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Published for all employees of ThenternaUonal Nickel Company of

Canada, Limited,

1.). M. flunbar, Editor

Editørial Office Copper Clift, OnL

Authorized a, etond class mall, PostOffice Department, Ottawa.

Tells of Nickel'sPotential UsesFor the Future

Of the 1958 estimated fleeworld nickel production of 380,000,-000 pounds, 74 percent came fromCanadian sources, 10 per cent fromCuba, seven percent from NewCaledonia, and six percent fromthe United States," K. H. J. Clarke,manager of Canadian sales andmarket development of The Inter-national Nickel Company, told theannual Western meeting of theCanadian Institute of Mining andMetallurgy in Winnipeg.

This compares with Canada's 85percent share of production priorto World War 2, and is indicativeof the competitive situation whichhas developed in the nickel in-dustry," he said.

Mr. Clarke pointed out thatnickel finds its most importantmarkets in the industrialized areasof the world, and emphasized theImportance of world markets tothe Canadian nickel industry.

"In recent years deliveries to theUnited States including all Cana-dian producers have ranged be-tween 60 percent and 70 percent oftotal free world deliveries. De-liveries to the United Kingdomhave amounted to about 10 percentand Canada has taken about threeoercent. Other inioortant Euro-

Autumn Incense on the Morning Air

pean markets include Germany,France, Sweden, Italy and Austria. about two tons of nickel - overSignificant quantities of nickel are five times the amount in an or-also consumed In Japan. dinary piston power plant for air-

'Free world producing capacity craft. The North American XiS,is estimated to be 650 000 000 the manned satellite, Is made, ,pounds in 1961, about 100 percent mostly of Inco's Inconel X age-more than total flee world defence hardenable nickel-chromium alloy."and civilian consumption 1958," Mr. Clarke said many other ap-Mr. Clarke said. 'The rapid de- plications were being found in thevelopment oI technology, motivat- automotive industries, both for pas-ed in part by mankind's apparent senger cars and heavy automotivedesire for speed combined with equipment such as large trucks,leisure, can help bring about an road building and earth movingenlarged market for nickel in equipment.things that will satisfy these de- Other new or potential uses ofsires, providing the nickel industry nickel which point the way to themakes the tremendous market de- future:velopment effort necessary to at- -In steam plants where conven-tam nickel's potential in the face tional fuels are being burned moreof competitive materials, efficiently at highest possible tem-

peratures, nickel alloys are being'We now believe that with suffi- used in a variety of ways.

cient development effort, nickel -Corrosion problems associatedcan be used in quantity in working with generating power from nu-out ways of niaking all forms of clear sources should require ex-transportation faster, more reliable tensive use of nickel stainless steelsand perhaps even cheaper. and high nickel alloys.

'In making gas turbine emigines -As electrical heating becomespractical for automotive use, for cheaper and more popular, largerexample. it has been necessary to use of nickel alloys is anticipated.develop nickel base alloys capable -Increased use of nickel in air-of carrying high loads at white conditioning units, which willheat. The same alloys are being shortly be in as widespread use asUsed in jet engines for mimilitary heating systems in homes.aircraft, and the power plamit of the -As populaiomms mmmcreae, an al-jet-powered Boeing 707 contains ready appearing shortage of water

will probably become acute in someareas, leading to the use of pro-cesses for converting salt waterinto fresh. These processes willrequire equipment In which nickelalloys can be used.

-The Canadian Pacific Railway'svista-dome cars have eight percentnickel stainless steel bodies fromwhich prairie dust is easily re-moved at a 'minute wash" in Cal-gary, leaving the cars shining likenew.

-Some 40 percent of railwaypassenger cars built in the UnitedStates sInce 1952 have stainlesssteel bodies; some built in 1932 arestill in operation and show no de-terioration.

-Nickel continues to contributeto efficiency in the field of mining,smelting and refining through itsuse in strong, wear-resistant alloysteels and irons for drills, millliners and other equipment..

-Nickel stainless steel applica-tions in architectural and house-hold uses are developing at a rapidrate. Stainless steel 'curtain wall"buildings, sinks, pots and pans,cutlery, holloware, are now every-day companions.

'At times in the past, Inco waspracUcally alone iii iL, work toextend the nickel market. Little

was known about nickel; its useswere small and restricted to a fewfields. We now have many helpers- consumers who know the valuethat nickel alloys can continue toimpart to their products, and othernickel producers who will be facingcommon problems," Mr. Clarkesaid.

"In its increased capacity in Sud-bury, in its new capacity in Mani-toba and in its greatly expandedresearch, market development andsales activities, Inco is investingheavily in the future of nickel.

"We are convinced that nickelcan have an even greater economicimportance mi the future and thatwith greatly expanded market de-velopment and research programson the part of all concerned, thefuture can show an upward trendin the consumption of nickel andthus reward the industry's effortsto increase the supply."

Are Non-MagneticHigh-strength bolts and rivets

used in airframe assemblies areoften made of 'K" monel age-hardenable nickel-copper alloy be-cause it is non-magnetic and thusdoes not interfere with the opera-tion of the aircraft's delicate in-struments.

The smoke of burning leaves drifts lazily up through the trees and themorning sun sends long shadows across the lawns at Copper Cliff hospitalin this pleasant autumn scene as men from the agricultural departmenttidy up the grounds for winter,

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Here stope floor plank is being unloaded by a fork-lift at Creighton minefrom the transport onto mine trucks for underground, saving considerablehandling. The plank is arranged on the transport so the fork-lift cansimply pick it off.

Fork-Lift Trucks Improve HandlingOf Timber and Materials at the Mines

In an average year Inco mines unloading at the mine; how touse about 50,000,000 board feet of clear the yard of snow quicklytimber and thousand tons of other after a storm.material such as cement, gravel, Today Garson, Creighton, Froodsteel, and pipe. This requires a and Levack have all converted totremendous amount of handling, fork-lift material handling. This

During the past two years a has been a gradual process since itmarked change has been taking required the relocating of aU ma-place at the various mine timber terial in the timber yards.yards with respect to timber and Storage areas in the mine tim-material handling and piling, ber yards are now generally uni-through installation of the mobile form. Timber is piled to be easilyPettibone Carry-Lift. This rugged, accessible to the fork-lift. Regularversatile fork-lift truck can handle lanes are maintained throughoutwith ease and speed almost any the yards in which the fork-liftform of material the mines require. can travel and efficiently handle

It was back In 1957 that the first timber from transport to pile, ormodel was Introduced to the Inco pile to mine truck.scene at Levack. Much was learned Since conversion was completedfrom those early trials - the ai't last summer a marked improve-of piling timber so it could again ment in supply and material hand-be loaded simply and quickly onto ling efficiency has been noted.mine trucks; how railroad cars and Timber and other material isti'uck floats should be loaded at shipped to the mines by flatcai',the source for convenient fork-lift (Continued on Page 13)

Loading square-set timber onto mine trucks is easy for the fork-lift in this view at Levack. In piling the timber openings are left for the forks of thetruck. En the picture on the right a tractor float of cement in pallets is being unloaded at Garson to he taken directly underground.

In this view at Frood mine a fork-lift truck is unloading a carload of flatted 11-foot by 8-inch mine timber and transferring it to a storage pile.

