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vOLLME29 COPPER CLIFF,_ONTARI FEBRUARY, 1970 NUMBER 6

Page 2 INCO TRIANGLE FebruarY, 1970

Published for all employees of TheInternational Nkkel Company of

Canada Limited

D. M. Dunbar, EditorD. J. Wing, Assistant Editor

EdItorial Office, Copper Cliff, Ont.

Material contained in Inco Triangleshould not be reprinted unlesi permission J. A. PIGOTIhaa been obtained from The InternationslNickel Company of Cnda, Limited,Copper Cliff, Ontsrio.

Sign AgreementAt Thompson toCover 3 Years

"The early acceptance of a newthree-year collective bargainingagreement by our hourly paid em-ploye at Thompson, Manitoba, Ismost gratifying In that it assuresa long period of uninterrupted pro-duction and labor stability atInternational Nickel's Canadianfacilities," said Inco chairmanHenry S. Wingate.

His statement was made follow-ing ratification January 26 of thecontract by members of Local 6166of The United Steelworkers ofAmerica.

"This agreement, combined withlast year's new contracts (whichrun to July 10, 1972) with em-ployees of the Ontario division alsomeans the Company can conñ-dently press forward with its plansto expand its annual Canadiannickel production capacity to 600,-000,000 pounds in 1972," Mr. Win-gate said.

The rapidly expanding Mani-toba division accounts for about25 per cent of InternationalNickel's annual production ca-parity, with the Ontario dIvisionacountlng for the remainder.International Nickel has plansto spend $600,000,000 from 1970through 19fl to expand it pro-duction capacity In Ontario andManitoba by more than 30 percent.International Nickel's current

labor agreement in Manitoba wasnot due to expire until February28, but negotiations for a new con-tract began early last month andwere successfully concluded onJanuary 21, when the local's nego-tiating committee signed a memo-randum of agreement.

The new Manitoba contract runsuntil February 28, 1973. It pro-vides for benefit increases in threeone-year periods lasting fromMarch 1 until the following Febru-ary 28. The first year's wage in-crease is effective as of January 1,1970.

Under the terms of the agree-ment, the hourly wage rate forsurface employees in Thompsonwill increase from $2.737 to $3.155retroactive to January 1, 1970, andto a top rate of $3.535 in the thirdyear; for underground employeesfrom $2.971 to $3.404 retroactive toJanuary 1, 1970, and to a top rateof $3820 in the third year. Thetop hourly wage scale will risefrom $3985 to $505 during the lifeof the contract. In addition, a

J. MCCREEDY A. McC. SUTHERLAND

D. D. RAMSTAD S. F. BYRD N. H. WADGE

FlYE NEW VICE-PRESIDENTSLECTED BY 1NCO DIRECTORS

Five executives of The Inter-national Nickel Company of Oan-ada, Limited have been elected bythe Company's board cf directorsto the position of vice-president,Henry S. Wingate, chafrman. an-nounced February 11 at Toronto.

The new vice-presidents are JohnA. Pigott, Jo1m McCreedy, AshbyMeC. Sutherland, Dean D. Ram-stad, nd Stephen F. Byrd.

John A. Plgott, formerly an as-sistant vice-president, will be dir-ectly responsible for all mine,pIat and nst;ruction operations,and community afairs, of theCompany's Ont&rio division. Mr.Plgott, who ha$ been general man-ager of the Ontario division since1965, joined International Nickel'smines engineering department atCopper Cliff in 1940. In 1967 hewas named an assistant vice-presi-dent. The Ontario division en-compasses nine mines and the

cost-of-living bonus of up to fivecents an hour wifi take effect dur-ing the third year of the contract.

Additional BenefitsIn addition to the wage in-

creases, the contract also calls for:A $30-a-week winter vacation

bonus in the third year.Establishment of a basic den-

tal insurance plan with pre-miums to be paid by theCompany, and the Company toassume the full cost of all thehealth insurance plans now Ineffect.

Establishment of a formaltraining program for appren-tices and tradesmen to upgradetheir skills, with tuition assist-ance by the Company.

Wage rate protection for em-ployee3 adversely affected bytechnological change.

A three-stage increase in week-ly accident Insurance benefita inlieu of lost wage5.

A ninth paid holiday.An increase in the premium

for working Sunday evening andnight shUts.

complex of nickel and copper pro-cessing facllitie in the SudburyDistrict, the Company's nickel re-fining operations at Port Colborne,and the mine and mill It 1 de-veloping at Shebandowan.

John McCreedy, formerly an as-slstant vice-president, Is dirctlyresponsible for all mine, plant andconstruction operatois, and coin-munity affairs, of the Company'sManitoba dvls1on. He jothed In-terntionai Nickel in 1949 as an

eng1ner at the Fm<JStobie andCreighton mines in the Sudburydistrict, He has n general man-ager of the Manitoba divisionsince 1967. The Manitoba divisionincludes the large Thompsonnickel mine and the Birchtreern1n, related processing and re-fining plants, as well as the Soband Pipe mines which are underdevelopment.

Ashby MeC. Sutherland, former-ly ass1tant to the chairman, isresponsible for the conduct of theoverall legal affairs of Interna-tional Nickel. He continues to be re-sponsible for concluding the basicarrangements with InternationalNickel's partners and the Frenchgovernment for the New Caledo-nian project and for the coordi-nation of all the company's activi-ties involved in launching thisproject, which expected to add100 millIon pounds of nickel an-nually to the world's supply. Ini-tial production is expected in 1974.Mr. Sutherland Joined Interna-tional Nickel in 1953 and wasnamed general solicitor of theparent company and its UnitedStates subsidiary, The Interna-tional Nickel Company, Inc., in1957. Mr. Sutherland continues asvice-president of the U.S. sub-sidiary.

Dean D. Ramstad, formerly as-sistant to the president, will bethe leader of an executive groupreponible for making asseSS-ments and recommendations onthe pursuit and development ofresource opportunities outside ofCanada and New Caledonla. Hewifi also serve as liaison officer tothe Company's foreign develop-mentment projects. Mr. R.amstadjoined International Nickel in 1957,and has long been associated withthe Company's foreign develop-ment activities. He continues as

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Congratulations from the President

B. M. Forsythe, general purchasing agent; R. N. Browne, superintendentCopper Cliff mill; G. A. Dick, manager, copper refinery.

Jnco 7am4 J1fttun

recreation.

Tom McGuigan and his wife, Beatrice, were born and broughtup in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. Tom left the coal mines andcaine to the Niagara Peninsula in August, 1967, and is a floormanat the Port Col borne nickel refinery. With their four sons, George,9, Roy, 6, Derrick, 3, Lloyd, 2, and daughter, Adeline, 8, theyreside in Crystal Beach. Tom enjoys fishing and carpentry (hebuilt his own boat), and i a Cub leader. Mrs. McGuigan is aBrownie leader.

A Copper Clif/ boy who grew up in Powassan andLoring, Eddy Bradley came to Inco in 1960 as a sampler atCopper Cliff, and is now a 1st class maintenance mechanic atClarabelle open pit. With him in this happy family pictureare his wile Eila, and children Kari, 1, Kenny, 8, and Keith, 7.In 1966 Eddy moved a house from Long Lake to Kelly Lake,installed his family, and then proceeded to remodel the 30-year-old structure in his spare time.

The handsome family of Walter and Elsie Gabbert representthe Manitoba division in this month's Family Album. A laborboss at the Thompson smelter, Walter moved his family to Canadafrom Germany in 1954, worked as a dairy farmer and gold minerin Ontario, as a potash miner in Saskatchewan, then joined theCompany at Thompson in 1965. The youngsters, who enjoytravelling and camping almost as much as their parents, are Hans,13, Inge, 16, Reinhard, 15, Marianne, 12, and Barbara, 5.

Both second generation Incoites, Russ Haas and his wife Bevare raising their family in the rural setting o/the Oja subdivisionnear Simon Lake, where they've lived since 1963. Born in Bruno,Saskatchewan, Russ came East with his parents in 1942, startedwith the Company at the Creighton mill in 1957, and has workedunderground at No. 6 shaft since 1965. Their smiling brood areMichael, 5, James, 3, and Cathy, 8. Hunting is Russ's favorite

Seen with their family of three boys, Bobby, 8, Danny 6,and Tommy, 9, are Copper Cliii warehouse storenian LionelBechard and his wife Liliane. Lionel's home town waS Britt,Ontario, and he left there for Inco and the smelter in 1959.A keen sports,nan, his recreational activities include bowling,unpiring baseball, and coaching the warehouse hockey teamin the Copper Cliff shift league.

It was in 1948 that Fraser Oakley left St. Ann's and the fishingboats of Cape Breton Island for inco and the Copper Cliii smelter.He switched to underground operations in 1949 and has worked as adrill fitter on the mobile drill rigs at Stobie for the last four years. Heand his wife Irene and their large happy Jamily live near Hanmer. Theyoungsters are Peter, 8, Gary, 12, Debbie, 17, Mary, 8, Cindy, 11,and Barbara, 14.

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Discussing' an IPC residue treatment /lowsheet areproject engineer Ted Hodkin and Val Opratko,/ormer assistant superintendent in charge 0/ No. 3station and now with the process development groupat the Toronto 0//ice.

Emil Smyte, me-chanical co-ordin-ator, and KjeldBech, project en-c'ineer, check outa new valve as-sembley. In No. Itation alone thereare more than2,000 valves o/various types.

Former assistantsuperintendent incharge o/ No. Iresearch station,Bill Hudgins hasbeen assigned tothe IPC project.

Part of the Enthusiastic TeamSharing New Process Successes

At No. 2 station,engineer LuisPonce takes read-ings /rom record-er chart.

In No. I station,shi/t leader JackBorland adjustsspeed o/ carbonylpump while shi/toperator Bob Mc-Gowan checkscarbonyl volumereadings.

