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Editor,Rudolph Kneer, Copper CliffAssociate Editor,Les Lewis, Port Colborne

ON THE COVER.

• . . a full-time hobby for John Kozilch,senior draftsman with Inco's minesexploration department in Copper Cliff.

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'YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I ASKED YOU HERE TODAY

AppointmentsBreeding, grooming, and training Minla- Corporate:lure Schnauzers provides many enjoy- Tom Baker, personnel coordinator,

able hours for both John and his wife, Toronto.

Mickey, In their at-home shop, Rhap- Divisional:sody Kennets Reg'd. Shown with John Dar Anderson, superintendent.Is "Rhapsody's Pretty Little Poppy", Levack mine.

sired by champion "Hexenbrau's Ciaudlo Barsotti, assistant to the chief

Warlock", and mothered by "High mines engineer, Copper Cliff.

Buttons of Gay Meadows". More about Steve Beynon, systems analyst, Copperthe Kozllch hobby inside... Cliff.

John Boden, planner, Levack mine.Richard Cieiand, surveyor, Levack

Feb., 1976 Volume 36, Number 2 West mine.Kevin Commons, programmeranalyst, Copper Cliff.

Published for employees by the Ontario Ken Conlon, maintenance foreman.Division of The International Nickel Copper Cliff nickel refinery.Company of Canada, Limited, Copper Ken Cook, mine general foreman,Cliff, Ontario, POM 1NO. 682-0631. Frood mine.

Gerry Giiiett, superintendent, CopperCliff mill.Ted Godard, area engineer. Copper

Prints of most photographs appearing Cliff mines area.

In "the triangle" may be ordered Ken Hedges, medical director,

from Diorine Photography.Occupational Health Department, CopperCliff

170 Boland Ave., Sudbury, or c&l George Hltchman, general foreman.674-0474. Cost: $3.00 each. . safety. Stobie mine

Mike Humphrles, shift foreman,Copper Cliff nickel refinery.Harvey Jarrett, area engineer, Garsonmine area.Chester Kagdas, smelter foreman,Copper Cliff smelter.Dale Ann Lauzon, secretary, CopperCliff nickel refineryRon McNalr, superintendent, pelletdepartment, Iron Ore Recovery Plant.John Noble, data base analyst, CopperCliff.Stephen Parlee, training supervisor,Shebandowan mine.James Quesnel, yard foreman, PortColborne nickel refinery.William Rogers, industrial evaluator,Stobie mine.Ed Schmidt, geological assistant,Copper Cliff North mine.Bruce Turner, planner, Copper CliffSouth mine.Lloyd Vincent, general foreman, ironore recovery plant.Nick Wasylenki, general foreman,Copper Cliff smelter.Glen White, employee relationsrepresentative, Levack complex

From the process research station complex at Port Colbornewe have Dale Robinson, his wife Anne, and their two girls,Susan Beth, 4, and Kendra Jayne, 11 months. Dale issuperintendent of the number one research station.

A crane-forward-man at the Copper Cliff copper refinery, Cleo Lemieuxand wife Denise reside in Sudbury. Their three children, Luc, 1,Yvon, 4, and Louise, 8, all enjoy camping during summer. Cleo whilesaway the winter months working at his favourite hobby, ceramics.

Robert Roberti works in the masons' field force at the Copper Cliffsmelter. I-fe and his wife, Marguerite, have two daughters,Adriana, 14, beside mom, and Melanie, 16, with dad. Robertenjoys refinishing antiques as well as doing his own homeimprovements.

Meet the Elwood Shields family. Elwood and his wifeSon/a have two children, Terry, 10, and Kimberly, 11.Elwood works in the maintenance constructiondegartment when he's not buzzing around on the familysnowmobile or playing a game of pick-up hockey.

"Ontario's mining industry isan essential element of societyand must be enabled tooperate effectively and eff i -ciently.

"We intend to explore with thecompany all means of assur-ing continued and stableemployment in Sudburyl"

Excerpts from a statement made byHon. Leo Bernier, Ontario Minister ofNatural Resources, on December 23, 1975

Things have changed so much thatCanada - and Ontario - is no longernearly so dominant in terms of nickelproduction and marketing as it once was.In 1950, about 85 per cent of the world'snickel was mined in Canada. In 1975,Canada's estimated deliveries will beabout 36 per cent of the world'sestimated capacity.

Many other countries are now activelymining nickel ores. These include theSoviet Union, South Africa, Australia,Brazil, Greece, Indonesia, New Caledoniaand the Philippines.

The Government cannot entirely protectthe nickel workers in the province fromthe pressures and reverses of the worldmarket. But we must do what we can.

Although the Sudbury basin is theleading producer of nickel in the world,Canada can consume only a small partof its own nickel production. Thus we aregreatly dependent on foreign buyers ofour product. And the decisions affectingthe two Ontario-based nickel companies- Inco and Falconbridge - must reflectthe realities of the world demand for, andsupply of nickel.

The 1976 world nickel capacity isestimated to be 780,000 metric tons.However, there is a further potentialcapacity of 422,000 metric tons aroundthe world, mainly as lateritic nickeldeposits.