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Nickel Stainless Steel Appointm ents Have Rich Satiny Gleam

John Kennedy Left a Good Record

Recalling that he started work-ing on a farm for $5 a month, thenjumped to the fabulous wage of$180 a day driving team In theold roast yard at Victoria Mine In1912, John Kennedy said, however,that good fortune really came afterhe hired on at the Copper Cliffmill. That was in 1931. In theprecedIng years he worked for thenickel industry on several occa-

sions but never stayed for long.Retired now on service pension

John Is catching up on some of hissleep and generally taking thingseasy.

From bushwork and railroadconstruction John Kennedy cameto the Coniston smelter in 1915.He went west for the harvest in1916, then returned and hired onat the old Copper Cliff smelter.

From there the Murray mine washis next stop on the way to Espa-nola, where he worked from 1921until the mifi closed.

During construction of the Cop-per Refinery he worked for FraserBrace, then decided to settle downwith Inco and get a job at theCopper Cliff mill in 1931. He wasa flotation boss there for manyyears. "Jim Parlee was the bestman I ever worked for, anywhere,"John volunteered.

Born at Eganville in 1894, hemarried Jenny Gareau in 1924. Oftheir family, Earl works at Creigh-ton, and William at Falconbridge;Evelyn-Rae Is married to Len Hir-vela of Murray mine and Margaretis Mrs. J. Casey of Montreal. Todate they have two grandchildren.

Residents of the Gatchell for 23years, the Kennedys have a com-fortable home complete with largegarden, and a wide circle of goodfriends.

A HARMLESS HOBBY• My family thinks there's some-

thing wrong with me," a youngwoman complained to the psychoanalyst, 'simply because I likebuckwheat cakes."

"But there's nothing wrong aboutliking buckwheat cakes,' the doctormurmured, puzzled. I like themmyself

Oh do you?" the woman wasdelighted. You niust come upsome day. I have seven trunksfull."

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Inco ContinuesProgram AidingHigher Education

Ten postgraduate fellowshipshave been awarded to Canadianstudents by the InternationalNickel Company as part of its$2,860,000 five-year program to aidhigher education in Canada it wasannounced recently.

Recipients of fellowships whichhave been renewed are Charles E.Beaulieu, Amqui Quebec, attendingLaval University; AIflo Corsini,Hamilton, Ontario, attendingMcMaster University; K. 0. Davis,Vancouver, B.C.., attending Uni-versity of British Columbia; RayLaakso, Timmins, Ont., attendingQueen's University, and John M.Patterson, Winnipeg, Man., attend-ing University of Manitoba.

New fellowships this year wereawarded to: E. P. Jones, Trail, B.C.,attending University of BritishColumbia; F. P. Gagnon, Quebec,Que., attending University of Mont-real; V. S. Papezik, Montreal, Que.,attending McGffl University; JamesH. P. Watson, Toronto, attendingUniversity of Toronto, and LeonardP. Sampson, West Vancouver, B.C.,attending University of Alberta.

The ten students are completingadvanced studies in a wide range ofsubjects, Including metallurgy,analytical chemistry, geology, phy-sics, mathematics and educationaladministration.

Inco's contribution to the field ofpostgraduate studies, the fellow-ships have a maximum tenure ofthree years, wifi provide an annualstipend of $2,000 and include anannual supporting grant of $500 tothe university. Since the programwas inaugurated in 1951, 37 fellow-ships have been awarded.

Inco's overall educational pro-gram has two major phases. Thethst Is concerned with the dJ.stribu-tion of approximately $2,000,000 inunrestricted grants to 146 Canadianuniversities and liberal arts collegesover a five-year period ending in1960-61 for use in strengtheningand expanding their educationalprograms.

The second phase covers a five-year commitment of approximately$860,000 for scholarships, fellow-ships and special projects.

In addition to the fellowships, 115four-year scholarships have beenestablished since 1956 for outstand-ing graduates of high schools andpreparatory schools. Twenty-fivenew scholarships are awarded an-nually and of that total 18 are ie-served for studies in the fields ofgeology, geophysics, mining, metal-lurgy, engineering, mathematicsand physics. The remaining sevenawards are reserved for children ofCompany employees, and permitfree choice of field of study.

Inco also sponsors grants whichenable high school teachers ofscience to take advanced or supple-mentary studies. Some 800 tea-chers have taken part in specialcourses since 1956, with Inco pro-viding grants totalling $120,000.

To be one's self and unafraidwhether right or wrong, is moreadmirable than the easy cowardiceof surrender to conformity.

-Gerald Johnson.

There Is a steadily growing demand these days for household appllance3, quality serving pieces and flat-ware, and many other appointments of gracious living, made of gleaming nickel stainless steel. Much interestIs being shown in the current exhibit of a wide variety of these smartly designed products In the Inco windowin the Loblaw building, Sudbury. The pert young lady posing in a section of the attractive display in the abovepicture is Mary Mccauley, comptometer operator in the general offices at Copper• Cliff; her father, JackMccauley, was a Garson miner for 25 years before retiring In 1956 on an Inco disablUty pension, and nowresides In Toronto.

While hI wife looks on, pleased and proud, John Kennedy receives agift from Bert Charron (left) and Vta1 Aubry, presented on behalf ofhIs workmates at the Copper Cliff mill who wish hhn a long and happyretirement.

INCO FAMILY ALBUM 1L

COPPER CLIFF: George Wail has worked on the converters for almost 25 years,and four of his five sons are Inco men. Here are Mr. and Mrs. Wall, who live atAzilda, with Lillian, 12, George (Copper Cliff control lab.), Vilho Creighton miii),Arvo (Levack mine), Selmi, and Elnas (Copper Cliff research lab.).

PORT COLBORNE: Bob Beattie of the engineering departmentwith his wife and their three attractive children, June, 3, Bob, 4,and Ann, 18 months.

GENEILAL OFFICE: Charlie Nichol3on of the ac-counting department and his wife Helen, daughter ofwell-known Inco pensioner Rube Cook, with BrIan, 5,Nancy, 2%, and Ian, 8 months. They live in Lively. FEOOD-STOBIE MINE: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bertrand with MIchael, 2, DenIse

(Mrs. Arthur Frappier), Lorraine, 11, Robert, 9, and Llette, 13. An Inco man since 1951,Raymond Is a chute blaster at Stobie. The family lives on Lakeshore Drive inGuilletyffle.

MURRAY MINE: Al Stevens l a raise drillerwho commutes from Guilletyffle. He and hiswife look pretty proud of KIm, 7, and Jill, 3- and why not?

CREIGHTON MINE: Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wagnerwith the daughter Bonnie, 10. Gerald is a diamonddrill boss, and has been with the Company since1952.

CONISTON: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barnes andtheir happy children, Coiieen, 5, and Chris,7. Joe Is a member of the warehouse staff.

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Congratulations and Best Wishesto These 48 Nickel Refinery Men

I, St -who will be Welcomed into Membership

Bill Avery Frank Barnl Lee Barrick Raymond Barrkk

in the lilco Quarter Century Clubat the Annual Banquet of the

Port Colborne Branch on November 12. 1 :Jim Beale Layton Rearm Freeman Brennan Ken Brownell

Roy Bryenton Fred Campbell Don Chlsholm Bill Cobb Bert Crawford Curtis Crom Jack Cuthbert George Gray

All Babel Frank Hammond Elmer Heluta

George King Walter Koabel John Laki

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h kFeed Moaerlp Nl Nlmen Harry Pearson William Pekett %le Phillips Jek Rivera

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lloyd Sebooley Stan Shyniansky le Slmpaon Erwin Wallace Jack Wegrleh Alex Winn

OCTOBER. 1959

Wolves LookGreat in NewPro Company

The best thing that ever hap-pened to hockey In eastern Can-ada" is Murph Chamberlain's em-phatic opinion of the new EasternProfessional Hockey League.

