dev- elopment “of selective : flotation in 1920, metals associated, with lead and zine could be econo- braska, along with those at Trail and Calgary, with a total ‘pro- duction of more than one-mil- lion tons per year. » For many years Cominco has produced: its’ own hydro- electric: power. for its Trail and “Cadmium ‘was produced el-|Kimberley operations, : the. re- ectrolytically in 1928 and’ anti- mony: in’ 1938.°Tin) was recover- ed from concentrates at Kimber- ley;and ‘at ‘Trail, indium, high purity metals and ‘zine dust ‘were added to Cominco’s grow- quirements of. which: increased steadily as the operations ex- panded. © 0 es ‘ First power for the Trail operations was supplied by West Kootenay Power and. Light Co., from’a small plant on the Koo- tenay river. Cominco ‘purchased the power company. in 1916 and in succeeding years - installed 8 itenay:.and one! at “Waneta, on the! Pend-d’Oreille: ‘river near “Total generating capacity of these’ plants‘is:more than 800,- 000 ‘hp,:'or enough’ electricity to 80 exemplified. by other subsi- diary: operations and interests, chief of which is Cominco: Am- J ith its ‘fertilizer pro- duction ‘and ‘distribution facili- ties, mining“ operations, electro- keting and ‘exploration activities. Other Cominco interests in- clude shipping and bulk loading facilities at New Westminster and:Port Moody, zine die-casting and metal plating operations in ations across Canada, metal. al- “ acclamation; these ‘being: Er- this | ni Mills, Earl LeRoy and 5 on G *| Clarke'to'serve three year terms, | d;;Laurence; Lakeman, ‘a: t¥o to get concrete: TStiare tha’ Ce soon recelved, ™ _ Went to His Customers | Abdpgy cues os bo Realtor soon — and let him explain how you can “ive a Little Better.” - aes ently as fe merchants. But like the For Confidence, Security and a Good Contact, Meet the J, F. 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