According to some forecasts, thedemand for nickel in the free world in1980 will be in the 700,000 to 800,000ton range, and could reach one millionmetric tons by 1984.

In Canada, any short-run drop ineffective demand would deeply affectSudbury, and by extension significantlyaffect the economy of this province andthis country. The effects of short-runchanges in world market patterns canonly be avoided if Canadian producersare financially strong enough to affordinventory build-up at such times.

Hon. Leo Bernier,Ontario Minister of Natural Resources

No government policy can establishjob security in the competitive market.But government policy can encourage, asit has, the kind of desirable developmentwhich helps company and workers alike.

Chances are more than even that forthe next five to ten years, Sudbury nickelproducers will operate in a world marketwhere costs cannot go up without foreigncompetitors winning out. Consequently,some high-cost producers may have toface a contraction of their operations orpossibly even a shutdown, if they cannotincrease productivity.

It is the duty of this Government toassure that any adverse effects onNorthern Ontario operations from thingshappening in other parts of the world areminimized. And the interests of the menworking in Sudbury and Shebandowanmust be jeopardized as little as possible.

If ndustry is to remain competitive forlabour in Canada, it must assure goodwages. At the same time, the Govern-ment must assure a good workingenvironment. Our mining industry will beable to afford these constraints only ifit is more productive and technically moreadvanced than its competitors.

My view is that it would beirresponsible to create either a political oreconomic climate which would make itimpossible for mining companies tocontinue to play a vital role in Ontarioseconomy. Industry is an essentialelement of society and must be enabledto operate effectively and efficiently, withdue regard for its proper and appropriaterole.

The Government of Ontario intends toprovide what help it can to assist thenickel industry through this difficulteconomic period. It is not, however, theintention of this Government to becomeclosely involved in the financing oroperating of the industry.

The Government proposes to defer, forfive years, the disallowance of foreignprocessing costs in the assessment of themining tax on the producer. This step istaken so as not to deplete the cash flowof the companies involved in thesedifficult times, and to ensure they havethe necessary financial resources tosustain employment in Ontario.

Along with this proposed allowance forout-of-Canada processing, the Govern-ment will, by Order-in-Council, grant(Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Limited) afurther four-year exemption under Section113 of The Mining Act. During this timeperiod, we intend to explore with thecompany all means of assuring continuedand stable employment in Sudbury. Weare taking this step with due considerationof the economic realities. It is theprudent thing to do today, in light of thecurrent difficult situation.

The Government will also considerchanges to The Mining Tax Act which,by changing the tax treatment of explora-tion expenses, would make explorationas attractive in years of low metal pricesas it is in boom times. It is our hope thatthis can be done without increasing taxallowances over the long term. Explora-tion activity in Ontario is vital, for theindustry and all those who benefit by it- which means each and every one ofus in this Province.

The following statement was issued byL. Edward Grubb, chairman and chiefofficer of International Nickel:

The Ministers comprehensivestatement on the Ontario mining industryrecognizes both the short and long termproblems which this industry faces, andstresses particularly the benefits ofmining to Northern Ontario. Hisannouncement regarding the deferral forfive years of the disallowance of foreignprocessing costs in the assessment ofmining taxes is welcome news during adifficult period for the nickel industry.Inco, of course, fully processes the greatbulk of its nickel production in Canadaand all of its copper production.

Until we have had an opportunity tostudy the amendments to the regulations,we are not in a position to comment onthe impact on Inco. Nevertheless, we areconfident that this development will be ofmeaningful benefit. Speaking generally,we believe it will contribute to thestability of the Ontario mining industryand of the communities which thatindustry supports.'

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Happy Valentines Day

Most of us, when recalling our schooldays, remember with mixed emotionsthose annual occasions when the teacherfinally opened the big, gaily decoratedvalentines box that, for perhaps the weekprevious, had conspicuously graced aprominent nook in the classroom, silentlycompelling young boys and girls aliketo furtively deposit their often handmadevalentines.

finally began the pleasant task of callingout the names to whom Cupid's arrowwas directed.

Today, Valentine's Day is stillacknowledged with classroom exchangesbut as adults, we've turned to the moresophisticated practise of giving candies,flowers, and "storebought" valentines.

Our familiar Valentine's Day, borrowedfrom ancient Rome, had its foundation ona pagan festival of love, held on February15, and celebrated by Romans honouringthe wolf which had nursed Romulus andRemus, the twins who later founded thecity of Rome. Known as "Lupercalia"derived from " lupus", the Latin word for"wolf" -. part of the ceremony consistedof putting girls' names in a box andhaving the boys draw them out, thussupposedly pairing off couples for thenext year.

fact that his body was buried in theFaminian Way, later known as the Gateof St. Valentine, and today known asPorto del Populo, the Gate of the People.

Cupid, the mischievous little Romangod of love, figured prominently in theearly Roman festivals of love, and today,many of our modern valentines depict thefamiliar figure in the act of "stinging" theheart of the loved one to whom thevalentine is directed.

