Drilling program started in Fort Frances area.Drilling program started in Fort Frances Fort Frances, town (1991 pop. 8,891), SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills and a pulp and paper factory. Tourism is also an important industry, with abundant fishing and hunting nearby. area A Vancouver-based company was scheduled to begin a diamond-drilling program on a number of claims east of Fort Frances. Seine River Seine River ancient Sequana Second longest river in France. It rises on the Langres plateau, 18 mi (30 km) northwest of Dijon, and flows through Paris before emptying into the English Channel at Le Havre after a course of 485 mi (780 km). Resources Inc. recently completed a power-stripping - the clearing away of overburden o·ver·bur·den tr.v. o·ver·bur·dened, o·ver·bur·den·ing, o·ver·bur·dens 1. To burden with too much weight; overload. 2. To subject to an excessive burden or strain; overtax. n. 1. materials - and chip-sampling program on 35 claims on a pair of properties in Mine Centre. In a telephone interview from his Vancouver office, Nick Nicolaas, executive vice-president and chief financial officer for the company, said the program demonstrated that the property has an excellent potential for gold-bearing structures. "The program has opened up a larger area for drilling and it's identified more drill targets for us," Nicolaas said. "We drilled and blasted blast·ed adj. 1. Used as an intensive: I hate these blasted flies. 2. Slang Drunk or intoxicated. 3. Blighted, withered, or shriveled. more than 300 holes at the site." He noted that the stripping and chip-sampling program located three target sites in addition to the two sites identified during a 1987 exploration program. The earlier program reported a chip sampling grade of .5 ounces of gold per ton of ore. Nicolaas said company geologists A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology. Geologists are also known as earth scientists or geoscientists. The following is a list of famous or notable geologists. have reported grades ranging between .012 and .013 ounces per ton from the recent chip-sampling program. The drilling program is expected to be completed before the end of October. Nicolaas said company officials will examine the findings and decide on their next move. The decision could be made before the end of the year. "This company moves fairly quickly," he said. Seine Seine (sān, Fr. sĕn), Lat. Sequana, river, c.480 mi (770 km) long, rising in the Langres Plateau and flowing generally NW through N France. River's recent findings on the property are just part of the site's long history of gold exploration. Gold-bearing quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. structures were originally located at Mine Centre properties by Ontario government geologists in 1929. The veins recorded an average grade of .2 ounces per ton at the time. Archie Bell, former general manager for Noranda Explorations and founder of Seine River, was a member of the 1929 survey crew which made the finding. The findings were subsequently borne out in 1937 when x-ray holes showed gold intersections as high as 2.06 ounces over 17 feet. |
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