Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 2, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1980 Gold fever is alive and Well in the North two prospectors and partner Drill to determine value of Ore body Gold prospectors Pierce Griffin Bart Cobar Centre and Charlie Bartlett demonstrate a drilling or Man Winter shows some muscle by Jay Anderson Winter showed a Little spirit this week As the third sustained cold spell since november settled in Over the but even though the Mercury fell to its lowest Reading of the it was a rather mild cold spell by Winnipeg january coldest temperature normally aver Ages according to the records of the past 100 thanks to a two week warm spell in the Middle of the january daily High temperatures averaged Only a half degree less than usual at overnight lows suffered the same As six Days with minimum tempera Tures lower than 30 helped drop the monthly Low to an average of the highest temperature of the right on the freezing stood in Sharp contrast to this weeks High of the City had a average of 6y2 hours of Sunshine each Day last the months Sunshine added up to More than 122 about 10 hours More than measurable precipitation was re corded on three Days this week and on 12 Days during the though the dozen Days with rain or Snow was the amount of Snow was More than 10 centimetres on the heavy Side at most of this came from the 10 blizzard which left pm of downtown Winnipeg was shrouded in ice fog on several occasions As Automo bile exhausts and Chimney smoke combined to form a thin Strong inversions trapped the moisture from these two causing smoke plumes to meander across the inversions Are a common feature of Manitoba Clear nights and an atmosphere with Little moisture allow the ground to radiate heat into space with a minimum of the loss of this heat makes the air next to the surface Cool More rapidly than the atmosphere and an Inver Sion forms this process is easily seen in the weeks despite the abundance of there was Only an eight degree difference Between the mean High of and Low of once the inversion be eroding Only when southerly winds bring a return to warmer weath because an inversion acts As on the lower Winnipeg often finds itself enveloped in a morn ing cloak of thin a modest trend should spread across Southern Manitoba this temperatures should climb Back to Normal by monday As the Arctic air Over the province is replaced by allow from the by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Snow Lake theres Neve been a virtis1 that infects mans bloodstream quite so deeply As Gold its a durable Bug and judging from activities now taking place in Northern its passed on from Genera Tion to a provincial government official said yesterday there int a Gold property anywhere in the North where someone int line drilling or manoeuvring to take out an the whole Bush is said Fred Northern mining recorder at the of course the activity int just con fined to the search is on As Well Zinc and other base Heidman said drilling companies Are so besieged they Are rationing rigs to longtime High Mineral prices Are pushing the present seasoned prospectors on a Drill site on the East Shore of Lake eight Miles North of two seasoned Northern prospectors and their partner from Iowa Are gambling on what they claim could turn out to be a Rich Gold Bart and Charlie were born raised in the now defunct Gold mining Community of Herb about 25 Kilometres East of their present Drill both men grew up in the town during the 1930s and 1940s when the Gold fever epidemic was at its both their fathers and Many relatives were among the leading prospectors of that Cobar was part of a partner ship which included his father his Uncle William Cobar and Charlie they discovered a number of properties which have since been Deve including Osborne Lake which they sold to Hudson Bay mining recently one of their not far from Snow was optioned Nickel mines Ltd the purpose of their present Drill ing project is to Cut through the Ore at about feet and establish its if the Grade holds were pretty sure some Large Developer Wilt be interested Cobar but in Gold in Northern Manitoba is a far cry from the smoke filled atmosphere of a Las vegas far Lett and their Pierce from and crewman Glen of Are trying their Luck in 40 below Giffin and Mcauley Are who operates a lumber Mill and soybean farm in got to know Cobar on frequent fishing and Hunting expeditions in this contracted fever somehow he contracted cobras Gold fever and decided to participate in this the partners had hoped to contract