The calibre of hockey Is quitea bit better than the old NOHA,"the Sudbury Wolves' coach said,and In a year or two it will be

even more so."How is it better? Chamberlain

was quick to answer that one. It'sfaster, most of these players aresmarter, and the goaltending -well practically all these goalies arepotentially NHL. You've Just gotto be better in this league."

Put together last summer withthe blessing of the NHL, the newleague, In addition to the Wolves,has entries from Montreal, ThreeRivers, Hull-Ottawa, Kingston andthe Soo. Each team has an affilia-tion with some NHL club whichmeans that young players on theway up, and some just past thepeak, will be made available toEPHL clubs.

Montreal Canadiens sponsorMontreal Royals and Hull-OttawaCanadiens, New York Rangers haveThree Rivers Lions lii their family,Boston took Kingston Frontenacsunder its wing, Chicago BlackHawks are the parent club of theSoo Thunderbirds and both Detroitand Toronto are brood hens forSudbury.

To date from the Toronto systemthe Wolves have received suchplayers as McNamara, Boyer,Ubriaco and Sleaver, while Detroithas provided McCarthy, Chevreftls,Hendrikson, Burton, Odrowskl,Healy and Boisvert. Some ob-servers feel that the parent club'srecall rights may deprive the localclub of a top flight player Justwhen he Is most needed, butMurph Chamberlain pointed outthat replacements would be forth-coming if this should happen andfurthermore if the Wolves them-

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selves should become InJury-riddled Juniors. Plenty of those good kidsthey could expect the necessary from St. Mike's, Marlboroughs andtemporary help from their affi- Hamilton won't make the big timellate5 to bring them up to strength. their flrst year out of junior, andThis could mean good Juniors, who the farm clubs (Rochester and Ed-are allowed flve games without a monton) can take only a few ofpro contract. Young Jim Pappln them. We'1 have them for season-was a case In point; he played lug" - there was a gleam Inthree games for the Wolves at the Murph's eye - "and they'll bestart of the season before joining hustling so a to look good enoughMarlboroughs. for the majors. We'1 also have a

"Next year," said Murph, "we'll few older players like Sam Bettlobe getting quite a few over-age as a steadying influence. Next year,

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you'1 see, this league will havereally good hockey."

I'm concerned with this yearright now, though" he went on.We're playing pretty good hockey

and our defense Is beginning toround into shape. We could useat least one more good centremanthough, then we'd have a balancedclub."

The new professional hockeyWolves have only two familiar

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A trio of home-grown stars who are hitting a lively clip with Sudbury The Wolves' new goalie, Gerry MeNamara, who got away to a great startWolves in the new pro league are Cummy Burton of Sudbury, Moe with a shutout over Three Rivers, Is shown here with the team trainer.Bartoli of Coniston, and Johnny Sleaver of Copper Cliff. Gary Fletcher, and coach Murph Chamberlain.

One of the most unusual hockey pictures ever made Is this shot taken for the Triangle by Mike Dudowich withhIs Uas8elblad Super Wide C, a new 24 x 2% camera that give3 an extreme picture angle of 94) degrees withedge-to-edge sharpness and tremendous depth of focu& Mike was actually In the nets behind goalie GerryMcNamar at a Wolves practice In the Arena when he took this picture of Sam Bettlo letting fly one of hisbullet drives. The puck g stopped cold In flight, dead on goal, and the picture is sharp and clear fromthe very front to the back despite its very wide angle.

New Levack Mill Fea01 Automatic and Rei

Latest addition to the Inco ore feet In lengthmilling plants Is the 6,000-ton widest, and atLevack mill which commenced pro- high. It is ofduction on June 1. tion with a 11

Experience gained from the Cop- tenor, and ccper Cliff and Creighton milLs, yards of conexoperating since 1930 and 1951 Crushed orerespectively, proved of great valueIn designing the Levack mill.

The smoothly integrated new THE Fllplant Is feetured by extensive use "The New Iof instruments for centralized or best seen fromautomatic control of the process picture givesfrom the time the mine ore Is Inco operationdelivered to the crusher bIn. larged by the

Its foundations set into the rock mill and sandof the hillside behind the surface mine shafts.plant of Levack mine's No. 2 shaft, shipped to Copthe mill runs slightly under 500 ton smelters.

The crushed ore Is transferred to the fine ore bins. In the foregronthe belts bringing the ore from the crushing section. In the centre 4Is the tripper which travels back and forth distributing the ore frommain conveyor belt through the four long slot openings above the Ide

The compact unit pictured here Is the crushing section of the new Levack mill,'where the ore from the mine rockhouse Is reduced to Tnlnus4i-Inch size. Oneof the two 7-foot Symons short head crushers Is partly visible in the lower rightcorner. Above It, on the rod deck screen floor, Is the control panel.

Remote and automatic control has been accomplished to a high degree in the new Levack mill.Here's the elaborate panel for recording and controlling what goes on in the grinding section, frommill feed to pulp density. An alarm Is given when trouble occurs at any point in the circuit.

These five Dorr vacuum filters, four on nickel andconcentrates. The nickel filters are larger, 16 feetapproximately 800 tons in a 24-hour period. The-automatically controlled.

Shown above Is one of the three 60-foot Dorr tray thickeners in which the nickel concentrate Isdewatered after flotation. A rotating rake slowly moves the thickened material to a discharge inthe centre of the tray, at which point it is 18 feet deep. The copper concentrate Is also thickened.

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lid s one of The concrete silo-type bins are 50 feet in diameter and 58 feet high. Herethe picture they tower above two of the four grinding mills in which the ore is

the 30-foot pulverized in preparation for flotation. The man on the platform lookspretty small. Two of the mills contain rods and two contain balls.

tured by Extensive Usemote Control Devices,, is 231 feet at its house enters the mill on three

ins point Is 100 feet 36-inch conveyor belts leading to aframe construc- concrete silo-type coarse ore bin

hIs nd transite ex- with a live capacity of 3,000 tons. -oprf.ns 25000 cubic Drawn from the coarse ore binri ft. on two parallel conveyors, the orefi'.Sn the mine rock- is fed to the mill's compact crush-

ing section, which is equipped withtwo 7-foot heavy duty Symons

IW'T ('OVER short head crushers. .4Inok at Levack" is After crushing the ore Is con-ii (he air. Our cover veyed to three concrete silo bins.a ood view of the each 50 feet in diameter and 58ii',. now greatly en- feet high, with a total live capa- . -,tddition of the new city of 16000 tons.I plant built at the En route to the bins the ore

Concentrates are passes over a screen for the re-iper Cliff and Conis- moval of wood chips, only installa-

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Discharge from the grinding mills is put into coneclassifiers (above) under pressure, and the resultingcentrifugal action within the cone separates the coarserand finer materials, the former returning to the mills.

As at Copper Cliff, the mill's flotation section, partly shown here, produces a nickelconcentrate and a copper concentrate, There are 50 Denver and 50 Fagergren cells inthe rougher-scavenger circuit and 40 Denver cells as separators, cleaners, and recleaners.