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Tom Mossey (centre) assistant superintendent incharge o/ No. I station, con/ers with senior projectengineers Dale Robinson and Leon Baltas on a /lowsheet.

Dr. J. A. E. Bell (right), superintendent o/ the Port Colborneresearch complex, is shown in con/erence with the late KeithFordy, instrumentation supervisor, on the programming o/ anew master control panel in No. 3 station designed by Mr.Fordy.

Shi/t leader Roger Ag-new is taking a sample/rom a leach circuit inNo. 3 station.

Ron Brooksbank, seniorplant technologist, isshown compiling dataon a test run in theTBRC in No. 2 station.

Formerly superintendento/ the Port Colborne re-search stations, MichaelHead is now stationed atCopper Cliff, in charge o/the process engineering as-pects o/ the entire IPCproject.

Senior project engineer Frank Olano and projectengineer Glen Sherk examine a No. 2 station /10wsheet with assistant superintendent Louis Martel.

February, 1970

Scenic LocationScenically located on the shoresof Lake Erie, the three stationsof Inco's Port Colborne researchcomplex appear in this photo-graph in the order of their con-struction. No. 1 station, on theright, was built in 1959, No. 2(centre) in 1960, and No. 3 in1967. To this unique scientificestablishment come bulk samplesof nickel ores from many partsof the world to be used in thedevelopment of new extractionprocesses on a pilot plant scale.

Port Colborne'sUNIQUELY VERSATILE

Research ComplexOUR COVER PICTURE shows a section of the hydrometallurgicalresearch station, a bewildering assembly of tanks, filters, piping andvalves, where an intensive effort is being made to develop newmore economic processes for the commercial treatment of nkkel.containing lateritic ores. To withstand the severe corrosion conditionsin this plant, a large proportion of the leach circuit vessels andpiping is constructed of fibre-glass reinforced plastic. In th. centreof the picture is Gord Lissaman, senior research chemist, and in theforeground is Paul Feduck, shift operator. (George Hunter Fhoto)

5 HAPING the destiny of International Nickel'smetallurgical operations both at home and in manycountries abroad, the Inco research station complexat Port Colborne has during the past 10 years beenthe proving ground for sweeping innovations in thenickel industry.

A new nickel refinery, to cost in excess of $100million, is now under construction at Copper Cliffand will go on stream in 1972 as a result of innova-tions in nickel smelting and carbonyl technology de-veloped at the research stations. The more distantfuture will see International Nickel plants for theprocessing of nickel oxide ores in such places asGuatemala, New Caledonia, Australia and In-onesia. The processes will have been developed atthe Port Colborne research station complex.

An earlier ahtevement was de-velopment of the process for pro-ducing a new form of primarynickel - nickel oxide slnter 90.The highly adaptable rezearch sta-tion failIUes were oper&ted on a

semi-production basis of 5 mIllionlbs/month to make shipmen tocustomers throughout the worldfor test purposes, and the newproduct quickly won wide acep-tance. As well as developing thetechnique, Port Colborne researchpersonnel participated in the de-sign of the equipment for the bignew plant completed at CopperCliff in 1965 to put it to wOrk ona commercial scale.

Wide Variety of EquipmentThe three Port Colborne research

stations were built to provide pilotscale facilities for process develop-ment in the three basic areas ofmetal extraction, namely pyro-metallurgy, hydrolnetallurgy andvapometallurgy. The wide varietyof equipment thus made availablepermits assembly of a1inot anyrequired sequence of unit opera-tions for process development oneither the sulphide ores as occurin Canada or the oxide (lateritic)ores of the tropics.

These permanent broad-PUrPOSefacilities, unique in the world,eliminate the necessity to designand build uni-purpose pilot plantsfor each major process develop-ment as it com up, thus drasti-cally reducing the interval be-tween the birth of an idea in theresearch laboratory and its finaltranslation into full p1nt produc-tion.

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More of the Team: (left) Adjusting the speed of an autoclave, leaching JPC residues in No. 3station, is shift leader Gary Wills; (centre) project engineer Peter Garritsen adjusts an on-streamcolorimetric analyzer in No. 3 station; (right) H. C. Garven, formerly assistant superintendent incharge of No. 1 station, is now in the process development group at the Toronto oJfice.

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Port Colborne's

ResearchComplex

(Continued from Page )Manning the maze of technolo-

gical hardware In the Port Col-borne complex Is a staff of about150, some of whom are shown inaccompanying photographs. Some15 different nationalities are repre-sented in their ranks, which in-dude several holders of doctoratedegrees and many with highly spe-cialized training in the sciences.A substantial number of local dis-trict boys with high school educa-tion have qualified as techniciansor supervisors. Noticeable amongthe personnel Is a strong esprit decorps, a sharing by all hands ofthe keen satisfaction in bringing apilot project successfully throughthe often frustrating period oftrial and adjustment to a prac-tical and economical productionbasIs.

Two-Fold MissionThe research complex's mission

Is not only to produce the processbut also to provide people withtechnical expertise for plant de-sign and operation. The Port Col-borne stations will contribute anucleus of key personnel for thenew nickel refinery at CopperCliff.

The brilliant succees of the re-search complex have not been wonat any cost to safety, which as atall Inco plants gets top priority.There's solid pride in the accidentprevention record, which at mid-January showed No. 1 station with1,881 days worked since its lastlost-time accident, No. 2 stationwith 1,809 days, and No. 3 station(the newest) with 612 days.

It was in 1959, to Implement itsaccelerating process research pro-gram, that International Nickelundertook construction of thethree research stations at PortColborne. First to go up was thevapometallurgy pilot plant, dedi-cated to expanding the scope ofthe carbonyl process in whichcrude metallic material is vapo-rized for the extraction of nickeland other values. No. 2 stationwas built in 1960 to pilot pyro-metallurgical process involvinghigh temperature chemical reac-tions such as reduction, oxidation,and smelting. No. 3 station, builtin 1967, is the hydrometallurgypilot; concerned with chemicalreactions in water, it can under-take a wide variety of leaching,precipation and exchange reac-tions.

The Port Colborne complexworks in close liaison with thescientists at Inco's J. Roy Oordonresearch laboratory at Toronto,where new process ideas arebrought through the 'test tube"and mini-plant stage and thenturned over to the research sta-Uons for development on a pilotplant scale. Many of the projectsare of long term duration, andsome, of course, do not turn outto be economically feasible.

New Processes for Copper CliffTwo new processes piloted at

TBRC Makes Direct Conversion of Nickel Suiphide to MetalShown in operationhere is the top-blown rotary con-verter (TBRC) atNo. 2 research sta-tion. This refrac-tory-lined furnaceis rotated at speedsup to 20 rpm dur-ing a heat. Not vis-ible is the oxy-fuellance which passesthrough the flue atone end of the fur-nace. A hydraulicretraction system,partly shown, movesthe flue away fromthe converter forinspection of thebath, sampling, andtapping. Pivoted atthe discharge end,the converter is tilt-ed in a verticalplane by two hy-draulic rams fortapping. Two 50-ton converters willin the new nickel

Port Colborne will be used in thenew nickel refinery at CopperCliff. The first involves the ap-plication of the oxygen top-blownrotary converter (TBRC) to thedirect conversion of nickel sul-phide to metal. The second isbased on the treatment of crudenickel metal by a new vapometal-lurgical process, the Inco pressurecarbonyl process (IPC), whichoperates at moderately elevatedpressures.

The refinery will be concernedwith the processing of all of Inco'sprecious metals-bearing interme-diates from the matte separationoperation at Copper Cliff and resi-dues from the refineries at PortColborne and Thompson. It willrecover high purity nickel pelletsand powders, col*lt, refined cop-per, and a precious metals concen-trate for refining at the Com-pany's facility at Acton, England.The design capacity of the newplant is 100 million lb./yr. of nickelpellets, 25 million lb/yr. of nickelpowder, and 27 million lb./yr. ofcopper cathodes.

Long-Sought MethodInco had long sought a prac-

tical method for the direct conver-sion of molten nickel sulphide tometal. Early trials in convention-al equipment failed because of theformation of refractory nickeloxide during the conversion step,and the consequent slagging ofmuch of the nickel. By 1959 apractical method had been devisedand pilot scale tests were conduct-ed in an experimental top-blownrotary converter at the Doinnar-vet Steel Works of Stora Koppar-begs, in Sweden. Subsequently atInco's pyrometallurgical researchstation at Port Colborne, tests wereconducted in a 7-ton TBRC forthe development of a commercialscale operation.

The key to the operation is tem-perature control by a combinationof surface blowing with oxygen

and mechanically induced turbu- is rotated and the suiphide meltedlence. Alter charging, the vessel with an oxy-fuel lance. When the

Action During a Pilot Run of TBRC

GUI Micorittobe operated Copper Cliff. With an output of capable of providing almost allrefinery at 275 tons per day each will be the feed for the IPC plant.

A typical scene during pilot runs of the TBRC shows GWiYAshenden (left) intermediate shift operator, recording temperaturereadings; Zoli Barnal (centre), senior shift operator, rabbling slagfrom the surface of the metal in the furnace; Bernie Portolesi, in-termediate shift operator, measuring bath temperature with anoptical pyrometer.

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melt temperature reaches around2,5OOF the oxygen blast Is turnedon and continued until the sulphurcontent of the bath Is decrea3edto the desired level. For the IPCprocess a residual sulphur contentof about 4% Is desired - a rela-tively easy task for the TSRC.As a result of burning sulphurwith oxygen the melt temperaturerises to over 2,9OOF by the endof the cycle. The molten productis granulated by water quenchingand the granules dried for treat-ment by the IPC process.

Carbonyl refining of nickel, longin operation at Inco's Clydachworks in Wales, Is based on thediscovery by Carl Langer and Lud-wig Mond that carbon monoxide atatmospheric pressure and tem-peratures between 100 and 2OOFreacts with "active" nickel to formnickel-carbonyl gas. At atmos-pheric pressure the carbonyl-form-ing Impurities in crude nickel donot enter the gas phase, thug theproce is highly selective. Thereaction can be reversed by hetlngthe nickel-carbonyl to tempera-tures in the range of 300 to 6OOP.