With the advent of Christianity, theChurch - very wisely following thecustoms of pagan festivals whereverpossible - provided the names of saintsinstead of young men: the maidens wereto take the saint they drew as their modelfor the year, thus giving the originalpagan rites a religious meaning.

As far back as 496, Pope Gelasiuschanged "Lupercalia" on February 15, toSt. Valentine's Day on February 14,dedicated to the memory of an earlypriest of Rome who was tortured andbeheaded on February 14 in the year 270,during the persecution of Christians inthe reign of Emperor Claudis II.

Almost nothing is known of SaintValentine, except his martyrdom and the

What excitement! when the teacher

I.O.R.P.Captures All-PlantsSafety Awardfor Fifth Time

Kirkwood takes mine laurels

For the fifth time in seven years, theIron Ore Recovery Plant has captured thecoveted all-plants safety award I Animpressive accomplishment that willprobably stand for a long time to comebefore being equalled.

The all-mines safety award was claimedby Kirkwood mine for the second time.Kirkwood last won the award back in1972, with Copper Cliff North minewinning it the next two years.

The two large trophies are awardedannually to the mine and plant with themost outstanding safety record for theyear. The all-mines trophy was firstawarded in 1961, while the all-plantstrophy made its appearance in 1969.

The awards are based on statisticscompiled over a twelve-month period,and the champions are determined by therelative standing of the mine or plant.The three determining factors are lost-time injury frequency, accident frequencyand accident severity, all per millionman - hours.

George Nowlan, manager of the l.O.R.P.,was very proud of his plant's achievement."Even though the award is for the wholeplant, we couldn't have won it withoutevery single employee thinking andpromoting safety every day," said George."We hope to have this trophy for a longtime to come."

Manager of the Garson-Kirkwood area,Paul Parker, was naturally very proud ofKirkwood's accomplishment. "We maybe a small mine, but it still took a greatdeal of effort on everyone's part to obtainour safety record," stated Paul.

Congratulations to the winners - let'ssee if we can make 1976 an even saferyear.

Winner of the all-plants safety award is the Iron Ore Recovery Plant. Representing the plant are,back, from left, Murdock Gillis, recovery; Joe Laframboise, roasters; Ron Crate, warehouse;Ken Hilderbrand, maintenance; John Bogacian, pelletizing; Angus MacDonald, utilities; GeorgeNowlan, manager l.O.R.P.; Fred Davis, maintenance; Don Elliott, safety foreman. Kneeling infront are, Ken Glynn, plant protection supervisor, and Jack Beaton, maintenance.

Representing Kirkwood mine, the deserving winner of the all-mines safety award are,kneeling, left to right, Vic Kreko, services; Fred O'Neill, operating; Howey Borden, mineforeman; Clarence Marsh, maintenance; Rudolph Melanson, operating. Standing, from left, arePaul Parker, area manager; Eric Kruze, operating; Martin Walsh, operating; Eric Jacobson,general mine foreman; Willie Gallipeau, maintenance; Ron Young, operating; Laurie! Carroll,operating; Dave St. Germain, maintenance.

;A Schnauzer'best friend..

Registered as Hexenbraus Honey ', left, andRhapsody's Pretty Little Poppy", the two

Miniature Schnauzers are called "Honey' and"Poppy" for short.

Hexenbrau's Honey, Rhapsody's PrettyLittle Poppy, and Hi Buttons of GayMeadows. Sounds like a roll call at youraverage race track, right? Wrong! Thenames belong to three MiniatureSchnauzers who, in turn, belong to JohnKozlich, senior draftsman with Inco'smines exploration department in CopperCliff.

A couple of years ago, with healthproblems preventing physically strenuoushobbies, John ventured into the world ofdogs and breeding at the suggestion ofwife, Mickey, who felt having a dog wouldpromote exercise and help to pass theidle hours,

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The search was on.

"I wanted something rare enough onthis continent to make ownership a matterof justifiable pride. After visiting manybreeders and assessing several breeds,I took to the Miniature Schnauzer. Littledid wife Mickey realize that she wouldend up being kennel labour, and I,management"

And thus the beginning of RhapsodyKennels Reg'd., located at the Kozlichhome on Claudia Court in Sudbury.

At time of writing, John and Mickeyhave six Schnauzers, their own threefemale adults, plus three of the sweetestlittle puppies you've ever seen!

About the breed itself . . . the MiniatureSchnauzer is of German origin and isderived from crossing small specimensof the Standard Schnauzer with theAffenpinscher. The Miniature wasexhibited as a distinct breed as early as1899, and resembles the StandardSchnauzer, varying somewhat in colour,and being, as a rule, less aggressive intemperament. Actually, what it is, is abig dog in a small frame. Size variesfrom 12 to 14 inches.

Although in German the word"Schnauzer" means "argumentative", thedog's name comes from the Germanword "Schnauzbart", which means"a bearded mouth".

The typical Miniature is hardy, active,intelligent, and fond of children. His sizemakes him ideal for town living, and hiscrisp, tangleresistant, nonshedding coatmakes him the housekeeper's delight.He's seldom addicted to wanderlust, andas a rule, is not a fighter, though he canstand up for himself when necessary.