From these six tanks, centrally located on a deck above the mechanical office and ware-house, the reagents are piped in minutely controlled quantities to the flotation cells toperform their metallurgical magic in the separation of the nickel and copper ore narticles.

me on copper, complete the job of dewatering thelong and 14 feet in diameter, and can each handleiensity and level of the pulp feed in the filter are

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Great StridesMade in NewNickel Town

Official opening of the firstschool at Thompson in time for thecommencement of the fall termpointed up the very substantialprogress that has been made inestablishing this brand new com-munity alongside Inco's hugenickel project in northern Mani-toba.

Development of the town con-tinues to be pressed forward withall possible speed, both by the Com-pany, which is furnishing the com-plete basic municipal facilities ata cost of $8,500 000, and by privateinterests which are investing in theresidential, business and industrialsections.

Optimism and enthusiasm are ata high level among the town's firstresidents, who take an almostpersonal pride in each new sign ofprogress. In the southern part ofthe province Thompson is rapidlybecoming almost as well known forits community spirit as for its im-portance as the site of the world'ssecond largest nickel plant.

Some 250 houses have now beenbuilt or are under construction.Ten duplexes and 10 seven-suiteapartments are also underway.

The handsome new CanadianNational Railways station is almostcompleted, as is the freight shed.

The hotel to be known as theThompson Inn will be openedearly In November. Initially ithas 38 rooms with accommodationfor a total of 64 guests, as well asan attractive lobby, large diningroom, lunch counter and lounges.

The Hudson's Bay Co. will makethe excavation this winter for atwo-storey extension to its presentlarge retail store, which has beenin operation since last spring.

Foundation walls are being builtfor the movie 700-seat theatrewhich will also include eight bowl-ing alleys and a billiard room. Thetheatre is being built by a sub-sidiary of Famous Players.

Foundations will be started thiswinter for the shopping plaza to

be developed by Capital HoldingsLtd. The architectural work isnearing completion on this majorproject, and soil tests are nowbeing made. A complete directoryof business services for a moderncommunity will be represented inthe plaza, which has been designedfor construction in stages to meetthe needs of the town as it ex-pands.

Three banks. Toronto-Dominion,Montreal and Royal, are at presentoperating from temporary quartersand have made plans to establishpermanent offices in the town.

There has been keen interestshown by most denominational

church groups in Canada in estab-lishing facilities in Thompson.

A temporary curling rink withtwo sheets of ice will be in opera-tion this winter.

There ai'e nine miles of i'oadswithin the town either completedor under construction. It is esti-mated that town roads, curbs andsidewalks will cost Inco $980,000. Astart was made on sidewalk con-struction before the cold weatherset in.

it is expected that the stainlesssteel curtain walls of the townadministration building will behung by the end of November. Thisbuilding and the water treatment

and sewage disposal plants, arepart of the Company's contribu-tion to the town, The water treat-ment plant is completed. Thesewage disposal plant will be inoperation by the end of the year.

Two-thirds of the townsite'swater and sewer lines have beeninstalled. This system, along withother utilities, has been designedwith future demands in mind.

Midwest Diamond Drilling Co.have an impressive office, ware-house and shop building. TheMonai'ch Lumber Co.'s office andwarehouse is almost completed, anda good start has been made on asimilar establishment for BeaverLumber. The steel has been erectedfor the Cochrane-Dunlop Hard-ware warehouse.

Five oil companies have openedwarehouses in the town's indus-trial section.

The steel is up and the brickwalls of the Manitoba TelephoneSystem's permanent exchangebuilding are under construction.Work is also well along on thecombined garage, warehouse andoffice of the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board.

Excellent progress has been madeon installation of the power distri-bution system in the town for theManitoba Power Commission.

Forty miles of the right-of-wayfor a highway south from Thomp-son has been cleared, and workhas commenced on the first con-tract for the grading of this high-way, to connect with provincialtrunk highway No. 10. It is ex-pected that within two or threeyears Thompson will be connectedby road to southern Manitoba.

About 14 miles from Thompson

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Part of the development that has already taken place at the new townsite of Thompson is shown in this aerialphotograph, The majority of the 250 houses so far built or under construction have been financed byloans guaranteed under the National Rousing Act, First of the town's four schools, opened in September,appears at upper right in the picture,"

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the highway will pass near PaintLake and Ospwagan Lake, well-known in the area for fishing,beaches, and scenic beauty. Hunt-ing is also said to be particularlygood in this territory.

Fifty-three miles to the south-east of Thompson, construction ofthe Manitoba Hydro-ElectricBoard's Kelsey generating stationon the Nelson River is proceedinglight Ofl schedule. First powerfrom this mighty plant will bedelivered to Inco next May. Capa-city of the station Will be 210,000horsepower from five units, withprovision for expansion.

Power will be transmitted fromKelsey to Thompson on a doublecircuit transmission line mountedon steel towers. The station willbe operated by remote control fromThompson, although a duplicatecontrol system will permit opera-tion at the site.

The power station is named afterHenry Kelsey, the first white manto explore the northern section ofManitoba, who ti'avelled the areain the years 1690-1692.

In addition to its importance insubstantially increasing the freeworld's supply of nickel, Inco'sThompson project is considered ofspecial significance to Manitobaand to Canada in opening up agreat new frontier.

The influence of the Inco projectwill undoubtedly be felt in theyears to come throughout the 150,-000 square miles of northern Mani-toba which up to now has beenaimost entirely without industrialproduction.

The increased population andestablishment of local governmentin the Thompson area, the avail-ability of ample power from Kelsey,and the natural resources to bedeveloped are a few of the Un-mediate advantages that mightattract other industries.

It is thought likely, too, thatmany who have passed throughThompson, or have taken part inits construction, will be inspiredby the opportunities for industrialdevelopment that exist in northernManitoba, and convey their ideasto those who can make themrealities.

In the meantime fast-growingThompson is keeping its date withdestiny.

Steve Chorney"When we came to Conlston 35

years ago It was nearly all bushhere." Steve Chorney recalled, re-ferring to Dubreull street where henow has a fine remodelled home.

"I started working in February,1924, and we have lived here eversince." Retired now on early ser-vice pension Steve is enjoying hisflew life of leisure.

Raised on a farm in Austriawhere he was born in 1898, Steve

Steve and Mrs. Chorney

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Architect's Sketch of Thompson Hospital

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Construction has commenced of Thompson's 30-bed hospital, shownin this architect's sketch. It has been designed to allow for expansionto 64 beds, and will have separate operating rooms and maternity ward,Until the hospital Is completed Dr. Blain Johnston and a staff of threefemale and four male nurses are providing medical services fromtemporary locations.

worked at farming for 10 years inManitoba after coming to CanadaIn 1914. A brother-in-law broughthim to Coniston where he startedworking on the bins, then spentseveral years in the smelter beforegoing out to the slag dump wherehe was a pot dumper for 25 years."It was sometimes hot, sometimespretty cold, but I like it," saidSteve.

In 1923 Steve married MaryPakaluk and they have one daugh-ter Olga whose husband, JulianKulson, works at Stobie. They havea small farm at Verner and Stevespends a good deal of time therehelping out with chores and en-joying his three grandchildren.

A little gardening at home, keep-ing his wood cut, visiting oldcronies and taking life easy makesfor pleasant retirement days forthis long-time Coniston employeeand resident.