In contrast the newly developedIPC systezn, which involves reac-tion at elevated pressures, makesit possible to treat reftaetory ma-terials such as metals and alloysproduced by melting, not other-wise possible by the conventionalcarbonyl route.

10 Years in DevelopmentAt No. 1 research station, over

a 10-year period, the IPC processwas successfully developed for avariety of refractory materials,such as roasted and reduced pent-landite-rich flotation concentrates,roasted and reduced mattes, matteseparation metallics, and variouscrude nickel products and nickel-containing residues. The heart ofthe vapometallurgical research sta-tion s the presaure reactor wherethe crude met&s are contactedwith carbon monoxide at preuresup to 70 atmospheres (1,000 psi)and temperatures up to 350F.Specially designed seals, key to thesuccess of this operation, wereproven 100% effective on the pilotreactor at Port Colborne. Depend-ing on operating conditions, nickeland iron are extracted as car-bonyls. These are separable be-cause of their markedly differingchemical and physical properties.The carbonyl vapors are con-densed, stored, and then pumpedto a fractionation column wherenickel and Iron carbonyls are sepa-rated on the basis of the differencein their boiling points. Nickelcarbonyl vapors from the top ofthe fractionation colunui are de-comped by heat to pure nickelpellets or powder. The iron-richbottoms product is vaporized anddecompo6ed to yield ferro-nickelpowder.

The residue from the CopperCliff nickel refinery process will besubjected to several hydrometailur-gical treatments to recover con-tained copper, cobalt and residualnickel, and to produce an alloyrich in precioug metals. Thehydrometallurgical process, alsoextensively piloted at the researchstations, selectively dissolves nickel,cobalt and copper by leaching atsuperatmospheric pressure. Thenickel-cobalt leach liquor is sub-jected to further purification toseparate and recover these metals,while copper Is recovered aacathodes by electrowtnning.

The nickel-containing lateritic

Continuing a planned programto estabUh closer liaison betweenindustry and the schools, Sudburybranch of the Canadian Instituteof Mining and Metallurgy organ-Ized a tour of Stobie mine under-ground operations and the Incadata processing centre at CopperCliff for a large group of guidanceteachers from district secondaryschools.

Other teacher groups and ad-ministrators will tour the miningindugtry in the area, and CIMMspeakers will visit both secondaryand public schools to show miningfilms and describe career oppor-tunities in the industry.

The guidance teachers were en-

ore6 comprise the largest knownreserves of nickel in the world.The ores of Cuba, Guatemaia, NewCaledonia and Indon€sla are ofthis type. While the Sudbury sul-phide ores may be processed bywell established techniques suchas flotation and magnetic separa-tion, the oxide ores are notamenable to such treatment be-cause of the manner in which theirnickel content is chemically dis-seminated. CommercJally, hydro-metallurgical and pyrometallurgi-cal techniques are used to extractnickel from this type of ore. Atthe Port Colborne research sta-tions an intensive effort is beingmade to develop new, more eco-nomical processes for the treat-ment of nickel-containing later!-tic ores which are certain to playan important part in the futureof the nickel industry.

NOT A CHANCE

Tourist: I clearly had the rightof way when this man ran 1itome, but you y I wu to blame.

Lo! Officer: You certainlywere.

Tourist: How come?Officer: Because his fathei i

mayor, his brother Is chief ofpolice, and I go with his szter.

Ultrasonic WaahersUltrasonic waterless washer8 for

cleaning glassware and ntr1cateInstrument parts use Intense high-frequency sound waves, generatedby vibrating nickel or nickel alloyparts to rep1ce the usual wateragitator or pump.

tertained by Inco at luncheon atthe Copper Cliff Club, where theywere addressed briefly by theCIMM branch president, CharlesHews, Inco superintendent of safe-ty, and Jeff Dunthorna, Falcon-bridge Nickel Mines Ltd. represen-tative on the CMM executive.

Photograph shows those on theStobie mine tour January 16: leftto right, front row, aa8lstant minesuperintendent Ted Flanagan,Bob Tyler (Sheridan Tech), GaryOrasi (Lockerby Conposite), RenaTrottler (Lively High), P. Zeppa(Sudbury High), L. Jones (CapreolHigh), Len Kltchener of Incomines research, CIM?j,! branchsecretary.

MMdia row, Oeorge5 Paradia(Sheridan Tech), . Polleel (Con-federation); Orv Lyttle (LockerbyComposite); Bob Vitali (Lo-lleflPark); Joe Drago (La Salle); FernHoule (Confederation); R. Fraser(Garson-Falconbridge) Jeff Dun-thorne (Superintendent of Falcon-bridge East mine); Stu Winter(chafrman of mining and geologydepartment, Cambrian College);

Back row, Bob Gawalko (Sheri-dan Tech); J. C. Stolte (La Salle);Vic Bardeggla (Nickel District);Len Yauk (principad, Garson-Fal-conbridge); Dave Graham (CKSOnews editor); CL A. Hebert(Chelmsford); Joe Sintic (SudburyHigh); Tom Parry (Copp& CliffHigh).

Two Cliff Curling Uub Rinks NOCA Victors

Steve Kuzmoski, whos. rinkBrier in 1956, is still o bigmen ond the George ToteGeorge Burns (who mode thother Copper Cliff skips, Cwithin o whisker of entering'spiel motches. Another 'Silver's rink, which wos dowin there to win it 10-9.

representedcontender in

Northern Ontario in the Macdonaldony 'spiel. He's seen obove with his

holl of both scoring 7-enders ins the terrific comeback of Artnds of on eorly 9am. but hung

Fit, Jim Blockport, skip Kuzmosk1,trophy: left to rigb Tote ond Wolter Dydyk. Twoe presentation), Bcand "Moose" McQuorrie, comeeorge Stephens

the curling fomepiel highlight wan 9-1 offer four a

Guidance Teachers See Stobie Mine on CIMM Tour

Two Copper Cliff Curling Club entries mode it to the winner's circl, in theonnuol NOCA bonspiel, held Jonuory 15..18 with o full drow of 128 rinks ondthe hondsome new Idylwylde curling focility os host club. Art Romonluk,former winner of the first event Inco trophy, skipped his crew of Moe Polmoro,"Chick" MocDonold ond "Super" Bertuzzi to victory in the Algomo Steel event.They're shown here with the trophy ond (centre) Sault Ste. Marie skip HorveySnell, this yeor's winner of the Inco trophy, who mode the presentation.

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Retired SeniorSupervisors toAid New Nations

Exciting new opportunities forexperience abroad beckon to Incopensioners with senior supervisoryor managerial background in anyphase of the Company's operations.

Canadian Executive Service Over-seas is the organization that wantsto hear from retired people withmanagement and technical know-how who will volunteer to spend upto six months assisting developingcountries to achieve economicgrowth.

First from Inco's Sudbury areaoperations to answer this challenge

is Archie Massey,who retired lastyear as area super-intendent of Copper

- Cliff North andCopper Cliff Southmines, after 40 yearsof mining with theCompany. Aceom-, panied by his wifehe left Toronto byair January 16,bound for Lagos,

J. A. Massey Nigeria, to give ex-pert advice to the governmentthere in developing mining projects.

Mr. and Mrs. Massey travelled toNigeria with two other retiredcouples, one from Winnipeg, theother from Burlington, embarkingon similar volunteer missions. Theyexpect to be gone from four to sixmonths.

"Meaningful Contribution"Canadian Executive Service Over-

seas is a non-profit organizationoperated by a group of about 100Canadian business leaders, amongthem F. Foster Todd, executivevice-president of Inco. Its objec-tives are to aist developing coun-tries in crucial tasks of achievingeconomic growth by helping themstrengthen their own organizationsand institutions; to provide oppor-tunities for Canadians of retire-ment age to make a meaningfulcontribution by utilizing theirknow-how and experience in thedeveloping countries; and to in-crease friendly relations betweenthe people of Canada and thepeople of other countries of theworld. It has the support of theCanadian government through the

C. 0. Dalton, CESO vice-president,confers with R. G. t.ake, manager re-cruiting and employment, Inco Torontoon potential volunteers for expert aidto developing countries.

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Off to an auspicious start for abig safety year in 1970 was Frood-Stobie mine, which on January 13completed one million man hourswithout a lost-time accident, arun that started on November 21.

Frcod-Stobie has compiled aremarkable record of special safe-ty awards, this being the 25ths5mllar achievement since 1944.The highlight, of course, was thecompletion in December, 1965, of3,047,774 safe man hours, believedto e a world record for an under-ground mine.

Inco safety superintendent C. F.

Canadian International Develop-ment Agency.

Countries to which CESO hassent volunteers include India,Ethiopia, Turkey, Greece, thePhillipines, Jamaica, Trinidad,Barbados, St. Lucie.

Transportation costs and livingexpenses, and a car for local trans-port, are provided for the volunteerand his wife, but he receives nosalary.

Attitude ImportantIn its booklet for prospective

volunteers CESO has the followingto say under the heading ofAttitude"

'It is Important for both theman and his wife to be under-standing about the politics, tradi-tions and religious practices exist-ing in the country. They are notbetter or worse than ours merelydifferent from ours and usuallymuch older.

'Good physical condition for theman and his wife and a healthymental outlook are prerequisites, aswell as the ability to live in warmclimates. Patience and adaptabilityare essential personal character-istics.

"No amount of goodwill and ma-terial aid are adequate substitutesfor understanding and sensitive-ness to the values that another

Hews had this to say about themcrst recent achievement:

"AU members of the Frood-Stobie work force are to besincerely congratulated for thisco-operative effort In safetywhile at the same time main-taining a high standard of pro-duction. This effort will serveas an example and will give Im-petus to the yearly program atall mines and plants.

