CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 9, 1983 HOMEGOODS. FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tues, + Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek ; “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” ae IN NORTHWESTERN BC Access is a VANCOUVER (CP) — The discovery of a major copper- -qobalt deposit in the extreme northwest corner of B.C. is a mixed blessing for Falcon- bridge baer of Toronto. For Calling all 1983 Brides" u you are planning your ding, you will want to attend a Welcome Wagon Bridal ieary,ie your commun- My to! Feb. 28 at the Fireside tna, Look What Welcome Wogen Has ln Store For You... Special Displays Gifts for every bride Nui 8 Door Prizes Admittance free. To obtain your personal invitation for mother or se Aw cine ons 3 INVITATION ONLY the orebody is of good ‘quality and quantity, it is located on a mountain, sur- rounded by glaciers, 65 kil- ometres from the nearest jfoad. * Access has always been a problem in mineral-rich northwestern. B.C. “Roads through the mountains are |, expensive and difficult to construct and the area lacks | sufficient population to jus- tify much public short supply. "The B.C. Hydro’ grid ends ‘about 700 kilom- otres south of Atlin, the com- munity closest to the Falcon- bridge find, and: ‘although there has been talk of several power projects in the ares, . none have been finalized. Power could possibly be purchased from the Northern Canada Power Commission (NCPC), which serves the Yukon and Northwest Terri- tories, but a powor project planned for the area is still on the drawing. board. A B.C. government report pays there is more than $73 billion worth of minerals and Cheap power, another mi- ning necessity, is also in VANCOUVER (CP) — A team of four scientists from BC. h northwest B.C., but most re- mains in the ground because the method discovered by the B.C. the virtually the necessary infrastructure. to. develop ‘its resources, PROJECYS UNLIKELY. ‘With the province and the country still ‘sluggish from the recession, -it' is unlikely this situation will change in tho short term. A transpor- ‘tation.’ ministry. spokesman said the province has no im- mediate ‘Plans for road or. railway di in the y and Yukon Minos, says ke knows of at "nek Pattaraon of the ae Chamber least two sizeable copper deposits. in’ northwestern B.C. that remain’ untouched because of access and Power problems, | : Patterson said Hudson Bay... Mining and Eovetting Co. Ltd. a third | factor Wananert } -agalnist developrnent :of ‘the would: be nice to own, but difficult to get at. It lies in the St. Elias mountain range about 60-kilome : “es, south of the Yukon border, near the », Alsck ‘River. TUNNEL CONSIDERED ‘A sokerman for Geddes Atlin mining district.’’ - Flint Bondurant .of B.C. Hydro said’. major power projects on the Stikine ‘and Liard rivers in northern B.C.; - were ‘still: ‘under. ‘consider-’, and ation, Any ‘mine ‘starting in the ‘Atlin. mining district would have'to rely on expen- From ‘the “hot tubs, the. bacteria 1 the sul- Castlegar Savings CREDIT UNION . Castlegar 365-7232 Slofen fark 226: 7212: g “a method of using bacteria to: extract metal from ore, with- out polluting. the environ- ment. Patents were filed around the world last week on the’ discovery made at the non- profit phuric acid, producing sul- phur. “We still ‘don't understand the’ biology,” said Bruynes-. “teyn, “but we have | full con-” Gol of the process.” SHARING COSTS Mining and the that does work under con- tract’ for government and industry. : “We thought at first we must. be doing something wrong,” said team leader Al Bruynesteyn. “We tried all sorts of tests. Then finally we did some unconventional tests.” The existence of rock-eat- ing bacteria has been known for 25 years, but the process ‘was not widely used because of the simultaneous produc- tion of sulphuric acid. Under provincial: . government :: are sharing in a $825,000 deviop- ment prograni involving the bacteria. The two-year pro- gram will culminate in a de- sign for a pilot plant to be built in B.C.. “It would be a series of tanks like giant hot tubs, 10 to 50 of them depending on the size of the mine,” _ said Bruynesteyn, pet