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A good comparison between a pup and a lull-grown Miniature Schnauzer. Thats "Poppy"on the left, young "Short Fuse"in the middle, and of course, John on the right.

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a Kozlich!In short, he's the perfect pet, and is

admirably suited to fill this role underalmost any circumstances, since goodhealth, good temperament, and anattractive appearance combine to forma pleasing personality.

As a professional breeder, John haslearned that "it's impossible to assessthe breeding potential by appearancealone, just as it's impossible to judgebreeding value by pedigree alone". It'sgot to be a combination of the two.

'Some of our weekends are spent atvarious dog shows, either as spectatorsor as exhibitors, which keeps us in touchwith other breeders, and the public. Theserious breeder is anxious to competewith other entrants, in an attempt toimprove the breed. Many a dog looksexceptional at home, but only throughcomparison with worthy competition canone decide if he is truly outstanding.'Showing' gives the breeders a chanceto see one another's accomplishments,and helps to better evaluate their ownbreeding programmes. A truly great dog,kept at home, can never be of benefitto the breed".

"Dog showing or obedience trainingcan be very rewarding to those whoseactivity is restricted due to physicalreasons, affording plenty of action, butnot so strenuous as, perhaps, hockey ortennis".

John admits that he could certainlyexpand his "shop" by taking on otherbreeds, but feels he'd be defeating his

it would no longer beown purposerelaxing, and most important, it would bedepriving me of time I could be spendingwith my family".

And finally, a few tips from John to

keep in mind when in the market for apuppy: (1) Be sure you really want a dog(2) Avoid impulse buying (3) Buy from abreeder (4) Avoid franchise or chainoperations (5) Choose a breed that willfit your circumstances (6) Select a happy,active animal (7) Immediately take thenew pet to a veterinarian for a completecheck-up (8) Understand the terms ofyour purchase agreement, and get it inwriting (9) Obtain a warranty that willpermit you to obtain reimbursement forany necessary veterinarian expensesincurred within the first 14 days (10)Beware of hard-sell techniques, and (11)insist on seeing the mother of the puppy.

Mickey takes a close look at a new additionto Rhapsody Kennels Reg'd. Tiny "PowderKeg" doesn't quite live up to its name, andjust yawns of f the attention.

Mickey and John Kozlich spend many hours grooming and training their Miniature.Schnauzersfor exhibit, It all pays of f, as evidenced by the ribbons in the background.

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Excellent turnout foBy Peter vom Scheidt

The sun was bright, the air crisp andeveryone's spirits were high as the firstannual Inca Loppet got underway. What'sa loppet? Well, the word "loppet" comesfrom the Norwegian language andtranslates roughly into "everyoneparticipates in a skiing outing." Which isexactly what happened.

About 150 hardy people in all agegroups braved the 40-below cold to travel

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the fifteen-kilometer course. It startedand ended at the Suomi Ranta Hall, onthe shores of Long Lake, just south ofSudbury.

Unlike competitive racing, where theparticipants go all out to try and win, theloppet is more of a recreational event.It gives skiers a chance to see thecountryside and appreciate the silenceand beauty of our natural wilderness.But you are mistaken if you think cross-country skiing isn't strenuous! Accordingto experts, cross-country skiing is oneof the best all round exercises! You usethe muscles in all parts of your body!

The day started with a pancakebreakfast at 8:00 a.m. It was a welcomerepast for everyone at that time in themorning since it was minus 40 on theCelsius scale! Suffice to say, it was cold!After the usual kibitzing as to whattype of wax to use, most people couldbe seen applying their own 'secretblend."

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first annual IflCO Loppetcold, everyone would be bundled up the first ones through the course finishedfrom head to toe with clothing. But this about an hour after starting, which isis not the case with cross-country skiing pretty close to competitive racing time.Because your body is always moving, it Everyone had a good time, got lots ofacts like a furnace, and its not unusual exercise, made new friends andto seefrost forming on hair and any enjoyed the scenery. With all theseexposed skin because of the heat built things going for you, there were noup from your body. The secret is to dress losers - one of the few sportingin layers and peel off the outside layers activities where everyone finished equally.as your body warms up, which doesnt "I cant wait until next year' was thetake long once you get going. most frequent statement heard foflowing

the event. Our sentiments, exactly!The race was scheduled to start at

11:00 am., and as that time approached,more and more people gathered at thestarting line. When the countdown began,you could see the look of anticipationon everyones face. Finally, they were offin a cloud of snow with the moreambitious skiers sprinting quickly aheadof the pack. Each person soon set hisown pace, and before long, the partci-pants were out of sight.

Since this was a recreational event,there were no official winners, however,

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Nothing like a good pancake breakfast to start things off for the day! This group seems to beenjoying their meal which disappeared at a rapid rate. Need/ess to say there wee noempty plates left.

Jack Noonan

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With this issue, "the triangle" intro-F duces a new information service to its

readers. A call to "Hotline 682-0626" will

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Char/fe Ferguson news, appointments, safety, weather,company benefits, and, in general,information on a continuing basis aboutlnco, the nickel mining industry, and thecommunity in which we live.