"A suitably inscribed awardwill be presented to the Frood-Stobie personnel."A representative group of Frood-

country holds dear. Our veryefficiency, purposefu1ns and en-thusiasni for material success canbe misunderstood in developingcountries.

"A measure of sacrifice is to beexpected and some of the comfortsof home may be missing. Theseassignments involve work and arenot picnics. Our executives shouldnot expect that people will makemuch fuss over them. The keyword is 'adaptability.'

We realize that Canadian tech-niques cannot be completely trans-planted. In almost every casemodifications will be required Ifthe assignment is to progress satis-factorily.

"Reward comes from a feeling ofaccomplishment at having helped,through the use of one's skills,people and countries in need ofassistance and through makingfriends of people abroad and thushelping to strengthen relations withCanada."

Inco retirees wishing full infor-mation about this program shouldaddress their enquiries to Mr. C. 0.Dalton, vice-president (Ontario),Canadian Executive Service Over-seas, Suite 1005, 7 King Street East,Toronto 210, and should include asummary of their managerial ortechnical experience.

Stobie men, including a pair ofthe youngest and four of the vet-e'ans in service at the mine, posedfor the above Triangle picture inrecognition of the million-man-hours achievement:

Kneel i n g: Dave Volpel (2yars), chute blaster at Stobie, andAndy Yasinowski (26 years), pil-lar leader at Frood, holding anappropriate poster from the minesafety department's effectiveScoopy Sez series;

Standing: J. E. Flanagan, assist-ant mine superintendent, Stobie:W. ColDs, assistant mine superin-tendent, Frood; Ben Urbanavicius(1 year), jumbo driller, Frood;Mike Yuswak (22 years), schoolstope instructor, Stobie: JimHatch, safety supervisor; JoeLuptak (28 years), electrician,Stobie; Leo Lefebvre (23 years),welder, Frood; Dave Simon, main-tenance superintendent, Fr 00 d -Stobie, S. J. Sheehan, area super-intendent, Frood-Stobie and LittleStobie mines.

STII A UVEY BOOSTERAlthough she is very happy living

in Thompson, to which she and herhusband moved about 10 years ago,Mrs. Herb Blais still has a warm spotin her heart for lively, their formerhome.

Subject of a feature story in theThompson Citizen, Mrs. Blais is hailedas an expert at crochet, and hasdonated many beautiful examples ofher work as prizes for draws support-ing community enterprises.

Referring nostalgically to her for-mer home town of Lively, Mrs. Blaiscalled it "the nicest small town inOntario".

Too often travel, instead ofbroadening the mind, merelylengthens the conversation.

Frood-Stobie Opens Year with a Million-Man-Hour Bang

February, 1970 INCO TRIANGLE

Vaughn KalenulkWith a quartet like this to give It the old bazazz, Sudbury Jaycees annualWinter Carnival couldn't miss. There were dozens of other attractions duringthe week-long event starting February 1, but none could top the CarnivalQueen contest. Seated is the charming winner, 17-year-old Francine Perrault,about to be crowned by last year's carnival queen, Marcia Veccia, daughterof Copper Cliff reverb department's Joe Veccia. No. 1 Princess, standing atthe left, is 17-year-old Jennifer Roy, daughter of general safety supervisorLionel Roy of Copper Cliff, and on the right is No. 2 Princess, 17-year-oldJoy LaPierre, daughter of Garson mine's Bill LaPerre.

Taking a break be-tween the snow-mobile races thatdrew a huge crowdwere Garry Cars-callen (centre) ofCopper Cliff util-ities, and John Dra-per and Mel Brayof Frood - Stobiem i n e engineeringdepartment.

Mike Grace ofFrood-Stobie engi-neering, and hisdaughter Kelly, hada good friend inMike Proulx, amember of Sud-b u r y SnowmobileClub, who tookthem for a thrillingspin around thelake. Guesstimatesof t h e carnivalcrowd ran as highas 20,000 people.

Inco-Australia SinksExploration Shaft

International Nickel AustraliaLimited, a subid1ary of The In-ternational Nickel Company ofCanada, Limited and the BrokenHill Proprietary Company Limited,Issued the following statementJanuary 2a.

'Exploratory work In the Widgie-mooltha area of Western Australia,as previously reported, ha$ locateda number of nickel sulphide occur-renc. In order to further evalu-ate their potential, an explorationshaft will be sunk In one of thelocations. Additional Investigations,necessary for full evaluation, wifibe carried out from this shaft.

The shaft will be sunk to ap-proximately 1,000 feet and lateralworkings will be driven from it intothe mineral zones to check thecontinuity and nickel content ofthe mineralization, to obtaInsamples for mill and metallurgicaltesting, and to assess ground con-ditions. Dianiond drilling will becarried out from the undergroundworkings to explore the downwardand lateral extensions of the min-eral zones. Preliminary engineer-ing has been underway for sometime, and site preparation for thenew shaft wiU commence imme-diately. Shaft sinkIng s plannedto begin In April. It is anticipatedthat the program will be completedearly in 1971."

She Won't mend his socks be-cause he won't buy her a newmink coat. If he doesnt give awrap, she doesn't give a darn.

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Wasted DaysSo soon the Summers go,

And comeArid go

And sadness, notThat Winters come and

Summers go,But that we leave behind

Remembered days of joy,of love,

Of hope, and strength to fightwhatever foe disturbed our

little life.Love and strife.We face the Winter of long

sleep.Will it be quiet, undisturbed?Or will the yearning soul

writhe in memory of lostdays,wasted days

When God's green earth wasours and

we saw it not?

-Marguerite Eve McGill.

(Mrs. McGill and her husband,E. R. McGill, member forBrandon in the Manitoba legis-lature, are former residents ofCopper Cliff.)

Longer Engine WeA complex nickel chemical in

motor oil 1ncrease the life of cer-tan automobile engine p&rts bydeconipoing and producing nkkeloxide Which Is plated out at poixTt6of load, thus reducing the rate ofwear.

After the Storm

Huge Carnival Success for Jaycees

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INCO TRIANGLE February, 1970

Ontario Division 1969 Safety Championships Announced

Garson Mine andIron Ore PlantAre Triumphant

best the North had to offer in theOntario division championshipshowdown for the Ralp&1 D. Parkertrophy last spring, nobody butnolxdy Is taking them lightly Intheir Intentions concerning all-plants safety laurels this year.

Reduction section p1ced third Inthe all-plants race for 1969, andcopper reflnery placed fourth.

Trophies were formally presentedto represent1v of victoriousGarn and Iron ore pleat at aluncheon at the Copper Cliff Club,hoeted by G. o. Machum, astantgeneral manager (pmceIng) andG. R. Green, assistant genemimanager (mining).

The massive handsome tmp&ie8,realistically carved by Creightonmine's sculptor-In-residence, KarlPaxy, depk typical scenes InInco's mining and processing ope-rations. They will occupy promi-nent positions at Garson and theIORP until new winners are an-riounced early in 1971, althoughboth winners are firmly deter-mined that they'U stay right wherethey are for at least another year.

New Inco ProcessMakes Superalloys

A unique new ailoylng processthat could make possible theproduction of superailoys with amarkedly superior combination ofintermediate and elevated tem-perature properties ha$ been In-vented at the Paul D. Merica Re-search Laboratory of The Inter-national Nickel Company, Inc., atSterling Forest, N.Y.

The new metallurgical process,known as "mechanical alloying," Iscurrently under development atInco's research facility. Mechani-cal alloying is a high-energy pro-cess that produces homogeneouscomposite particles with an inti-mately dispersed, uniform struc-ture.

Laboratory experlment indicatethat the new process achieves forthe first time the long - soughtcombination in a single superalloyof two metallurgical strengtheningphenomena - dispersion harden-lug and precipitation hardening.Precipitation hardening, whichgo back to the early part ofthIs century, is a strengthening

mechanism resulting from theformation of inter-metailic com-pounds in an ailoy structure.Dispersion hardening, which wasdiscovered more recently, resuksfrom the introduction of non-metallic compounds that restrictdislocation movements in thecrystal lattice of a metal.

Inco's discovery of a means ofcombining the two strengthening

mechanisms Is expected to openthe way for the manuracture ofadvanced superailoys to withstandthe higher temperatures sentIalto improve economy and perform-ance in power generation and inpropulsion turbines. The super-alloys currently in use are pre-cipitation-hardened only and areused at temperatures up to about1,8OOF.

This may be the Age of Aqua-j-ius, if the st-gazers and sooth-sayers are on the beam, but 1969was the Year of Garson as far asInco all-mines safety and minerescue trophies are concerned.

Garson won the Join MeCreedytrophy for Inco mine rescue tmsin the Ontr1o dgvision, repeatingtheIr 1968 triumph In this compe-bftion, and then thpped off theirbig year by capturing the MIMines sa!ety trophy, representingan all-out accomp1iment sharedby every man on the pymU.

Final standings in both the all-mines and all-p1ans competltionsare based on three factors, fre-quency of all injuries, frequency oflost-time Injuries, and injury sev-erbty, so that just about every-th1i with a safety conrxtationcounts when the scores for theyear are being added up.

Garson, which finished in fourthspot in 1968, surged to the top atthe end of last year by cuttingits total injury severity by 80%,a tremendous achievement reflect-ing close co-operation and alert-ne.s by men and supervision aike.

Murray mine, which in 1968shared rst place in the AU Minesaward with Levack, flnshed sec-ond in the 1969 standings, fol-lowed by Levack, Frood-Stobie,Crean Hill and Creighton, in thatorder.

Worthy First WinnersIron Ore Plant were worthy first

winners of the new MI P1ntssafety trophy, having put forth agreat united effort by men andsuperv1on that resulted in a 50%improvement over their 1968 fi-gures for both total injury fre-quency and total injury severity.

Port Colborne nickel reflneryplaced second in this competition,and vow they'll make it to the topof the heap in 1910. In view ofthe drive and determination theydisplayed in improving their firstaid competition performances uni1they emerged triumphant over the

NO FOOLING WITH THESE BEGINNERSJim Dowdall and Ron Bedard, like so many other "first4ime" curlers in theRefinery 'spiel, were studies in total concentration.