mould be stirred with laden liquids would go through standard solvent and to pro... : electroplating stages ‘duce the final ‘metal. No acid would be* sumed in the process, . led or con-* perty near, the Stikine “River contalas 125 million tonnes of copper, ' while Teck Corp.'s. deposit nearby is estimated. at one billion : tonnes: : While ® the ‘Quality ‘of ore from both’ sites - ‘is ‘not:.as good as that jat Windy: Craggy, the ‘Falcon. bridge . find,’ ‘the two are ‘Bacteria to extract process:.will help: the» prov: . de; ince’s refiners..."We're not _. a: partner with Piraennia ‘in the de-,” ‘posit, mentioned. the | pos- sibility of a tunnel. being drilled’ through the moup- tains. But Falconbridge: spokesman Ed Shiller said it ‘was atill too early to say how area's rich copper: deposits.» '- “World ‘copper “niarkets are’ weak. And although they've shown some recent’ algns of recovery, investment. ahaly- sts are predicting only mod- erate improvement. * Mining analyst Robert Sib- ‘thorpe of Midland Doherty Ltd. says copper, which is selling for about 72: cents (U,8.) a pound,’ will increase’ to about $1 a pound by the end of the year, encouraging copper mines throughout the “world to reopen.” + With so. much’ capacity ble, there will not be a | th ‘any access and power Prob: Jems, ©.) Pat d'the most ob- ‘vious route to market: would - be through a series of tunnels and roads to the sea, about 110. kilometres ‘west, of the’ posit. Even if access and power Currently, copper ‘ore from’ In B.C. mines .is crushed ‘and ‘: then separated using. a flo-, tation ‘process, The. concen-' trates are shibned to Sener for Bruynesteyn said “copper can be extracted for about 20 ; to 25 cents a pound using the | new method, compared with the 35 cents a pound it costs - to have the concentrate smelted in Japan, FIRST TO FINANCE: - The B.C. Ministry’ of En: ergy, bnarced and Petroleum, is: also sfi the © keop. tho pension. while the bacteria work.” ‘Wes: Johnaon,’ chief: analyst order souvenir Sota of the. large, annual . or, Send to friends, relatives and business, contacts " Once qi in, for the fourth time, the Castlega lews is publishing its Progréss Edition. To . be published in mid-March, our news depai Rorinient personnel, production people and adver- tising staff people are putting this keepsake special edition together. To meet the projected demand for extra coples, the Castlegar News | will publish a limited number of copies for readers to send out to friends, course, the special edition will be included as part of the regular paper to all subscribers. Asasi rvice jo readers, wishing to send extra co} ds to others, an order blank Is printed iegar News will wrap, address and mail gift copies for you if you rhail this coupon tous. s. Send your order now! ! CASTLEGAR NEWS, “PROGRESS EDITION", PRICES BOX 3007, CASTLEGAR, B.C. VIN 3H4 enclosed, Progress Edition to ~ Wrapped and matted for you PROV.-ZIP. Mailed to any point in Canada NAME $2.00 ea. ADDRESS PROV.-ZIP Mailed to the U.S. CITY or any foreign country PHONE. =| eet aes ‘aim: ‘Eastman, ‘vice-prest- dent of projects "ioelageeat for Placer. Develonment Ltd,” > sald < the’. “company. thought. . . twice about making a $50,000 contribution to’the develop- ment program because’of the recession. In the: end, ' they : decided to contribute.-“'If this- thing is a‘success;’ it's the “an trea adapting . the’ Reo ie E ‘with the ministry, said the.” one. of its mines. Stohes will “break-up~ Mick Jagger, chief market- ing symbol of “the : Rolling Stones, says the group’ will have to break up eventually, but it will happen slowly, «” “The band had.done what it set out to do. I don't know what goals are left,” he said. “It can’t go on like an old comedy act.” ' Referring to. the group's future, the 40-year-old Jag- gor said: “It will disintegrate very slowly. (Bass guitarist) Bill Wyman hasbeen saying for years that he will retire from the group ‘and one of these years he’s finally going to do it.” _ Jagger added that his © mother would be delighted to see the end of the: Stones. - “She has always been un- happy with what I do.” : are solved, there is ‘copper shortage that‘ would drive: up. prices and “Induce