THE DIAGNOSISSamuel F. B. Morse, who was an

eminent painter before he in-vented telegraphy, once asked aphysician to look at his paintingof a man in death agony.

"Well," Morse Inquired after thedoctor had scutinized it carefully,"what is your opinion?"

"Malaria," said the doctor.

George Holmes atPit from the Start

Pundit of the Pit, raconteurextraordinary and mine engineerpar excellence, George Holmes hasretired from the mine engineeringdepartment on a well-earned ser-vice pension.

An integral part of the Open Pitoperation since first ground-break-

___________ing back in 1937, George has playeda major role in its large scale pro-

Tact is the unsaid part of what duction. As mine engineer thereyou think; its opposite, the un- for 20 years and more he estimatesthought part which you say. that over L00,000,000 tons of ore

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and rock have been removed underhis planning.

Small of stature but not of mind,and gifted with quiet good natureand a puckish sense of humor,George has always been popularwith his workrnates, as well asholding their respect.

Born in Michigan in 1894, hegraduated from Houghton Schoolof Mines in 1916. After a wideswing through mining camps inMichigan, Quebec, Colorado andOntario he returned home in 1918.

His Ontario sojourn was a 10-month stint at Garson, which wasa half-day $5 trip from Sudbury byhired livery rig in those times,George recalled.

For the next several years heworked at the Mesabi and C'uyunairon ranges in Michigan and aschief engineer at the latter had, atone time, eight mines and pitsunder his charge. It was here hegained much of his early open pitmining know-how.

Later he set up as a consultingengineer but chose a bad time tostart - 1928.

That same year he returned toOntario and joined the Inco mineengineering staff at Copper Cliff.Harold Keast was in charge of thedepartment then. After almost 10years there, the latter part spentIn plotting and planning the futureFrood-Stobie open pits, he wentout to the scene of operations andwith a gang of men started clearingthe site. From then until his re-tirement this year George was ad-dicted to two things, his pipe andthe Pit, and was never very farfrom either. Of late years he tookLawson Quarry under his wing andgave that operation the benefit ofhis long engineering experience.

It was at Duluth in 1919 that acertain charming Miss GladysHolmes consented to become Mrs.George Holmes. Their two daugh-ters are Beth, wife of Levack per-sonnel officer Bob Wotton, andFrances, Mrs. B. Drulak of Trenton.Their four grandchildren are allboys.

With a new home on GilmanAvenue to remodel and repair,George has been rather busy thepast few months though never toobusy to reminisce for a couple ofhours, given the opportunity andright company.

A contented man is GeorgeHolmes who in retirement has ahost of friends and countless happymemories.

WHERE IS HE NOW?We're still worried about the

reporter who wrote: "The deceasedwas the father of five sons. Fourof them are respected citizens ofVancouver and the fifth lives inOntario."

Part of the equipment installed to date in the machine shop at Thompsonincludes the three lathes shown above. The 28-inch lathe in the fore-ground has a tracer attachment for following a template In repetitivemachining operations. Among the other installations in the machineshop will be a 48-inch lathe, a large boring mill, wheel press, 8-footradial drill, 72-inch shaper, and various saws. The plate, welding andblacksmith shop, the electrical shop, and the carpenter shop will alsohave the most modern equipment available.

George and Mrs. Holmes

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tion of its type In Inco mills.Ore can be drawn from the fine

ore bins through a total of 90openings In the bottoms of thebins with a roll feeder In eachopening to control the rate of feedto the grinding units.

There are two grinding units,each consisting of a 15-foot rodmill, a 14-foot ball mill, and twocone classifiers of which one is aspare. Mill discharge is whirledaround Inside the cone classifier,and the centrifugal action forcesthe coarser material to the outsidewhere It spirals down to the bottomoutlet and returns to the mills forfurther grinding. The finer ma-terial is drawn to the centre andoverflows at the top of the cone,ready for the flotation process.

A nickel concentrate and a cop-per concentrate are produced byselective flotation, this section hav-ing 90 Denver cells and 60 Fager-gren flotation cells.

Water is withdrawn from thetwo concentrates in a battery ofDorr thickeners and filters beforethey are loaded Into railroad cars

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for shipment to the smelters atCopper Cliff and Coniston.

Mill tailings are pumped to thesand plant 1,500 feet distant, forthe production of sand fill for themine. Primary and secondarycones and centrifuges are used inthis section to recover a maximumamount of the plus-800-mesh ma-terial from the tailings for fill. Theminus-BOO-mesh slimes are de-watered In two 100-foot Dorr thick-eners and pumped to the tailingdisposal area.

The mill is brightly lighted andattractively decorated. Color codeswere followed in painting processlines and safety installations.

In designing the plant, full ad-vantage was taken of the mostrecent developments In the field ofInstrumentation to equip the millfor centralized control and, wherefeasible, automatic control of theprocess.

Automatic and remote control ofthe operations begins in the crush-ing section. The crushing processIs controlled from a central panelon the Rod-deck screen floor. Theore hoisted in No. 2 shalt is con-veyed to the mill crushing plantand distributed in the coarse orebin by an automatically operatedtwo-way distributor. The stoppingof the distributor, or a high levelof ore in the bin, sounds an alarmon the control panel and gives avisual indication of the trouble.

The crushers, crusher oil pumps,screens, feed conveyors, and vari-able speed ore feeders are alloperated and controlled from thecentral panel, lights Indicatingwhat equipment is in service.

An indicating and recordingweightometer on the panel showsthe crushing section throughput.Oil temperature recorders are pro-vided for the crushers, and hightemperatures or low oil pressuressound an alarm and give a visualindication of the condition.

At the chip screen a blockage ofthe ore chute automatically shutsdown the section and gives a signalat the panel showing the trouble.

In the grinding circuit an im-posing central panel located be-tween the two grinding units con-trols the whole operation. All orefeeders, feeder conveyors, con-veyors, grinding mills, and mill oil

Here is another view showing the close integration of the new 6,000-ton Inco mill at Levack with the minesurface plant Ore from the No. 2 shaft rockhouse is conveyed directly into the mill's crushing section. MIIItailings are piped 1,500 feet to a sand plant (right) located at No. 1 shaft, where they are used to make sandfill which is sent by pipeline directly into the mine. Rejected slimes from the sand plant are thickened in thetwo 100-foot Dorr tray thickeners seen in the picture, and are piped to a disposal area.

In the sand plant where Levack mill tailings are used to make fill foruse in the mine, there are two of these storage tanks, 70 feet high, toensure an adequate supply of sand fill ahead of the mine requirements.The fill is drawn off from the bottom of the tanks through 6-inch valves,and is piped directly down No. 1 shaft into the mine.

Six classifying cones are used in the production of sand fill from Levackmiil tailings, and shown above is the cluster of valves controlling thecones. The gauge registers the pressure in the manifold.

In this closeup nickel concentrate is shown as it leaves one of thevacuum filters, dewatered and ready for shipment to either CopperCliff or Coniston smeller. Thirty or more railroad cars of nickel andcopper concentrates are shipped each working day from the newLevack mill.

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pumps are operated from the panel,on which lights represent theequipment in use.

Weightometers automatically re-cord and control the rate of feedto the grinding units. Water ad-ditions to the rod mills are con-trolled from the panel, and therate of flow Is shown by watermeters.