Dunc White AgainSkip Dunc White successfully

defended his copper reflnery curl-ing champlon.thip when he led histeam of Frank MaeKlnixn, TornWhiteside and Jun Dowdaii tovictory in the annual w1re-baclassic at Gopper Cliff CurlingClub on January 10.

To cop the first event for thesecond year in a row, the redoubt-able Dunc had to outfox anotherwiley reflnery master of the besoinan' tane, Wes Hart. who wa.sstoutly supported by Dave Scott,Norm Dever, and Ted Armstror.

Larry Martel, skipping RandySteel, Dennis Tucker and DonBrlckett, took the second eventñn1 over Jack Mclnnes (skip),George Trimmer, Stan Mitchell,and Mike Stench, while in thethird event it was Bill Brown

Wins Refinery 'Spiel(skip), Fred Wilke, Ray Michaud,and Ron Bedard winning the ñnalfrom Leo Pevato (skip), JimLoney, Ben Moxam, and ErteMuise.

There were 29 rinks entered, afine showing of curlers.

Bud Eles, the modt CopperRefinery Athietie Associa4iOU s -retary, says full ced1t for thehighly sucefu1 'spiel should goto Larry Martel, Dunc White, andW Hart.

Whether or not they were re-spon.ible, one of the event's mostattraitive features was the parti-cipatton of three young reffiberysteno, Linda Frantala, Linda 0th-son, and Sharon Boyd. who maynot have won any prizes but c -tainly socred high in the popu-arIty ratings.

The All Mines Trophy is presented to Garson mine superintendent Milt Jowseyand safety supervisor Jim Pettigrew by M. E. Young, manager of mines.

G. 0. Machum, assistant general manager (processing), presents the AllPlants Trophy to E. G. Stoneman, manager of the iron ore plant, and DonFerguson, safety supervisor.

Orest And revs

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.SUDBLIRY BASIN ONCE LOOKED LIKE THIS????

The terraced maan crater Langrenus, which is same 85 miles across andDid Mighty Meteorite prabably abaut five miles deep, phatagraphed last Christmas Eve fram analtitude af abaut 150 miles by Apalla 8. There's strang evidence that SudburyBasin looked like this, two thausand millIon years ago.B last Sudbu ry Bas i Bray, Inco superintendent of geo- G.S.: Yes. A fascinating

C logical research at Copper Cliff, One that ha.s come up only In theduring a television Interview ski!- last five or sIx years. We have

The origin and unique concentration of the Sudbury nickel- fully conducted by CKSO newsman been asking ourselves for manycopper ores is a riddle that has fascinated geologists ever since the Ray Fichaud on the program "File years what exactly is the reason

Five": for the many strange geologicaldiscovery days over 80 years ago. Now a new theory is rapidly features here. Now It has beengaining support - a theory strongly supported by evidence in both Ray Flchaud: The Sudbury Basin suggested that a meteorite hit thethe field and the laboratory - that the Sudbury Basin is what is holds a unique geological position ground here about two thousand

left of a crater blasted out of the earth's crust by an enormous in the world. Dr. Bray, why is million years ago and as a result

meteorite perhaps two or three miles in diameter with an impact Sudbury so unique? there was a tremendous explosion.A crater, perhaps 50 or 100 mIles

200,000 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb. Bray: Because It has probably across, was blasted out of thethe greatest concentration of nickel earth's crust and this triggered off

Melted rock from the earth's mantle is thought to have carried and copper and precious metals of pies In the earth's mantle -concentrations of nickel and copper suiphides up into the shattered any place In the world, the layer below the crust. Somecrust around the impact area, forming the so-called nickel irruptive R.F.: I understand there is a rather of the rock in the mantle became

on which the Sudbury mining industry is based. interesting theory to explain why molten and carried concentrationsof nickel and copper sulphlde up

Sudbury has all this nickel and Into the crust. We don't think theThe new meteorite theory, which might with modern irrever- that it involves possibly a meteor- nickel came from the meteorite,

ence be termed the Big Zap, was graphically described by Dr. Guy ite. (Continued on Page 14)

ONCE 75 MILES WIDE AND A800TFIVE MILES DEEP??

"aleThe Sudbury Basin as it appears today, a pleasant farming and residen-

a -.. -tial area about 17 miles wide by 37miles long, surrounded by the rockyhills af the nickel irruptive datted with .mining plants, very likely was once . . . . . . . /.

the root zone of a more or less cir- . . .

cular crater 50 to 100 miles wide and .possibly five miles deep. At lean . - :.- :. , F

-that's what many geologists are now *./ " . '

saying. During two thousand millionyears the sides of the crater were N'

7..worn dawn to its present dimensions f -,

%1:.• :. •.by the natural forces of erosion, leav-

CtT +'ing smashed rocks, shatter cones, andother evidence of a tremendous I .

,•' Imeteoritic impad and explosion. A•'_\ \

later (millions of years) massive up- Vheaval in the earth's crust caused afront af younger rock to mo in from / .,.-. ats Ithe south east (see map), exerting .

enormous pressure and squeezing theBasin into its present elliptical shape, "and also accounting for innumerablefolds and faults faund in the rocks ofthe Basin area.

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Retired on inc0 /0enáionMIKE PILJA

It's 40 years since Mike Piljaleft Yugolavi'a for Canada, and

he's never been

7back. But now,with 32 Inco years

f behind him, thespec}al early ser-

• vice pensioner hastime on his hanand will be visiting

Vthe aid country.

A oarpenter, Mikejoined Inco atFrood in 1929, brokehis service in 1936,

Mike P1118 returned in 1937,and haa worked In the carpentershop there since 1957.

He and his wife, Mary Morashwhen they were married in 1940,re eoxisiderlng seeking the com-

forts f a warmer climate, and areconsidering Canada's west coastas a place to enjoy their retire-ment years.

NIILO SIPPOLAA skiptender at Garson for the

last 20 of his 36 Inco years, NubSippola also aw service as a drillerin the stopes, drifts, and raises atFrood and Creighton mines. He

Mr. and Mn, Sppola

and his bride of 1934, Ilen An-nala, have a family of two daugh-ters, and one grandson. 1ughterAlice is the wife of Copper CUffwelder Ray Laakso. The specialearly service pensioner plans todo a lot of heaithful walking, andskiing when the weather permits.

KAARLO TOIKKAA move to a new home on Long

Lake has followed Kaarlo Toikka'sretirement on early service pen-sion from the copper refinery

Mr. and Mrs. Toikka

after 27 years with Inco. He hasworked in the tankhotzse theresince 1942, and as an assistantthief inspector for the last twoyears.

He and Bertha Morin were wedin 1932, and one of their familyaf three sons, Rolph, a plate-worker at the copper refinery, willbe able to keep his dad up to datewith the latest happenings at thepJnt. Sixteen grandchildren andore great-grandchild will keepKaarlo and his wife busy visiting.

JOHN VALIAHOForty-one years have ticked by

since John Valiaho joined Incoat Garson in 1928, and figuringthat was a fair enough total foranybody, John has taken a special

Mr. and Mrs. Valiaho

early service pension. Most of histime was spent at Creighton wherehe has worked as a tool fitter since1966. He and his wife, BerthsNasi when they exchanged vowstn 1932, have one son and twograndchildren. A new house InWaters township and a summerhome on Black Lake will provideenough work to keep the pen-sonr happy during what Is hopedwill be many years of happy andcontented retirement.

EDDIE ALBERTAfter a partheship with Inco

that arted back in 1927, Conistonsinter plant foreman Eddie Alberthas retired on early service pen-sIon after aixnot 42 years ofservice.

He left Grand Anse, New Brun-wick, in 1920, landed in Sudbwyin 1923, and married Cede Bou-dreau, the dughter of a Ron!ord

Mr. and Mrs. A'bert

Junction dairy farmer, in 1927.Their family of three all haveconnections with Inco. Jane isthe wife of Garson tope le&lerBill Kyryluk, and their sons bothwork at Copper Oliff, Cyril as alocomotive engineer, and Mauricein the carpenter shop. A grandtotal of 11 grandchiidren are al-ready on the scene.

ANDY FINKAndy Fink has spotted his last

slag pot on the reverb buildingbacktrack at Cop-per Cliff, and hasretired on servicepension after 27

•i years with Inco.He left Czeeho-

- / slovakla to startlife in Canada in1926, joined theCompany in 1942,and has been ex-pertly positionIngthe pcts for the

Andy Fink l'at 12 years.His wife, Stephanie Michaluk

when they were married in FortWilliam in 1939, has been aninvalid for many years.

Andy is looking forward to atrip to the old count.ry, and areunion with his brothers whomhe hasn't seen in 43 years.

LORENZO PICHEA copper refinery casting build-

ing shift bo for the last 10 yeaxs,Lorenzo Piohe had completed 34

F'

Mr. ac Mrs. Piche

years at the plant when he retiredon early service pension.

Born in Espanola, he left therein 1929, one year after his mar-riage to French teacher Ida Pa-quette, and started at the refineryin 1935. Of their family of four,Mary Is the w!!e of iron ore planttdew&terman LIvln Lateigne, andGerry a locomotive engineer atCopper 011ff. Their grandchildrentotal 16.

EINO MAENPAANow relaxing in Vi(tOria, B.C.

Elno Maenpaa retired on disabilitypension after 32 years with Inco.

A nablve of F1n1d he headedfor Canada in 1930, joIned theCompany at Frood in 1937, movedto Stbie in 1947, and worked therea a timberman for his final fiveyears.

Elrx was married to Sofia Tor-niala in 1952, and in his own words,"lived hpp11y ever after".