Falconbridge to speed devel- opment of the high- grade de- posit. Sibthorpe t said only.a long, ealthy, ‘Western | world 're- covery would make develop- ment of minés such as Windy Craggy feasible. “ Name your lucky star. ' ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Shakespeare once poked fun at’ people who. “give.a name to every fixed star.” ' Little did he know that one day there: would be. stars , president of the US. division. in Northfield,’ I. Mosele said she does: not believe the radio ads are “misleading. + “Not all astroidmera love us, ‘but ‘some are our "she sald, quoting” ‘letter of support from plan.. Dowale of Toronto, has made bi “of money — the president of the U:S. division won't say how much —-by sollng. people they can hitch their moniker to a star for ee and have it published ina at a. h Since ‘Mosele’s group has no copyright on the stars, other. companies can also as- sign: names to the celestial bodies... Hall said he knows of one that has, Name A Star Im- mortality Inc. of Tarzana, Calif. Attempts to reach that - ‘outfit » failed when a) dir- : my “Although you would have no. fhotel'la most major. Canadian’ el sUttle trouble | finding the chain's ‘8. years and another $80 million that's in the planning ‘sees ) ‘ dilemma of one department not knowing what the other A slimming process in the trenches, Paiiison says, it made . + continues to operate asa profit centres: } ‘hotels look: th the future lies, with chopping as much duplication as possible while eliminating as much as possible the age-old is doing. * Although ' most businesses would : start - their ‘more sense to Delta to start at the top while every hotel” “-:-" GUITING FRILLS . It’s much the same approach that Delta has taken with its hotels by jettidoning corporate vanity items such as enormous lobbies and ballrooms to put its money into luxury accommodation and recreational facilities while maintaining affordable room rates...” : The formila'also leayes room for individual touches at each of its hotels to make sure no one can ‘say all' the dame without blending into the’ local ota varition of the’ o-nonsonse, no-frills approach om busine are ianing. in what moat belleve: will be t ead ‘offices, ‘Delta, has: shut. down ‘its Vancouver and moved the ‘staff to’ Toronto... “The Toronto head office at Delta’s flagship hotel, the. an teas cae the new head office and'‘inftastruc ture that went with it ‘accounts. for a'20-per-cent cut in overhead Off the top, even if the, early, mllkstore ‘motif does look: like, hell, thank you. A: ‘4: The’ company’s future and ‘that: of most ‘North “American firms lies ‘almost solely with good management, not growth, says Pattison. .) > That is a:surprising thing to hear from.a man who started -in 1962 ‘by taking over a 60-room hotel near. Inn.. Since .1979, Pattison's privately ‘held company has opened seven hotels and had sales’ of ‘$100 ‘million: in 1982. ‘wall vat ‘the ‘Formerly. divided intoan cast and west ‘division with: ak “ entire hotel: chain of 8,500 pected and ‘reports to, Isea Inn, wasn't spared either. Since last September, . d office — z eomplete, with co: ae that will be fused ‘ : most of its time Dyalnstorinag while its':members report Vantouver. airport ‘that: now. is’ the .476-rdom. Delta’ ‘Airport . daily basis,” he says. “Yn Halifax, that mieant reorecting a ‘century-old brick: : min ‘the ‘Historie Properties development on the city’s waterfront, At the Bow Valley Canadian a was borrowed from collectors to i a ‘caluaesinent concept, A: : reside and. “four’ operations peeyiina “the matrix —'watches over the: “ Pattispi sald he hopes the ARES which will spend - ‘hack and forth: to’ Snel various ‘departments, will ensure ’ i ‘and a Sula: " balled,” CIGARETTES No-name labels are big sellers DURHAM, N.C.. (AP) — ‘ When Liggett and Myers To- bacco Co, introduced ita gen- eric cigarettes two years ago, market analysts predicted U.S. smokers would never switch from brand names to private and no-name labels, consumers. .: spent $180 million on generic . clgarettes, making them the "Last. year, fastest-growing: segment ‘of ‘the ‘tobacco ‘market. This year, with the doubling of the U.S. excise tax on cigarettes to 