The density of the classifier over-flow Is measured by radio-activeIsotopes and indicated on a record-ing Instrument which in turn con-trols the density by regulating thewater additions to the classifier.

Kilowatt-hour meters Indicatethe horsepower being drawn byeach grinding mIU. The amount ofmill lubricating oil in the headtank and storage tank Is shownon oil level guages. The level ofwater in the return water sump isindicated on a recorder which inturn automatically maintains thelevel by controlling the fresh wateradditions to the sump.

An alarm system, both audibleand visual, Is activated by failureof the oil or water pressures andby high temperatures in the mIUbearings.

In the flotation section aLso acentral operating panel provides fora measure of control over thevariables in the process. Thetemperature of the circuit Is re-corded and maintained by auto-matic adjustment of the steamsupply.

The density of the pulp in thecopper circuit is measured byradio-active isotopes and Indicatedon a recorder which controls it by tricity helped him a great deal inadjusting the fresh water additions, his work, Albert said.Copper circuit alkalinity Is mea- The Sabourins have one daughtersured at two points and controlled Helen, wife of Jim Paradis ofby automatic lime additions. Coniston, and a son Laurler who

In the dewatering section theoperation of the thickeners andfilters Is all automatically con-trolled through recording Instru-ments on a central panel at thefilter ioor.

Bubbler tubes using air andmetered water provide a measureof the thickener underfiow densitiesand the level of pulp in the filters,which are regulated by automaticvalves worked by the recording in-struments on the panel.

The underfiow pumps and filtratewater pumps are remotely operatedfrom the panel.

An alarm system with both visual is a representative for a sewingand audible signals indicates thick- machine company.ener overloads and rake stoppages, A camp on Lake Ramsey, boughtfilter conveyor stoppages, and high many years ago, has been convertedlevel in the underfiow pump sumps by the Sabour!ns into a flne per-and filtrate sumps. manent home complete with gar-

Albert SabourinA member of the electrical de-

partment line gang for aImo8t 35years, Albert Sabourin is now en-joying a comfortable service pen-sion.

Except for his final year, whenhe was at Copper Cli as leaderon No. 1 line truck, he worked atConiston.

Born at Potsdam, New York, in186, Albert followed a familiar jobcycle of farm, bush, mine and farmagain before settling at Conistonin 1922. His family farmed at St.Charles for many years as didAlbert himself. He married LedaBarbe there in 1918.

He was employed at Crean Hilland Creighton mines before start-ing at Coniston in 1922. A corres-pondence course in practical elec-

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Jim Byrne Rolls Terrific Triple in Lively Bowling Loop

den. However, with civilizationslowly closing in on him there,Albert took protective measuresand bought a summer camp on theFrench River which gives him thefishing and privacy he wants.

A member of the Coniston schoolboard for 25 years, Albert has al-ways taken an interest in com-munity aairs. In good health,he is thoroughly enjoying his re-tirement,

Here Are AnswersTo Hunting Questions

The fall hunting season usuallybrings requests for clarification ofsome of the regulations to districtoffices of the Ontario Departmentof Lands and Forests. Here areanswers to some of the most com-mon questions:

Do you require a gun licence aswell as a moose licence to huntmoose?

No. Although the one dollarUcence is commonly called the gunUcence, it is truly a hunting Ucence.It is your privilege to hunt migra-tory birds and upland game birds,rabbits, groundhogs, bear, fox andwolf under this Ucence but it doesnot permit the hunting of caribou,moose, deer (elk) or any fur-bearing animal. Specific llcencesare required to hunt these species.

Can I carry a shotgun and a low-powered rifle at the same time tohunt partridge?

Yes, if you are in possession ofthe one dollar hunting Ucence.Under the Game and Fisheries Act,there are no restrictions on thenumber of thearms that you maycarry, but such is not the caseunder the Migratory Birds Conven-tion Act. While hunting a migra-tory game bird, no person shallhave with him for his own usemore than one shotgun and notlarger than No. 10 gauge.

Can I carry a high-powered rifleon my resident hunting licence?

Yes - except during the openseason for deer and moose, atwhich time you are not allowed tocarry a rifle of greater calibre thanthe .22 calibre low-powered rifle ora shotgun with she1L loaded withball or shot larger than No. 2 shot,unies in possession of a deer ormoose licence.

D I have to have my shotgunplugged if I do not intend to huntmigratory birds?

Yes, All shotguns must beplugged or altered so that they areincapable of holding more thanthree shells at one time in thechamber and magazine.

More people should learn to telltheir dollars where to go Insteadof asking them where they went.

-Roger Babson.

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boxcar, truck and truck float. Insome cases it is shipped in con-verilent pallet form, that is "pack-aged" in either halt or full minetruckloads, depending on thelength of the material. Other loadshave spaces left at set intervals sothe fork-lift may simply pick up alift and place it on either truck orpile. In boxcar unloading much ofthe timber has to be piled by handin pallets in the doorway for thefork-lift to remove.

Standard equipment for timberhandling is a set of forks. Eachtruck is also equipped with a 1-yard sUp-on bucket for handlingmaterial such as sand and gravel,and also a 4-yard snow and saw-dust slip-on bucket.

Snow removal, long time bug-bear of all mine timber yards, hasbeen reduced to minimum of in-convenience and delay by thesemachines. A quick run down eachtrack with the big bucket after asnow storm and traffic is soonmoving,

The Pettibone Carry-Lilt hasfour-wheel drive, four-wheel powersteering, with five working and fiveroad speeds, and is driven by asix-cylinder gasoline engine. Tiresare large 14 x 20 in 12-plytractor tread.

The machine weighs approxi-mately 10 tons and is capable oflifting up to five tons. The fortcan be extended and retracted fourfeet at any height. It can also betipped down )° and up 27' fromground level and be raised to aheight of just under 14 feet. Atthat elevation the fork reaches wellover rune feet from front tires.

Should the machine get boggeddown in soft ground it can literallypush itself out of the hole, usingthe fork as a jack.

One for the record books of the Lively bowling league was the resounding triple of 999 rolled by Jim Byrnein a regular league match on the Creighton Employees Club afley. Jim posted scores of 320, 333, and 346 inhis outstanding performance. Picture shows him about to let fly with another trtke. His anilring LIveRyleague bowling pals in the background are: back row, Donna Levesque, Pris Sprlggs, Shirley Nevala, TerryGlynn, Evelyn Mlneault, Audrey Hiekey, Mary Ryan, Emma Byrne, and LoIs Laalo; second row, WalterMarcolini, Marjorie Marcofini, Bob Sprlggs, Gino Mel, Eddy evala, Stella Timeriski, Mary Flynn,and Walter Laalo; front row, Ken Glynn, Joe Hiekey, Roger Mlneault, Alex Tlmerlskl, Dennis Cunnlngbam.Another sparkling score rolled recently in the Lively loop was an 827 triple by Rita MeCuaig

Mr. and Mrs. Sabourin

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Mysterious Letters Are KeyTo Impressive Safety Concept

K. N.E.These three mysterious letters,

appearing on banners and bulletinboards on surface and undergroundat Levack mine, quickly aroused awave of curiosity.

The men at Levack now knowthe meaning of the letters K. N.E.,and the significance of the latestsafety symbol, the yellow flag. Theyhave been shown a motion picturethat graphically establishes a newconcept in safety.

The show is to be screened forall Inco mines and plants in turn.Frood-Stoble Is at present flyingthe yellow flag as the film Is beingshown on the various levels of thatmine. Murray Is next on the list.