ERIC MUNSTERHJELMA colorful career that included

trapping, prospecting, and geologi-cal exploration during the 193 inthe rugged Lake Athabasca area innorthern Alberta and Saskat-chewan, and Great Slave Lake inthe Northwest Territories, has end-ed with the retirement on servicepension of Eric Munsterhjelin.

An assistant area field geologistwith Inco at Copper Cliff, Ericworked for the Company for 22years.

Born in Finland, he came toCanada shortly after graduatingfrom military college in 1927,roamed the northlands as a trap-per-prospector, and had completeda study of geology in BrithColumbia before he returned tofight for his native land in 1939,as leader of a group of Finnish-CanadIan volunteers. He returnedto Canada in 1947, and joined theCompany in 1948.

He and his bride of 1942, theformer Mrs. Anne-Marie Heflstrom,have a family of four.

A prolific writer, Eric has au-thored eight books describing hisearly experiences, the best knownof which are The Wind and theCaribou" and Fool's Gold", bothstrong favorites among people whoenjoy tale5 of adventure in thenomadic life of the prospector inthe Canadian wilds.

Following a three-month holidayin Mexico, Eric and his wife willmake their home on the peacefulshores of Lake Manitou on Mani-toulin Island.

EINO TIGERTRet1r1r a thIef engineer of

in1n at Copper Cliff after over35 years with In-

fII ternationsi Nickel,Eino Tigert con-siders the recentperiod involving theCompany's expan-sion program as themost interestingand challengir ofhis long experience.

New mining tech-niques sophisticatednew equipment

Elno Tigert have revolutionized

Foot & Hangingwall Society Honors Big Eric

Roy KorofloviCh

At the Foot & Hangingwall Society banquet hanoring Eric Munsterhjelm on hisretirement, the popular big exploration geologist is seen receiving a presenta-tion from the society president, Dick Agar. On the left are G. W. Thrall ofInco Toronto, manager of mines exploration, and Bill Aronec; on the right isH, F. Vuori, staff geologist, Toronto. About 80 members attended.

February, 1970

the production pioture in manyareas almost beyond recognitionto an old-timer" of as little as10 years' service. It has been atime of challenge for all of us,I think, and personally it's a greatsatisfaction to have been on theteam making the transition," saidthe retiring mine engineeringexpert.

He has taken up residence inMarkham, near Toronto, and willkeep his hand in as a miningconsultant whose judgment andexperience will continue to benefitthe industry.

Born in Toronto, he graduatedfrom the Universfty of Torontoin 1932 In mining engineering, andtwo years later joined Inco atFrood mine. Transferred to Levackin 1937 to re-open the mine afterits shutdown due to the rockhozseare, he bee&me mine engineer In1941, Brought In to Copper CUfiheadquarters in 1947, he becameassistant chief mines engineer n1950, nd succeeded George Thorpeas chief in 1965. Since that time,in response to Inca's mining ex-pansion, the personnel of the de-partment has increased from 110to some 250.

His marriage to Almira Mooretook place at Sudbury in 1938. Hehas two daughters.

"SCOTrY" RICHARDSONA familiar figure at the Murray

mine warehouse, where he hadbeen storekeeper since 1947, An-drew Richardson better knownas Scotty" has retired on early

Mr. and Mrs. Rcharthon

service jension after completingnearly 38 years with Inco.

Born at Victoria mine, heworked at the ODonnell roastyard before joining the Companyat Copper Cliff In 1930, and transferred to Murray in 1947.

His marriage to Elsie Yackrnantook place In Sudbury In 1939.

A long winter holiday in theFlorkia sunshine will start whatall his friends and associates hopewill be many years of peaceful andcontented retirement for Scotty".

JOHNNY CECCHETTOComfortably settled on 90 acres

of peaceful countryside nearWthrpte, Johnny Ceechettohas retired on disai1ity pension

Mr. and Mrs. Ceccbetfo

following nearly 36 years withInco at the Copper Cliff smelter.

An operator at the No. I cot-t.rell plant for the last Th years,Johirny joined the Company in1933, was married to Irene Maki InCopper Cliff in 1939, and has a

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Copper Rø/inøry's Joe Bischoff Dined and Win4cd at Sheraton Casweli

Several old associates 0/ Joe Bischo// in the Toronto and New York o//ices were among the large gatheringat the dinner held in his honor at the Sheraton Caswell Motor inn, Sudbury, on his retirement /rom theduties o/ superintendent o/ process technology at the copper re/inery. in the group above are, seated,G. 0. Machum, assistant general manager (processing), and Mrs. Machum; Mrs. Bischo//; and the guesto/ honor; Mrs. Dick and G. A. Dick, manager o/ the copper re/inery; standing, Grant MacDougall, re/inerychie/ chemist, and Mrs. MacDougall; re/inery pensioner George Furchner; S. V. Kilbourn, productmanager - copper, New York general sales department; Austin Smith, assistant to the vice-president,Toronto; Mrs. Lipscornbe and Ron Lipscombe, re/inery chie/ accountant.

family of one son and three gind- tinue to reside In Sudbury, andchildren who live in Sudbury. will travel extensively.

J. C. BISCHOFFJoe Blschoff origthally came to

Copper Cliff In September, 1930,on a five-week's loan from theU.S. Metals Re1ning Company atCartaret, New Jersey, to assist Inironing out production problemsin the new Ontario Refining Con-pany, which had started copperrefining operations the previousJune.

That five-week's stint grewlonger and longer, and it was onlylast month that it finally came toan end when Joe retired on earlyservice pension.

He was named chief chemist in1931, and in 1940, five years afterOntario Refining Company be-came the copper refining divisionof International Nickel, was ap-pointed works metallurgist. Theunexcelled reputation for highquality enjoyed by ORC Brand"copper throughout the fabricatingindustry is due in a large measureto the rigid inspection and controlmethods he has supervised overthe years.

He collaborated with the lateR. H. Waddington in writing apaper on the rst large-scale ap-plication of direct arc melting ofcathode copper, a distinction ofthe Inco copper refinery, and hascontributed various other technicalwritings for the advancement ofthe industry. He Is a past districtvice-president of the CIMM.

Born at Ridgeport, Conn., he re-ceived a degree in industrialchemical engineering in 1927 fromthe Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.

Active in the community workof the Kiwanis Club, of which heis a past president, he was chair-man of the Sudbury District MusicFestival. Photography and fishingare his hobbies.

He was married at Sudbury in1938 to Kay Pollock, daughter ofone of the Sudbury areas pioneerminers. He has two sons and twograndchildren. The family sum-mer camp is on the West Arm ofLake Nipissing.

Mr. and Mrs. Bischoff will con-

"GEORGE" BLAISA Sudbury baker before he came

to Inco and the copper refineryin 1935, Prudent Blais, betterknown as George, has retired on

Mr. and Mrs. BJah

special early service pension aftermore than 34 years with the Com-pany. He has been s refinerymnntenance mechanic since 1942.

A native of Chelnisford, Georgemarried a Sturgeon Fafls girl,Luee Gatien, in 1930. Two of theirfamily of seven are Inco men:Rene Is a garage mechanic atStobie, and Andre is with themechanical department at Frood.With 19 grandchIldren divided be-tween Edmonton, Sudbury andToronto, George's retirement yearswill be highlighted by trips azoun*1the family circuit, and pleasanthours in his well-equipped be-ment workshop.

ALF CORELLIAll Corelli's Inco career, which

started in 1925, has ended with the

Mr. and Mrs. CoreJi

retirement of the converter build-ing shift boss on early service

pension after grand total of 43Company years.

A tot of two when his parentscame to Oanada from Italy in 1911,Aif grew up in Copper Cliff,started at the smelter as a bade-man, worked as craneman,puncher and sklnimer, and hasbeen a shift bo$s sInce 1959.

He and his wife, Inez S1mioito,whom he married in Copper Cliffin 1934, have a family of foirsons and three grandsons.

In excellent health, Aif plans tocontinue to live in Oaitchell, andspend his well-earned retdremeityears near his many old friends.

CLIFFORD LOGANA move to Golden Lake, near

Pembroke, Ontario, h followedthe retirement on special earlyservice pension of Clifford Logan,

Mr. &id Mrs. Logan

who, for the last 13 of hIs 35Inco years was a machInt atCreighton.

A maUve of Niagara Falls, 011ffjoined the Company In 1934, work-ed at Copper Cliff ami Grson,and was at Frood when he waspromoted to mechanloal fornanin 1961. He moved to Murrayassistant master mechanic n 1952,and to Creighton as mechanicalforem&n in 1956.

He and his wife, the formerMildred Hogan, still have good re-presentaUon at Inco through theirson Mason, a senior clerk with theaccounting department at CopperCliff, and their daughter who isthe wife of Copper Cliff transpot-tation department clerk GinoFievoll. The couple have fourgrandchildren of whom they arevery proud.

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(Continued from Page 11)but we do think the meteoriteacted as a trigger for emplacementof the nickel deposits.R.F.: To a layman this would seemto be a rather way-out theory.You must have a great deal 0/evidence to support it.GB.: It does seem way-out, evento a lot of geologists who are notfamiliar with the evidence, but theevidence s very good I think, andIncreasingly Is being accepted bygeologists and by others. Thereare four main podnts. Firstly, as aresult of studies for the U.S. spaceprogram and by the DominionObservatory In Canada, amongothers, many meteorite Impacts arenow known around the world -there are nearly a score in Canada- nd they are all characterizedby a circular symmetry of the rockformations. On a geological mapof the Sudbury Basin you will seeseveral rings. So the Sudbury geo-logical structure has the sort ofbullseye form that meteorite im-pacts have. It is not a perfectcircle by any means, more of anellipse, but we think this may inpart be due to later deform&tion orsqueezing. Natural forces have bentthe thing out of shape.

Secondly, something you alwayEfind at meteorite Impact craters,because of the enormous forces in-volved, and the very great explo-sion, is a lot of smashed rocks- what a geologist calls breccia.Brecela Is very characteristic ofSudbury, and Sudbury breccia isquite a famous rock - you canhave a belt of breccia half a milewide with blocks in it the size ofa house. I think this is prettypersuasive evidence of a very bigbang.