16 cents a. pack; Liggett , Officials say they expect gen- eric sales to increase as much ‘a8 60 per cent. i The exeeatives aay: they Liggett’ plant, During the past two years, Gary has grown {som a one-miaa oper: i in” ation to 10 staff the office and 30 field repre- : sentatives across the U.S. Price is what persuades - consumers to buy : generic cigarettes the first time, -Dowd says. Generics average [f 10 to 15'cents Jess a pack and $1 to $1.50 less a carton than national brands. But Dowd says the quality keeps customers. buying the 3 California Grown, no-name ci “We use only top-grade to- bacco leaf in’ our private-_ label brands,..no stems or f Bieta. he pays. “Generics “to be big sollers hit add that sthey have been surprised by. Yar. . “It's * just” ‘really snow- says James Dowd, " toreea cree poloteation of without being sure the senior persons on the matrix’ ‘have | ° all been involved in the decision, If that works well then it head office, Pattison said a Maison that “includes managers of ‘larger hotels pling “big brother” to’ those ‘of smaller ‘ones... ~ “You have everybody talking to everybody else ona “That’ “sounds unwieldly. . ‘and you're iruling -by “committee. You're not ruling but you're -operating, by committee as: opposed ‘to a very : straight < line. . what some process, The growth years and expanding marketa of the past decades are long gone.‘ ‘Whatever growth there will be for businesses ‘in the says Michael McClew of Woods Gordon Management * Consyltants. The work towards a fluid and officient process that ‘begas. on the factory floor is working its way up the ladder tothe office as d more businesses demand more from their Recesaiin or_no recession, the Canadian economy is 35 calla sf * Chemical and Shell Oi. +1980s will kave to come out of the hides of competitors, “The matrix system, has been used*by such cor /porations as General Electric, Texas’ Instruments, Dow We're not running a bunch of McDonald's restau-’ rants. where. Big Mac io'a Big Mae is a Big Mac.” Pattison says. .:*. “Things are-different in Halifax than they are in Victoria: There are certain that are not different, " but, there are a hell of a lot that are. It's communications For Pattison, whose company has been. plane- . “tarlum director said-he has received) “about a dozen” phone calls from people who he. thinks ‘are being victim- ized-by the company’s radio advertising, , «“It's fine as long as people understand it's a gimmick, a Lan a novelty,” ‘said Donald Hall, director of the Stras- enburgh ‘Planetarium of the Rochester Museum and Sci- ence Centre, “Some people have had the impression that this is. of some note in the scientific world.” . Its not, he said. “There isn't anybody who's going to know that this star is named Harry: Jones except . Mrs. Jones.” 70,000 NAMES So far the three-year-old International Star Registry has: named about. 70,000 stars, said Phyllis Moselle, xa no such company was - listed: there. The brightest stars — Pol- aris, Orion, Sirius, Antares — already have names. A cus- tomer of the International Star Registry is getting a faint. star that can be seen only with: a 10 power, tel- escope. Along with a. parchment document “suitable for fram- ing” comes a guide to locating the star in the heavens. The book containing names and co-ordinates of all the stars in the registry will be published at the “end of the year,” Mosele.said. Mosele refused to say how | much.money she has made’ from the business, but said she is spending $18,000 on a “network buy” of radio:time - for Valentine's Day advertis- ing. ‘SPECIAL THANKS Malauenierd and staff would like to thank all our many 8) customers for. the pafencs| WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Drop in and see us, we are ready to SERVE YOU. MITCHELL SUPPLY Phone: 365-7252 {for $257 million worth of hotel construction in the past 0 their people and the ‘te office _ that is trying to set overall policy, that should enable the | company operate more efficiently and faster.” y i so, WICHITA, KAN. (AP) — The two. security.. men followed the globs of crude oil 1 along. the red dirt roads of. like bl ds on a hot trail. Meath opet check of a remote oil lease had scared