Hotline hostess Dianne Dionne and apanel of regular Hotline contributors,some pictured on this page, will providenew information every day, includingweekends. Originally set up to cover theSudbury district, study is currentlyunderway to develop a method ofconnecting employees in Port Colborneand Shebandowan to Hotline without longdistance costs.

- - 'Hotline 682-0626" is in effect as of

Frank Homer February 1. Your calls are invited!

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Almost $9000awarded to94 employees!

It might be the dead of winter witheverything silent and frozen, but you'd neverknow it with all the activity and hot ideas inthis month's edition of the suggestion plan.Almost $9,000 were awarded to 94 OntarioDivision employees for their suggestedimprovements to safety and operations.

Albert Ouellet, Copper Cliff North mine,was again in first place and collected $3,930for devising a method to fabricate a strongerholding handle on the RB83 stoper.

Maurice Gratton, an employee withmaintenance construction, figured out away to add stop blocks to scooptram boomassemblies, and put a cheque for $1 ,1 20 inhis pocket.

At Crean Hill mine, Peter York andRonald Kelly put their heads together anddevised a method of setting marks whenrecapping drum hoists. They split $655.

Regent Castonguay, Levack mine,pocketed $275 for suggesting that a spacerbe used between a borehole casting and thepipe.

Murray Veno, Copper Cliff smelter, wasawarded $240 for proposing revisions to thelimit arm of the number two casting buildingcrane.

Louis Labelle, Levack mine, picked up$175 for his idea to enlarge the number twoSymons crusher discharge chute.

Also at Levack mine, Armand Brideaupocketed $165 for proposing modificationsto the back of shaft compartments tofacilitate easier rope changing.

Aurel Bourget, Copper Cliff North mine,suggested that air movers be fabricated.

Albert Ouellet $3,930

Ron Kelly and Peter York $665

Hot ideastake chilloff winterl

Pauiamaki, from Crean Hi mine. Arvocame up with an improved method ofsupporting the cribbing used in raises.

The foHowing emp'oyees received awardof $50: Monty Duft, iron ore recovery p'antGeroge Goies, Copper CHff sme'ter; KenHiiderbrand, iron ore recovery p'ant; StanJones, iron ore recovery p'ant,

Receiving $40 awards were GluesLeclair and Joe Bomhower, Copper ChffNorth mine; William Millar and ErnieSavelli, matte processing; Antonio Faresematte processing; Gerald Wiiimott, Stobiemine.

The foflowing were presented withcheques for $30: Melvin Morrow and RayWheeler, Garson mine; Ernest Schrader,Lionel Benham and Ken Basset, iron orerecovery p'ant; Roy Berestord, Creightonmine; Dominic Bertrand, Stobie mine;

Maurice Gratton $1,120

instead of purchased, and was awarded$125.

There were six $75 winners. BernardBouflard, Frood mine, proposedmodifications to the warning systems onST4 and ST5 scooptrams. At Levack mine,Grant Hewitt saw the need for instafling anadditiona' b'ow pipe at the skip dumpingarea. Vladimir Malec, Co'eman mine,suggested modifications to increase thesafety on Koepe hoists. Edward Pitton,Creighton mine, devised a method ofchanging bushings on scooptram bucketpins. At Garson mine, Gerard Sanchedesigned a safety stabihzer on At'as Copcomachines. Roger Walker, Creighton mine,picked up his money for suggesting that the6800 eve tugger hoist be relocated.

The one $70 winner was Arvo Murray Veno $240

Monty Duff, iron ore recovery plant: JimPatre, iron ore recovery plant: GregorySmith, iron ore recovery plant.

At the $25 mark we have BradleyMacDonald and Henry Seymore, CopperCliff North mine; Harold Ross andReg3nald Park, ron ore recovery plant;Ernest Schrader and Lionel Benham, ironore recovery plant; Isidore Beaulleu, Froodmine; Lionel Benham, iron ore recoveryplant; Albert Bodson, Stobie mine; GeraldCharbonneau, iron ore recovery plant;Monty Duff, iron ore recovery plant; GaryDupont, iron ore recovery plant; WayneForeman, Frood mne; Andrew Hawrellok,Copper Cliff smelter; Stanislav Keckes,Creighton mine; Ted Lafleur, Frood mine;Suey Lam, iron ore recovery plant; MichaelLewis, iron ore recovery plant; ArnoldMacMIllan, Stobie mine; VladImir Malec,Coleman mine: Ron Marleau, iron orerecovery plant; Alexander Osmond,Levack mine; James Potter, Stobe mine;Gerry St. Denis, Stobie mine; JohnWhitrow, Shebandowan mine; RobertWright, iron ore recovery plant.

Receiving $20 awards were Cecil Bailey,matte processing: Don Cresswell, Garson

mine; RIchard Dubreull, Creighton mine;Gordon Golden, Creighton mine; JohnGomme, Stobie mine; Walter Gorham,Levack mine; Normand Grlmard, Garsonmine; Herb Grubber, iron ore recoveryplant; Kinahan Hill, Garson mine: GordonHodgins, Frood mine; Lorne Hudson,Creighton mine; Murray Jalsich, Levackmine; Dan Karppi, iron ore recovery plant;Ray McLeod, iron ore recovery plant; BobNeville, Frood mine; Maurice Plion, LittleStobie mine; George Prusila, Frood mine;Dennis Rannelil, Crean Hill mine; DarrelScott, Creighton mine.