A third kind of evidence is theway that rocks break when ameteorite explodes - an enormousshock wave goes through the rocks.It forms what are called shattercones. They are a peculiar conicalform of rock fracture. They werediscovered only a few years ago atSudbury, but we have since foundthat the Sudbury Basin is entirelysurrounded by rocks containingshatter cones, and in fact Sudburyhas more shatter-coned rock thanany other place on earth. Shattercones seem to be characteristic ofmeteorite impact sit,

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R.F.: This is really unique then.G.B.: Yes it is very unusual andit tells you right away that youare very probably dealing with ameteorite impact. There is stillanother kind of evidence, that tomy mind anyway is even more con-vincing. Something happens tothe mineraLs of the rock duringsuch an explosion. The shock wavefrom an Impact big enough to pro-duce a crater the size of the Sud-bury Basin is very intense. Weare talking of the equivalent ofperhaps several million megatonsof TNT, and with an explosion thissize the shock wave is so strongthat it will do funny things to theminerals. It will break them; itwill melt theni; it will turn themto glass.

The mineral quartz under micro-scope normally looks clear - youcan see right through it. Whenyou get quartz from a meteoriteimpact you will find that it has agreat number of very fine cracksin it, called planar features. Theyare very conspicuous under amicroscope and the only way inwhich these unusual cracks areknown to form is by meteorite Im-pact. Quartz showing these fea-tures has never been found any-where else in nature. Althoughpeople have looked at other rocksthat have been involved in explo-sions or volcanic eruptions, theyhave never been able to find thiskind of quartz. However, it is verywidespread at Sudbury, and wereally can find no way to explainit other than by meteorite Impact.

R.F.: Well such a meteorite wouldhave a tremendous /orce. Youspoke of several million megatons.How much is that in layman'srerms?

G.B.: I thought that was a lay-man's term. I could give it to youin ergs of energy released.R.F.: Compared to the first atomicbomb.G.B.: The first atomic bomb wasequivalent to 20 thousand tons ofTNT. Well, we are talking aboutmillions of megatons. and a mega-ton is a million tons.R.F.: How big would the meteor-ite have to be?G.B.: Probably about two or threemiles across. That is a very big

meteorite, but remember that it 1not a very big asteroid. There area lot of chunks floating around thesolar system that are much big-ger than that, Occasionally somemust collide with the earth.R.F.: We are under the impressionthat the vast majority 0/ meteor-ites burn up be/ore they reach theearth; they never do become me-teorites, but end up as meteors.Why didn't this one burn up?G.B.: Because of its size. Most ofthe ones you see are no bigger thana pea, whereas we are talkingabout one several miles across. Ob-viously it burned up a little but itdidn't lose any significant propor-tion of its mass travelling throughthe atmosphere. It still had tre-mendous mass and tremendousvelocity when it hit the earth'scrust with an enormous bang.R.F.: Nowadays there is quite alot o/ talk about meteorites andhow they might have affected thesurface o/ the moon: the pock-marking e//ect. Is there any re-lationship between that and theSudbury formation?G.B.: We think that initially theSudbury crater was rather likesome of the craters on the moon.The one that we see here nowdifferent. Most of the large oneson the moon have a central hill. asshown for example in Apollo pho-tographs; we don't have that here.It is quite the reverse: we havea depression. I don't mean thetopographic Sudbury Basin you seeas you drive towards Levack, be-cause the original crater has longsince been eroded away, but geolo-gically the structure is like a basinor funnel. The rocks dip down-ward into the earth Instead ofsticking upwards, and this is dii-ferent from most other big craters.R.F.: Would the meteorite haveimbedded itself into the earth a/terit hit, or what would have hap-pened to it?GB.: A big meteorite has so muchenergy when it comes in that in-stead of just making a hole andlying in it, it explodes. Its tre-mendous kinetic energy is trans-formed into heat energy and itblows itself up, so that in fact ifyou go to any new meteoritecrater, for example the Barringercrater in Arizona, all you can findare quite small pieces of meteorite.R.F.: Now, I first heard o/ thistheory from a geologist but I un-derstand that ironically it was anoceanographer who first came upwith it.G.B.: That's right, an oceanogra-pher who, like many oceanogra-phers is a geologist - Dr. RobertDietz, who works for the U.S. Gov-ernment. He studies the oceanhere on earth; he was looking forsImilar structur on the moon,and knowing that the lunar "seas"are probably Impact craters hestarted looking back on the earthfor very large inipact craters. Hethen came up with the idea thatSudbury might be one becausealthough he had never been toSudbury - he looked at the mapas we have done and saw that itwas circular; and he knew thatthere was breccia here: and he putall of this together and in quitea brilliant intellectual feat he con-cluded that this could be a meteor-ite impact site and said so pub-licly before he had ever been to

Sudbury. He published a scientificpaper suggesting this - he reallystuck his neck out. Then, afterdoing this, he came to Sudburyand found the critical evidencewhich at that time was the shattercones.R.F.: I know from experience alot o/ scientists are as skepticalas newsmen are. How muchvalidity does this theory have? Doscientists today really believe thatthis is what happened?G.B.: Well, scientists are supposedto be skeptical. That's our busi-ness. My own experience is thatif you just try this theory on ageologist cold, he will say It isridiculous to propose a catastrophelike this - it sounds wild. It doessound wild. But if you sit downwith the same geologist, show himthe evidence, discuss it with him indetail and put it to him as a scien-tific theory to be evaluated on theavailable facts, my experience isthat the majority of geologists willadmit that we've really got some-thing here. In fact, most of thegeologists in the Sudbury Districthave already come around.R.F.: There aren't too many Sud-burys in the world today and thetheory that we were talking aboutis a rather unusual one and itcouldn't happen too many times.Could that mean that Sudbury isprobably unique and there is noother place like it?G.B.: All of us who are working onit are increasingly coming to be-lieve that because it is such astrange place geologically. Sudburymust be truly unique. Even for ameteorite crater it is strange inseveral ways, most significantly be-cause no other crater has nickeldeposits.R.F.: The reason we are probablyall here is because o/ these nickeldeposits. Could you give us anidea finally o/ how much nickelthere might be in the area?GB. I don't think I could tell youthe tonnage, but one could saythat there is more nickel here thananywhere eLse on earth, and thatthere is a great deal more nickelhere than we have found or minedyet: enough to keep me and a lotof other geologists working formany years to find the rt of it.

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a vice-president of the Company'sUnited States subsidIary.

Stephen F. Byrd, as vice-presi-dent - industrial relations andpersonnel, has direct responsibilityfor au industrial relations andpersonnel matters in Canada. Mr.Byrd joined Interntiona1 Nickelin 1968 as an assistant vice-presl-dent of the parent company anda vice-president of its US. sub-sdIary. He will be located in theToronto office.

Norman if. Wadge, assistantvice-president, who has longhandled the Company's industrialrelations in Canaia, will serve assenior adviser on administrativematters, industrial relations andpersonnel matters to F. FosterTodd, executive vice-president. Mr.Wadge joined International Nickelin 1936, holding various pitioflSincluding mine superintendent andmanager of industrial relations.

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In mining geology, he then spenta year with a Toronto firm ofconsulting engineers on geologicalexploration.

He was married In 1952 to Mar-garet Dickout at Ingersoll, On-tario, and has two sons.

G. W. JOHNSTONAppointed mine engineer at

Little Stobie mine in January,1968, George John-ston had been onthe engineeringstaff at Stobie minesince 1952.

A native of Iro-quois, Ontario, he

- received his pre-

Over 200 members and their wives of the Maintenance Staff Club at Copper Cliff thoroughly enjoyed themselvesat their 10th annual dinner dance. A scrumptious Italian Club feast was followed by a skit on the preventive main-tenance system by Gerry Mahon and an evening of dancing to Beaver Condotta's Commodores. In one of the happytable groups shown above are, clockwise: Bob and Luella Kelly, Lila Toivonen, Rae King, Sylvia Savage, Martin Lemke, Sidand Dorothy Stone, Ruth Lemke, Ted Savage, Lloyd King, John Toivonen and Florence and Bob Mcintyre. Club officersare: Bob Kelly, president; Gerry Mahon, vice-president; George MacDonald, secretary, and Jack Musico, treasurer.Representatives from the various areos are: Morris Hucal (smelter), Peter Hickey (shops), Red Porter (mill), Bill Brown(FBR), John Robinson (oxygen plant), Vic Riutta (iron ore plant) and "Sliver" Marcon, Coniston smelter.

-:APPOINTMENTS:-ONTARIO DIVISION

G. 0. Machum, assistant generalmanager (processing) announcedthe appointment effective January13 of G. A. Frame as technicalassistant to general superintendent,process technology.

G. R. Green, assistant generalmanager (mining) announced thefollowing appointments effectiveOctober 1, 1969:

S. M. O'Shaughnessy, assistantto the chief mines engineer;

M. H. Dickout, area engineer,Murray, Clarabelle open pit, Cop-per Cliff North and Copper CliffSouth mines;

G. M. Smith, area engineer,Frood-Stobie and Little Stobiemines;

S. K. Conibear, area engineer,Garson and Kirkwood mines;

G. W. Johnston, mine engineer,Stobie mine.

MANITOBA DIVISIONJ. McCreedy, general manager,

announced the appointment effec-tive January 9 of W. S. Thorpe assuperintendent, material control.

G. A. FRAMEArchie Frame commenced his

long career in the ore dressingsection of the Cop-per Cliff researchlaboratory in 1938,shortly after the de-

t partment was open-ed with J. Roy Gor-don as superintend-ent and about seven

4 men on the staff.Born in Shuben-

acadie, Nova Scotia,he was the oniypupil in his class

C. A. Frame d u r i n g his lastthree years in high school "Ialways came first in the exams,and also last".

He graduated from DathousieUniversity in 1932 with a B.Sc.

degree, and later received a min-ing engineering degree from NovaScotia Technical College. Hejoined International Nickel inJune of 1936.