off - Someone with a tanker truck, ‘The thief was in such a hurry he did not even secure his ‘pumping hose when he discornected it from the storage tank he had burgled. The hose dripped the tell-tale’ oil spots that led the security men to the truck. °° But: they were unable to prove the oil it carried belonged to their company, so the thief went free. It’s a scenario that's been Tepeated many times with varying details. R.E. (Roy) Bellows of Edmond, Okla., president of :Micro-Dots Ine., believes the stories could have had-happier endings. He is selling an oil branding device he believes . could be the same curse to oil thieves that marked bills and exploding : dye packets have become to bank robbers. CODES CUSTOMERS =~ + His company sells microdots — pieces of film about ‘the size of a typewritten capital letter. On ‘each dot is the name and address of the customer and a code number. Made in four densities, the film bits float at various levels in crude ‘oil, marking it so its owner and source are identified when the dots are magnified in a viewer.” .The ‘petroleum-base film burns during the refining process, 80 it's no threat to engines that burn oil products, ‘ Field agents for the Federal basins of Investigation in Kansas are seeking foo investigative use, but 0 far only ‘tee oil companies have bought the product since it became available in June, Bellows: says. “It’s a new concept,” he says. “Any new idea has to be proven successful.” Dwayne Bell, a retired Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent who heads the Petroleum Crime Bureau in Topeka, Kan., and is Kansas sales representative for Micro-Dots, says eny new ollfield product is suspect because of schemes used to victimize oilmen. “And this is so simple, I don't think they believe it will work,” he says. 2 ASKS HIGH PRICE . Besides the hesitancy to accept new ideas, some oil business observers believe the price of microdots may be Coming Soon: See the Castlegar News of Wed., Feb. 16 Bake a eda de os “Tratking down ‘hot’ oil putting customers off. Bellows charges a $1,000 initial fee, plis $200 for each oil isise protected and $21 for each - about 500 dots sufficient to treat 100 barrels of oil. Jayhawk Pipeline: Corp. of Wichita, Kan.; J and N. ‘Pump and Supply. Co. of McPhérson, Kan, and Samedan Oil Co. of Ardmore, Okla., are the three current Micro-Dot cus- tomers. Fred Marts, Jayhawk president, says field tests have convinced him the product works. He says it is being used by his company in specific pipeline sections, gathering lines or storage tanks where thefts are suspected. As the price of oil has climbed from $8 U.S. barrel to more than $80 in the last decade, oilfield thefts skyrocketed, ~ Marts says. “This is.an effective tool,” he says. “But some of the companies are pretty conservative and they want somebody else to prove it.” - Bellows thinks sales may really look up if microdot evi- dence ever gets into court. ision that makes and distri- “butes’, generic cigarettes. “We started: out with na- “tional distribution of generics in 1980 and 12,000 stores na- tionwide. Now we're “in 82,000 stores and expanding” all the time.” : Gary Tobacco is ‘the lead- ing U.S. manufacturer and ‘the extent. ‘of the: mucpess. 80: r " quality isn't there, we won't f “get repeat customers, That's id buying again. ‘More ‘than 85 per cent of U.S, supermarkets and 75 per cent. of wholesalers now stock one of the 110 private label and generic varieties director. for Gary. Tobacco Co., the-Liggett div- back. that has become the symbol a - plain black-and-white - box distributor . of generic - cig- a arettes, while Liggett fs. the. brand only major tobacco’ pigired that sells them. - © Generic ‘sales’ last “year were, so'strong, Liggett re- ported an increase in profit . for the second year in a row for the first time in 25 years. Gary Tobacco's offices are ‘in'a renovated tobacco ware-.. house’ in downtown Durham ‘across the street from ‘the, their Winn’ ‘Dixie - super- market’ ‘chain ‘comes ‘in. a cigarettes are sold for less because, Gary spends. no TRAIL FRUITVALE 368-8401 367-9223 CASTLEGAR 365-3375 SALMO 357-2217 language. 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