Awards of $15 were given to LionelBenham, and Ernest Schrader, iron orerecovery plant; John Gomme, Stobie mine:Aleksander Maslakow, matte processing;MaurIce Paquett, Stobie mine; GaryProwse, Creighton mine; Archille Richer,Stobie mine; Ron Wigmore, iron orerecovery plant.

The $10 awards went to EdmondHastIngs, iron ore recovery plant; DaveHlrschfeld, Garson mine; FredMacDonnell, iron ore recovery plant;Femand Pneault, Stobie mine; AlbIneTychowecki, iron ore recovery plant.

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Louis Labelle $175

CLADDING THE

Nickel stainless steels great strength, rigid-ity and durable, pleasing appearance havemade it pre-eminent among architecturalmetals. These properties nowfindtheirhigh-est levels of expression in the worlds tallestfree-standing structure. The 1815-foot-highON Tower, now nearing completion onTorontos waterfront has been designed fora 300-year life. Prime architectural consid-erations in its construction have been theminimizing of maintenance requirementssince repair and replacement are very diffi-cult and costly in a structure of this type.

Stainless steel is extensively used, bothfor its good looks and for its proven ability toreduce the need for maintenance in manVhard-to-reach locations. Its most conspicu-ous application is as the exterior claddingfor the seven-storey Sky Pod at the 1100-

1200-foot lev& which contains indoor andoutdoor observation decks, a revolving res-taurant, TV and FM transmitting studios to-gether with microwave and mechanicalareas.

Long term fatigue resistance was adetermining factor in the choice of 18:8stainless steel since the curtain wall skin willbe subjected to considerable oscillationdue to air turbulence. says Edward Bard-win, Associated Project Architect. The roof-ing, floors and waRs for this building in thesky were produced and installed by Robert-son Building Systems Ltd. of Hamilton,Ontario, working as a major sub-contractorto Foundation Company of Canada Limited,the Manager Contractor for the project.

Due to the height and shape of the SkyPod, the curtain wall has to withstand much

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Testing conducted on a scale model ofthe tower in the Boundary Layer WindTunnel of the University of Western Ontarioindicated that the curtain wall would facewind pressures of up to 55 pounds persquare foot and wind suctions of up to 60pounds per square foot. The suction pres-sures occur around ^ of its circumference.

The high wind loads made the control ofairflow and the need for strength and rigidityof supreme importance. The higher suctionloads meant that all parts of the wall systemwould be stressed.

Robertson adapted standard buildingcomponents to meet these conditions anddeveloped a curtain wall combining highstrength and rigidity with the ability to resistpenetration by rain and the flow of heat, airand water vapour.

To clad the Sky Pod and elevator machinerooms, Robertson installed 30,000 squarefeet of stainless steel curtain wall backed upby special insulation and an inside galvan-ized steel liner sheet. These were attachedby specially-curved Z-bar spacers which, inturn, were fastened to the structural steel.

Air and water vapour flow are restrict-ed by galvanized steel liners, and 2-inchthick fibreglass insulation between innerand outer skins restricts heat flow by con-duction.

The curtain wall exterior consists of .036in. thick stainless steel sheet, roll-formed tothe Robertson V-beam profile with 1^ in.deep flutes, that provides the necessarystrength and rigidity. The sheets carry theattractive and durable Imperial finish devel-oped by Atlas Steels Company especiaflyfor architectural application, and first usedfor the cladding of the 57-storey CommerceCourt Bank Tower.

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We chose the Imperial finish because it isnon-specular, says Mr. Baldwin. It pro-vides a pleasing reflection by day and atnight, when the Pod will be illuminated byfloodlights shining upwards from its lowerrim, we need a surface that will give a diffusereflection.

Structural testing of the exterior curtainwall covered static and dynamic loads aswell as air and moisture infiltration tests. Per-formance proved to be well within pre-scribed acceptable limits. A final staticpressure of 100 pounds per square footsuction load was applied to the wall to dem-onstrate a safety factor of 1.33 over designstress. No damage resulted from this struc-tural loading.

Additional design problems had to be.solved in producing the special sloped

louvers that enclose an air intake plena forthe broadcast transmission levels and coun-teract the effects of negative pressure.

The area to be covered took the form of acone, 108 feet in diameter at the top and 140feet at the base, necessitating the use oftapered panels to span the 28 foot distancebetween upper and lower circumferences.

Robertson produced and installed acladding assembly consisting of a total of383 pan and cap flashing sections fabri-cated from .048 in. thickness stainless steel.The cap sections are 4 ins, deep and con-tain 7/16 in. diameter holes along each webto provide a 15% free air flow. Stainless steelfasteners are used throughout the assemblyto join the sections together and to fastenthem to structural support members.