Concerning the movie safetysuperintendent A. E. O'Brien is asenthusiastic as any Hollywood pro-ducer. "The United States SteelCorporation produced the pictureafter a great deal of research, andthey have done a wonderful job,"he said. "In my opinion it is themost outstanding picture ever madeon safety. I certainly hope othersof this calibre will be produced."

"Movies are an excellent methodof teaching safety," he continued,"since they can so readily depictpotentially dangerous situations.This latest picture is by far themost interesting and colorful wehave ever shown and really pointsup the slogan that we stress, 'the

time to be careful is NOW'."Projectionist for the 38 separate

= screenings of the film at Levackwas Copper Cliff first aid manWalter Lalonde, who had almost1,600 "customers." The film wasshown on all levels for all shifts,so everyone got a chance to see it.

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faces from last year, Sambo Bettloand Norm Guimond. But the restare no strangers to local fans, or atleast many of them aren't, In addi-tion to Bettio, who played withBuffalo before joining the Wolveslast year and was with Boston In1950-51, other local products In-clude Cummy Burton, a DetroitRed Wing in-and-outer for thepast couple of years; John Sleaver,product of the Quebec HockeyLeague who had a season withChicago in 1956-57; Moe Bartoll,Conlston's gift to the Wolves whowas with the Louisville Rebels lastyear, and the latest addition, goalieGerry McNamara, one of the To-ronto Leafs' hottest prospects. Hehad a shutout In his first gamewith the Wolves at Three Rivers.

Other team members include ex-National Leaguers Real Chevrefilsand Tom McCarthy, plus high-scoring Keke Mortson and AlCleary, hustling Gene Ubriaco,Wally Boyer, Canny Gerry Odrow-ski, Ernie Roche, Jack Hendricksonand Rickle Healey.

"I've always wanted to come backto Sudbury to coach," said Cham-berlain, "I like it here and I wantto give the people of Sudbury agood club. I think we can do Ittoo - with their support of course."

Chamberlain Is well rememberedas a standout on that famous FroodTiger Allen cup team of 1937. Hewent directly to the big time then,and spent 12 seasons in the NBL.A real rugged player himself, he ispast master at that type of hockey.He started his coaching career atVancouver in 1949.

Interviewed while a full threepoints ahead in first place, Murph

take the Royals, they've got threeof the best centres In the wholeleague; they can hurt you. The500 are developing plenty of powertoo, in fact they're all tough whenyou're playing them."

The new league has evidentlycaught the fancy of Sudbury'shockey loving fans, who areaveraging well over 4,000 for

= Wolves' home games. Booster ticketsales have been good and It appearsthat If the Wolves continue to playsmart hockey, the fans will bewith them all the way.

Sandy ButlerRetired from the crushing plant

at Copper Cliff with over 35 years'service, Sandy Butler recalled thathis first association with the nickelindustry was back In 1900. He was

two years oldand his familyhad just movedfrom Ottawa toVictoria Minewhere his fa-ther workeduntil 1913.

Alter servingIn World War Iwith the RCE,Sandy travelled

the proce over for several years,then got a job at ODonnell roastyard In 1924 for what he intendedto be a month or so. He transferredto the new crushing plant In 1930and stayed.

Sandy has lived in Copper Clifffor 30 years. He married Berna-dette Hamilton there in 1929. TheIrfamily Include an adopted son, DonMcNabb of Copper Cliff, R.edversof the Copper Refinery, Robert ofSudbury, and Gayle and Ricky athome. Six active grandchildrencomplete the happy roster.

In fine health Sandy is planningon getting a small business to oper-ate, something that won't tie himdown too much, since he has everyintention of enjoying his pension.

NOT UNDEIISTOODW HOC givuig iiiiy seasun-enu pre- "Some husbands are wonderful.dictions. "The Wolves will be in Take George - been married 20there" was his only comment. years and still romantic. If his

"All those other clubs are tough wife heard about it she'd break hisin their own way," he said. "You neck."

Like a movie marquee this big banner in Levack mine'* lamp roomtantalizingly advertises a new safety film. Pondering what K.N.E. canmean are Herve Desloges, Bob Zola and Clarence McHugh, who learnedthe truth of those letters and the significance of the yellow flag whenthey saw the movie.

o popcorn, but plenty of Interest, In this movie audience. Almost half a mile underground, in Levack's 2350 level refuge station, the Inco safetydepartment's latest promotion, a fine safety film In full colour, is being shown to a group of miners. Holding down front row seats are EmileLefebvre, Delphis Joanette, Emile Lavigne, Paul St. Jean, Tom Bell, Barney Forest on the left, Art Brohart, Bill Whelan, Alme Giroux, JohnLevesque, Albert Klussman and Nestor Leroux on the right, and many others in the background. Projectionist Is Walter Lalonde.

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Andy BallantyneRetired from the converters at

Copper Cliff smelter with betterhan 29 years of credited service.,opul ar Andy Ballantyne recalled

John Weir, a close personalfriend in Scotland, induced him too,ne to Canada.That was back in 1927 and, as

Andy proudly remembered it,Ruby took her first step when we

landed at Quebec on July 1."Very proud of his five daughters,

of whom Ruby is the eldest, Andyhas built himself a fine new homeitear Iron Bridge which locates himabout at the hub of his family,Ruby, wife of the Copper Cliff re-search department's Morley Grigg.and Virginia (Mrs. J. Hurtubise)are in Sudbury district; Bella (Mrs.R. Cherry) lives in Elliot Lake and

Damaris Mrs. R. Bennett) andAgnes (Mrs. A. Collins) both liveat the Soo, There are ten grand-children. Mrs. Ballantyne wasSarah Anderson until she marriedAndy in 1926.

After a couple of pretty leanyears at farming in Quebec, Andyagain took the advice of his mentorJohn Weir and came on to CopperCliff. Starting in 1929 he workedalmost all of his Inco career on

the coiivert'rs, For the last 10years he was valued member ofsupervision. Curling was his sport.

Born near Glasgow in 1903, Andyworked in coal mines from the timehe was 13 years of age until heleft for Canada. He made a tripback to Scotland in 1954 and maygo again next year.

However, n a handsome newhome, built with real assistancefrom his five sons-in-law, and with75 acres of bush and farm to workwhen he gets the urge, Andy isquite content to stay put. Andthere's excellent hunting and fish-ing right in his own back yard!

1101) BrownI'm one of the few remaining

originals of the first Canadian con-tingent left in Sudbury," BobBrown said in telling of his ex-periences in World War I. "I spent39 months altogether in France andwas in the first gas attack there.I managed to get as far as Pas-schendale before being wounded."In the second world war Bobjoined the RCAF and served from1942 to 1945, mostly in Newfound-land.

In addition to being a veteran ofboth wars Bob is also a veteranInco employee who retired this fallwith almost 30 years of credited

Lots of Etitlitisiasin in Rayide 411 Potato Club

service. All his Inco years werespent at Frood and Stobie mines.

Born near London, England, in1894 Bob came with his family toCanada when he was 10 and startedworking at a grocery store in Mont-real almost Immediately. At 13 heapprenticed as a plumber, laterchanging to automatic sprinklermaintenance.

While on leave in Wales in 1918Bob married Margaret Watts andhe returned there after his dis-

Cliff Legionnaires Hold First Ladies Night in New Hall

charge. He worked in the steamplant of a colliery until coming toCanada In 1928.