the but break into the tight schedules of drilling they had to Settle for renting an outfit and doing the work the Drill is Only available for one Cobar and each with about 25 years drilling share 12 hour shifts with the the opera Tion goes on Day and night except for there have been a number of mechanical failures since the operation started two weeks some have been the result of a breakdown in the pump supplying water to the this week the drilling had reached the 600foot each Cut with a Diamond Drill recovers a 15foot at this Point the cuts take Between two and three depending on the condition of the it involves lower ing the bit attached to the 15foot Core barrel and 60 Drill rods that Are 10feet wrenched together each piece has to be wrenched to Gether As the Drill is lowered and a wrenched As the pieces Are pulled to the the Driller spends most of his shift working in a warm hut that covers the drilling but the rods Are being connected or Discon one of the Crew has to mount a five metre High this is no easy task in the extreme of shift crewmen try to sleep in the propane heated Cook meals and sometimes repair its a rugged operation but for those who have contracted the its All part of a life they choose ahead of anything City Calendar ten Days program names first speaker Mallica senior officer in the office of the executive director of the United nations fund for population in new is the first speaker for the ten Days program which is about to begin at Westminster United is Vajra Thon will speak at 11 3 and give a on development strategies in the 80s at at the she will speak again at 8 on women in development at Stephens lutheran 99 Turner weather Sun Francisco w Yvel t i Pil h High Prati ure l Low pre iture cold front worm from augustan from Sioux will present a concert of sacred music at 3 at lutheran Church of the the ukrainian Canadian local ukrainian students club University of will sponsor the Veselka ukrainian contemporary Folk ensemble from Mon Treal and the Orlan ukrainian Folk ensemble at 8 3 in the Centennial concert Yehuda linguist and biblical scholar from Israel Institute of will speak on the real Moses modern of Moses As Prince and Leader at 4 at 204 Johns University of radday will also speak on does archaeology contribute to a better understanding of the Bible at 5 in room 201 of the u of is Isbister immaculate heart of Mary school will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a Tea at 2 3 at the 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sunny wind becoming Southeast at 25 this High near a few Clouds tonight with a Low near variable cloudiness tomorrow with a brisk South East wind and a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy monday and tuesday but sunny temperatures a Little above Normal dropping to Normal tuesday and Northern Manitoba occasional Light Snow in most areas monday through temperatures a Little warmer than usual on ajl three Northwestern Ontario sunny Cloudy tuesday and temperatures on Cool Side monday but warming tuesday and temperatures Canada and world National 3 9 3 4 9 2 13 16 17 12 9 n n 8 International s 10 new 3 1 9 it it 37 13 5 3 20 u spots los 24 Las Clear Clear fair Clear Clear partly fair partly Cloudy partly Cloudy partly 13 4 12 16 3 12 14 23 23 17 Wynn pm Tempe Turt comparisons mean 1 on a Kwh 3 in 1935 Becerrd in 1893 for 1 to i Normal of husband of Jean Marjorie of widow of Stanley of 88 re husband of Ethel of of Portage la widow of Pat of wife of Harry Wesley of widower of Jessie Florence of Norbert widow of Carl of 508 College husband of Esther of 220 Des neurons husband Simone of 116 Oakwood widow of Conrad Charlotte Wil of 499 Camden widow of Fritz of 376 Broadway suite Duncan of Pilot husband of Charlotte son of Esther and Lionel Mary of Margot of wife of George of Portage la husband of Kathleen Robert Heber Alex of of of 421 Boyd widower of Anna of of 1919 Ross wife of Donald Alfred 413 Manitoba husband of Evangeline Clara of widow of Carl of Mead Wood widow of John John of Lex husband of Isabel James of 625 Lanark suite husband of Jean quarters 1858 1875 188082 188589 189094 also buying Complete or partial All the above coins May not be damaged or mutilated All letter ing must be Clear for better condition we will pay higher All other quarters halves before 1936 wanted in better condition also buying 67 68 Silver coins paper Money All Gold coins old Sterling old Gold scrap Gold 8 scrap Silver top prices paid 248 Edmonton at Graham open 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