Robertson has also installed a teflon-coated gloss fibre fabric dacron radome toenclose the microwave area at the base ofthe pod. Stainless steel panels of .048 in.thickness with special louvered openingsfor air intakes are also installed here as asoffit system. They have been designed tohelp maintain a constant airflow to keep theradome inflated.

Significant use of stainless steel has beenmade in areas that Mr. Baldwin describes asimpossible to maintain." These include

floodlighting boxes that are built into theconcrete walls and the enclosures for the

window washing cable equalizer sheavesthat are set into concrete flooring.

One of stainless steels architectural attri-butes is a non-staining characteristic-nothing washes off its surface that can stainmaterials used at lower levels. This proper-ty, and the metals superior stiffness, haveresulted in its use at the very top of the towerfor the four lightning rods on the top of the335-foot antenna mast.

The rods were fabricated from 2 in. IPSpipe by Dominion Lightning Rod Co. Ltd. ofDundas (Ontario), and mounted on stainlesssteel pipe flanges that are bolted to theframework of the mast. As the photographshows, the lightning rods and associatedgrounding system are already on activeservice.

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That's engine 122 hauling a number of loaded railway cars into the Clarabelle "ThawShed". Designed to accomodate 96 cars on sx separate tracks, the thaw shed is used duringthe winter months to thaw ore and concentrtes which freezes in railway cars during theirtransit to Copper Cliff, and thawing is necessary to permit faster and more efficient dumping.Temperature in the shed is maintained at approximately 85° C. during thawing operations.Thawing time is determined by the length of time cars have been in transit and the severity ofthe temperature and wind conditions,

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Paul Vearwood, a ventilation supervisor atthe Copper Cliff North mine, records theweekly air volume and concentrations of var-ious gases measured at diesel-powered unitsunderground. The information is entered inthe underground diesel engine record to en-sure that adequate ventilation is being pro-vided to dilute the exhaust gases well belowthe allowable safe limits, Records are kept ateach mine in the foremans office, along withthe diesel control charts, and are availablefor nspection by the dEstrict miningengineers.

The charming smile belongs to Linda Roy,newly appointed employee relations as-sistant at the Copper Cliff smelter. QuippedWaily Mcintosh, area supervisor, employeerelations department: "To say the least, it'scertainly a major breakthrough to have Lindajoin our group. In her new capacity, she willassist in the interpretation and implementa-tion of the Collective Bargaining Agreementand as such will be interviewing employeesin regards to problems on the job. Naturally,we are pleased to have Linda aboard."

A large group was on hand at the Copper Cliff number one dry recently to wish HaroldWailer, with checkered jacket, good luck and "bon voyage". Harold, supervisor of safetyand plant protection, is leaving Copper Cliff to become senior supervisor of safety for P. T,Indonesia. He was presented with a set of matched luggage by the men. "I'm going to miss allof you" said Harold, but I'm looking forward to my new job also.'

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Tom Armstrong, rockhouse foreman atGarson mine, came up with this photograph,depicting a 1927 Model T Ford after it hadrolled over the Garson mine parking lot embankment, ending up in the Garson dam.Pictured in the background is the old pumphouse. I believe this picture was taken backin 1928 sayslom, andthecaratthattimebelonged to Bill Ruff. Needless to say he hadone heck of a time getting his car back ondry footing.

Hans Dttmar, a rigger at Copper Cliff South mine, not only goes underground but underwater as well, Hans and son Herman are qualified scuba divers and spend many a weekend inthe silent underwater world. 'I just do it for pleasure, says Hans, but ever since my sonHerman became interested, I don't have to go looking for a buddy." Hans is a member of theDolphine Aquatic Club, based in Sudbury, and also instructs a course in scuba diving at theFalconbridge radar base. 'My favorite place for diving is in the North Channel, said Hans."We enjoy exploring the 'North Wind' a ship which ran aground in 1 926.' Just as an addedbit of interest, Hans and members of his club will be demonstrating ice dives at the SudburyWinter Carnival, Sounds like they've got the polar bears beat'

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How do you get a 12-ton Grangesberg orecar underground without slinging it underneath the cage? Nothing to it, as this photograph shows. Fitted with skids, this 300cubic foot unit was moved underground viathe Creighton number three shaft ramp. It isexpected that the first Grangesberg train,complete with twelve cars, will be in operation at Creighton mine later this year. A second train is planned at Creighton for the latter part of 1977. A total of 97 Grangesbergore cars are now on hand at all Sudbury areamining operations. The cars are in use with20 and 23-ton trolley locomotives.

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Z1fr )TPiThe above etchings, entitled Shadows were part of a recent exhibition at Loon Studiosin Parry Sound, featuring approximately 30 prints created by talented Mary Jowsey, wife ofLevack area manager, Mllt Jowsey. Always intrigued by artistic endeavours, Mary took athree-year fine arts course at Cambrian College, and now finds her hobby to be most relaxingand enjoyable. A number of her works have been exhibited in Owen Sound and Hamilton, aswell as various other centres throughout Northern Ontario.