Arriving in Sudbury he hired onas a pipefitter at Frood No. 3 shaft,and remained there as pipeman,powderman and fireguard until1950. The last nine years he workedat Stobie as a steel sharpener.

The Browns have lived in thesame house in the "Little Britain"section of Sudbury since their ar-rival. "We were the first house onthe hill here," Bob said. A veryfine garden sets off their comfort-able home. Their son Ken Is inOwen Sound, and their daughterBetty Is Mrs. H. Hickey of Toronto.Seven grandchildren give Bob andMrs. Brown a lot of pleasure, andso does relaxing, making minorrepairs on his home and planningnext year's trip back to the oldcountry.

Married 57 Years

Mr. and Mrs, 0. A. Chisholm ofPort Arthur this year celebratedtheir 57th wedding anniversary.Formerly an employee at Conitonsmelter, Mr. Chisholm has been anInco pensioner since 1936. They areboth 88 years of age. Their oldfriends and acquaintances in theSudbury district will be pleased tolearn of their good health andhappiness.

The best crops In Rayside township 4H Potato Club's annual competitionwere grown by Roger Trottier, Ronald Methe, and Rejean Couture.The three young Chelmsford farmers are shown above with one of thecontest judges, C. A. Young of the Inco agricultural department. Prizesfor the club's achievement day are donated jointly by Inco and theprovincial and federal departments of agriculture. Nineteen of the 21members entered exhibits of potatoes. They were entertained at dinnerand a theatre party by the Sudbury Rotary Club.

Mr. and Mrs. Baftantyne

The Bob Browns

It was the ninth annual ladies' night of Copper Cliff Branch of the Canadian Legion, but the first in theirhandsome new building, so it was a very special occasion indeed. Cabaret tables were set up in both thebi auditorium and the cosy members' lounge down3ta1r, where more than 200 enjoyed dancing to RickyLainoureux's orchestra. In the above picture, from left to right, are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bennett, Mr. andMrs. Veldon Bennett, Mrs. Bob Keily, Mr. and Mrs. Liurie Armstrong, Bob Kelly and, in the background,Alphie Pinaud. Mrs. Armstrong is president of the la1ies' auxiliary of the Legion.

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Forty-two shop students of grades 11 and 12 at Lively High School toured the Inco machine and carpentershops at Copper Cliff and found their visit "most interesting and informative" according to their Instructor,C. A. Tuttle. The occasion was in the nature of a "reunion" of the Tuttle family, since Charles Tuttle, Sr.is an Inco machinist and Richard Tuttle was present as a plant guide. In the photograph above are StuartYoung, Craig Hailbourg, Ron MoDermid, Charles Tuttle, Sr., John McCleary, Gary Pidgeon, Lance Morbin,._.._h1 .....a'. fli..__t 'T'.&&l.. nil. aft .. _i r.._1...,. lT'.441. T_ i_.J....4..i...i ...4_ lS..4..... .4 1

OCTOBER, 1959

dener Dave spent the past summerwith the Company's agriculturaldepartment on a temporary basis,supervising various projects. "I

just love that work," he exclaimed."I don't know why I didn't throwaway my pen for a trowel yearsago." His own fine garden InLively attests to his skill at grow-ing things.

In 1913 Dave married DorothyCooper, member of a well-knownSudbury family,

Frank BowersjInr1y bflUWW5, LbIVUflFU tunic, am svsuzavau, UU ..swrsn SIifliC, .11., muu5n.an 411.5 nsaI.iuuwa 41. A4iYCi7 While admitting he does miss

the old gang at the blast furnaces,

Plaque Marks Historic Discovery Site nickel-copper suiphides. John Frank Bowers also admits he likesLoughrln, who held a contract his new life of leisure. He hascut railway ties nearby, was also retired on an early service pension

Beside the Levack highway, notfar from the Murray mine head-frame, a plaque has been erectedby the Ontario archeological andhistoric sites board to cornmemo-rate the discovery of nickel in theSudbury Basin.

Rev. J. F. McCaffrey, a memberof the board and director of theMartyrs' Shrine at Midland, pre-sented the plaque to McKlm town-ship In an unveiling ceremonywhich was attended by a repre-sentative gathering of 60 persons,

- attracted by the formation, and in airer neariy .jo years wir.n inco.1884, he patented the adjoining Born and raised in Copper Cliffproperty in conjunction with Tho- where his par-mas and William Murray, and ents settled inHenry Abbott. This holding be- • 1 888 Fr an kcame the Murray Mine. The - first worked forinterest stimulated by the discovery the Companyled to the development of the world back in 1911.famous nickel-copper deposit of the "A. P. TurnerSudbury Basin. was president

_______ then," he said.Starting work

Dave Nairn in the old roastyard baek of

I For more than 15 years a familiar Frank Bowers n o. 2 m i n efigure in the shops office at Copper he moved to

JCliff, Dave Nairn with his bright O'Donnell when roasting wassmile and soft Scottish accent Is transferred to the new beds there.greatly missed there. He retired He went west for the harvest Inlast summer on disability pension. 1917, then returned to Copper CliffHe is a veteran of both world wars. and joined the army. Back at

Dave was born in Scotland in O'Donnell in 1919 he later moved1894. Coming to Canada to join a to Copper Cliff. During the shut-brother at Gait, Ontario, in 1913, down in 1921 he spent a winter inhe entered the service of the Bank the bush and a summer on rail-of Commerce after working for a road construction near Cochrane.few months in a foundry. He enlist- During most of his long service

Prin.d in Canada

ed in 1915 and served three years in Copper Cliff smelter, Frankoverseas. Severely wounded In the worked on the blast furnaces. Thearm during action in France in 1918 I last several years he was on mattehe was discharged the following transfer.year. In 1940 he again enlisted in An ardent fisherman, Frank hasthe Canadian Army and served just bought a new boat and trailer

including a group of high school f with the Veterans' Guard at both i and with this hooked to the backstudents. Espanola and Lethbridge until 1943. of his car the whole northland Is

The inscription on the plaque Joining the Bank of Toronto staff his oyster. "I like to travel and tryreads as follows: in 1919 Dave remained with them new fishing spots," he said. He

THE DISCOVERY OF THE for many years. One of his early once landed an 11-pound pickerelSUDBURY BASIN appointments was at Copper Cliff. and aims to better that record now

In 1929 he returned to the Nickel F that he has the time to concentrateIn August, 1883, construction Belt to open new sub-branches of on it.

crews preparing the Canadian the bank in the north end of Sud- A bachelor, Frank resides withPacific Railway's right-of-way cut bury and at Frood mine. his brother Jack (also an Inco pen-through rock near this site. Ablacksmith, Tom Flanagan, noting Before joining Inco Dave also stoner) and two sisters in the olda rusty patch on the face of the worked for a time in the brokerage family home on Balsam streetexcavation, dug several holes, and business. F where the Bowers have lived fordiscovered what proved to be An experienced and ardent gar- upwards of 50 years.

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The Dave Nairns In their lovelygarden at Lively

A scene at the unveiling of the plaque marking the nickel discovery sitenear Murray mine: On the left Is A. E. Goring, president of the Sudburyand District Chamber of Commerce, and at the right is R. H. Waddington,assistant vice-president and general manager of the Ontario divisionof Inco.