His marriage to Madeline Awaittook place at Boutlier's Point,Nova Scotia, in 1938. He has twodaughters.

Contract bridge and fishing arehis favorite recreations.

S. M. O'SHAIJGHNESSYFollowing graduation from

Queen's University in 1943 withhis mining engi-neering degree,Jack O'Shaughnes-sy served threeyears as a lieuten-

I ant in the RoyalCanadian Engi-

- neers.He was employed

at Timmins, thenjoined Internation-al Nickel at Levack

) in 1948 but left thei. O'Shaughnessy Company in 1955 towork for Consolidated SudburyBasin.

Returning to the Inco mines de-partment at Copper Cliff two yearslater, he was transferred to Clara-belle open pit in 1960, and becamemine engineer of Copper CliffNorth in 1965. He was appointedarea engineer of Murray, CopperCliff North, Clarabelle and CopperCliff South mines in 1967.

A native of Cobalt, he was mar-ried to Mildred Bennett of Oshawain 1945, and has three children.

M. H. DICKOUTDunnville, Ontario, was the

birthplace of Merv Dickout, whograduated in 1948 in mining engi-neering at the University of To-ronto.

He joined International Nickelin the mine engineering office atCreighton, and in 1956 was trans-ferred to the mines department atCopper Cliff where he became

planning engineer

qand then engineerof miscellaneousminesIn August, 1967, he

was appointed mineengineer at Stobie,and a few monthslater became areaengineer of Stobiea n d Little Stobiemines.

His marriage toM. H. Dickout Phyllis Hefferman,

a nursing graduate of KingstonGeneral Hcmpital, took place in1948. He has three children.

G. M. SMITHBorn in Edmonton, Gerry Smith

graduated from the University ofAlberta in 1935 inchemical engineer-ing, but has been amine engineer eversince.

- He came to Inter-- national Nickel in

"'\ the fall of 1935,spent a few monthsas an undergroundminer, then trans-ferred to the engi-neering department.

C. M. Smith He was mine engi-neer at Frood and then in Janu-ary, 1968, became mine engineerat Stable.

He was married in 1940 to Orvil-letta Trezise of New York, and hasa family of three.

S. K. CONIBEARMine engineer at Garson since

mid-1967, Ken Conibear joined In-ternational Nickelat Creigh ton minein 1952, spent 10years there, thentransferred to themines engineeringdepartment at Cop-

jper Cliff for threeyears before mov-ing to Garson.

Graduating fromthe University ofToronto in 1951

J. K. Conbear with a B.Sc. degree

--.. liminary educationat Smiths Falls. Hethen attendedQueen's University,from which he

C. W. Johnston graduated in 1951with a mining engineering degree.

On joining International Nickelhe spent a year in the mines engi-neering department at CopperCliff.

His marriage to Betty Howsetook place in Toronto in 1951. Hehas three children.

W. S. THORPEBorn in Pembroke, Ontario, Bifi

Thorpe started his career withInco in the storesdepartment at Cop-per Cliff in 1940 af-ter holding admin-IstratIve poets inthe superintend-ent's office, CPR,

• Sudbury.He served for five

years In the RoyalCanadian Navy inWorld War II, wasdischarged with the

W. J. Thorps rank of lieutenant,and returned to Inco in 1946 assecretary to the general purchas-ing agent at Copper Cliff. Hebecame a buyer and expediter inthe purchasing department in1953, and In January, 1957, wastransferred to the Manitoba divi-sion as purchasing agent.

His marriage to Marie AnneCharbonneau took place at Sud-bury in 1949. He has three sonsand one daughter.

A dedicated outdoorsman, hewas active in conservation work inthe Sudbury area, and was thecharter president of the Thomp-son Fish and Game Association.He is a director of the ThompsonRotary Club.

EARL'S MAYORALTY SERVICEThe unfortunate omission of the

word "between", in the scount ofE. W. Gilchrist's retirement in theJanuary Triangle may have leftsome readers under the Impressionthat he was mayor of Levack onlyin the years 1945 and 1964, where-as the grateful citizens of thattown well know, he was their chiefmagistrate for the full 19 yearsbetween those dates.

Easier IroningTo make ironing easier, a new

ironing board cover which is im-pregnated with nickel stainlesssteel has been developed. Smoothand scorch-free, the cover reflectsheat so that fabrics can be pressedat lower iron temperatures.

At Maintenance Staff Club's Annual Dinner Dance

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"Getting There Is Half the Fun"For Power Department's Pole-Toppers

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send their men aloft in mobileaeral booms and bucket trucksthat not only eliminate the needfor climbing, but also remove thedangers of body contact with highvoltage conductors.

The latest additions to their fleetare a Pitman heavy duty "Hcyt-stik' which can hoist a pair oflinemen 50 feet into the air in itstwin flbreglass buckets, and a Pit-man "Pelican" that, when fullyextended, puts 32 vertical feetbetween the ground and the bot-tom of the bucket.

Additional speed, efficiency, andsafety, are not the only benefitsenjoyed through the use of theseversatile vehicles.

'As well as greatly improvingworking conditions for all linepersonnel," observed departmentsuperintendent T. C. Robertson,"they also extend the pole-topavailability of valuable and expe-rienced linemen beyond the stage'when they would normally begrounded," Before the boom andbucket trucks, the never-endingjob of replacing heavy power lineinsulators involved crawling outalong crossarms, armed with tools,or the time-consuming necessity ofplanting a pole and climbing upto make the change.

Any lineman who has workedfrom a messenger cable buggy ona between-the-poles line repair,or who has had cold feet fromwearing climbing spurs, will con-firm that working from a boombucket Is faster, safer, and morecomfort,able by a long shot. Toolstravel in the bucket with the man,as do the items to be installed orreplaced, thereby reducing thehazard of falling objects.

High in the air, with good foot-ing and complete insulation fromthe ground by a boom sectionfabricated from epoxiglas that hasbeen tested under a load of 150,000vo1t, the linemen can now adopta "bare hand" technique andhandle the Company's 69,000 volt'hot" lines with complete safety,with no need to throw the switchand cause a power interruptionwhile a repair is being made.

Drilling a 20-inch pole hole 10feet deep In three to four min-utes is the performance of anotherof the power department's newmachines, the versatile corner-mount Pitman "Polecat". A dig-ger-derrick truck, it is also usedfor setting poles in place, elimi-nating the hazards of manualpole raising.

As transmitted voltages risehigher and higher, so do the i-eg1lation minimum power line clear-ances, necessitating longer boomsto reach them. 'Pretty soon,"speculated one tanned and weath-ered lineman with a grin, "we'regoing to have to put flashing redlights on the buckets to warn low-flying aircraft,"

Servicing one of Copper Cliff's mer-cury vapor light standards is a breezefor lineman George Smith as hestands comfortably and safely in thefibreglass bucket of a Pitman "Peli-can". With controls at the top aswell as at the bottom of the boom,George can operate as a one-manrepair crew.

February, 1970

Spare goalie Randy Thibault of Converter Hornets was having it hot and heavywhen this action shot was snapped. He had lust kicked out a drive byCreighton winger Dennis Tucker ("A"), and Bernie Bouchard (nearest camera)is reaching for the rebound to test him with a backhander. Hornet captainDale Brown is at left rear.

Hornet coach Ron Kunto and defenceman Mike Laroque list the team's lineup;goalie Randy Thibault gets some "help" from Ron Miron and Yvan Denis isgirding himself for the fray with Creighton Miners.

MORE FUN THAN FURY BUTSHIFT LEAGUE GOING BIG

Copper Cliff Athletic Associa-tion's shift hockey league, withthe indefatigable Gerry Renauddoing his usual superb job aschairman, is again in high gearat Stanley Stadium, Copper Cliff.

There are eight teams in the racefor the Parkiane trophy, four onshift and four on steady days. Awelcome addition to the loop areCreighton Miners, who with theaddition of two or three unat-tached sharpshooters from otherInco plants, are shaping up asstrong contenders. Another wel-come newcomer is the Transporta-tion Department lineup, which isoperating at full throttle, Con-verter Combines, which led theregular sthedule standing lastyear, is not entered, but many ofit players are blostering otherteams in the loop.

Teams and coaches in the schedule are: Concentrators lastyear's trophy winner, coached byFrank O'Grady; Canapini Oilers,Ralph Condotta: Warehouse,Lionel Bechard; Transportation,Furando Biaconi; Converter Hor-nets, Ron Kunto; Iron Ore Braves,Ken Sellen: Creighton Miners,

Gordon Vignault; Mill Orphans,Ray Smythe.

About 140 players are takingpart in this popular CCAA acti-vity. They're in there more forthe fun than the fury, playinginternationai rules with no bodycontact to provide the enjoymentwithout the wear and tear, butthat doesn't mean there isn't lotsof red-hot rivalry along withflashes of excellent hockey whensome of the stars cut loose witha burst of their jets and someflashy stickhandling.

Essential to the success of theleague Is the staff of referees toenforce the rules and keep enthu-siasm from getting out of hand.Mention should be made of thefollowing who are doing a fine Jobin this respect: Jack Newell ref-eree-in-ehief), Bill Luciw, NeilBray, Andy Akey, Bob Hall, DarylBolton, Jack Revel.

Games are scheduled at StanleyStadium on Tuesday, Wednesday,and Thursdays, either from 10:30to 12:30 in the mornings or from10:30 to 11:30 in the evenings.Stadium manager Rolly Wing isgiving his usual cheery co-opera-tion in keeping the league rolling.

As they say in the cruise shipads, 'Getting There is Half theFun."

Inco's power department now

Putting the finishing touches to adead end strain corner on a newtransmission line, line foreman AldoOrasi and Jack Hunter easily reachthe tops of the poles from the bucketsof the power department's newly acquired Pitman heavy duty "Hotstik".