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Gold/Mining/Energy : Winspear Resources
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To: Surething who wrote (3676)11/3/1997 3:31:00 PM
From: bill  Read Replies (1) of 26850
 
Walt, how about an ice report? I heard from Whitehorse that they were getting cold clear nights which are good for ice making. Today, I heard form manitoba and t hey've got a foot of snow. Not good for ice making. Any idea when the ice roads might be ready?
That wil determine how soon WSP can get equipment up to their site.
Last year they got onto the ice late which was better than some companies which never got onto the ice at all because in their areas
it was too dangerous because of the snow pack.

Also, regarding that eighteen feet down to the diamondiferous dyke,
what kind of ground to they have to dig throuhg? Muskeg? Mixed soil
and rock? Local solid rock? I haven't bene in that area but from
photos I've seen it looks like there is little elevation between
the lakes and the local ground. If they get a bulldozer in on the ice road, digging down in witner will save them having to constantly
pump water. Eighteen feet doesn't seem like much but in areasa I've been in there'd be no digging by hand, not because of lack of permits but
because it would be impossible. In winter you'd need to thaw the
ground or dynamite it, in summer you'd need to have pumps to keep from
drowining. It's easy to armchair quarterback but the local conditions
are often very difficult.
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