Garson mine employees gather twice weekly for an all-day conference on safety. Accordingto Vern Brown, training foreman, the discussions have contributed greatly to an ever in-creasing awareness of Incos vast safety program by those attending the lively meetings. At-tending a recent safety conference were, front row, from left Desmond Perrier, VernBrown, Paul Daley, Alfons Grigutls and Crelghton Dorrlngton. Back row, from left,Roger Maissoneau, Wilf Legault, Ron Clarke, Jean Vincent, Wllf Amerault, Jaques Royand Jim Prokopchuk.

By now, youre probably familiar with Inco's newest safety-awareness campaign, "Be care-ful for them". Judging from the positive reaction to posters and ads, the campaign has beenwell received and will continue to promote employee safety both on the lob and off.

V IDuring these cold winter days and nights italways pays to plug in your cars blockheater to keep the motor warm for easierstarting. This is true on the job as well as athome, but with the thousands of employeesparking at Inco parking lots, the heavy use ofplug-ins causes them to wear out at a fasterrate. To ensure that this doesn't incon-venience employees, regular checks on thep'ugs and electrical circuits are conductedby company electricians. In the above pic-ture, Copper Cliff South mine electricianRoger Bouffard performs a 'bulb test'When a fault is located, the defective plug iscovered with plastic, below, and taped so itwon't be used until it has been properlyrepaired.

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Alt Kaelas, left, Incos superintendent ofmechanical utilities, watches as Derrick Ka-vish signs his certificate of qualifications as afourth class stationary engineer. AIfpresented a pen set to Derrick on behalf ofInco in recognition of his first-class standingin the recent stationary engineering course,offered for the first time by Cambrian Col-lege. Cambrian is only the second commu-nity college in Ontario to offer this forty-weekcourse which uses facilities at the CopperCliff power lab. By the way, Derrick is nowworking for Inco at the Iron Ore RecoveryPlant,

Following a two-week course at IBM head-quarters in New York, Harvey Larson, gen-eral serviceman with office services in Cop-per Cliff, now spends his time repairing allIBM Selectric typerwriters at Incos Sud-bury operations. Its quite a challengesays Harvey, pointing out that its a tall orderkeeping the many typewriters in top workingcondition. As a sideline he is also respon-sible for the proper functioning of the timeclock which activates the whistle at CopperCliff

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What takes four heads of lettuce, three pounds of mozarella cheese, 16 tomatoes, four Span-ish onions, 10 to 12 pounds of meat including ham, beef capicolla salami and mortadellaalong with four bottfes of special dressing to add the final touch and proper flavour? Why, itsa super-duper 6'4" submarine sandwich which was recently delivered to a number of em-ployees at Port Colbornes mechanical department. Originator of the giant sub is RayDeschamps, a former Incoite and now founder and chief officer of Rays Subs in Port Col-borne. With knowledge of the popularity of subs Ray created the multi-flavoured delicacyfor his regular customers. Top photo shows Marcel Desmarais helping Ray carry the subfrom the delivery truck to the mechanical department lunchroom. A regular size submarine istaped to the top of the 6-footer. Sitting around the table and enjoying it to the full are JImSuess, Rodger Coopman, Paul Slpak and Marcel Desmarals.

First Aid CompetitionsAnnual first aid competitions are currently being held at all mines and plants. The localrun-offs (section A') are almost complete and section B' competitions will com-mence as follows:

Levack complex Saturday, January 31.Garson-Kirkwood Sunday, February 1.Copper Cliff Copper Refinery Monday, February 2.Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery Tuesday, February 3.I.O.R.P. Wednesday, February 4.Copper Cliff mines Thursday, February 5.Port Colborne nickel refinery Thursday, February 5.Smelter complex Friday, February 6.Frood-Stobie complex Sunday, February 8.Creighton-Crean Hill Friday, February 13.

The semi-finals will be held at the Inco Employe es Club. Sudbury on Tuesday Febru-ary 24, mining and milling section for the H. J. Mutz Trophy and Thursday, February26 smelting and refining section, for the D. Finlayson Trophy. Final competition for theR. D. Parker Shield will be held on Thursday, March 18

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Would you believe that the Insertamax operated by Helen GutJahr, stenographer-clerk atIncos post office in Copper Cliff, folds inserts, stamps and seals in excess of 5500 en-velopes per hour? Says Ron Orasi, administrator of records management and tele-communications: Thats not all; the unit will handle up to four documents per envelope.

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Employees and pensioners who plan totravel Outside the province shou'd be pre-pared to pay cash for services requiredfrom doctors, hospitals, druggists anddentists. Be sure to obtain an Official re-ceipt which will be presented to the re-spective plan for payment. You will be re-imbursed at the official approved Ontariorates.

AU bosses are not exactly delightfulpeople to work for. But the fact remainsthat you were hired to help the man youwork for f you don t succeed in helpinghim, you have failed in the most importantaspect of your job.

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Moving a 9-ton reaming head betweenmining properties can present a problemwith conventional equipment, but its assimple as A-B-C with this Tilt n Loadtruck, as evidenced in the above loading se-quence. According to Bill Taylor, superin-tendent of drilling, Ontario Division, the tilt-and-load trucking concept has done much toexpedite and simplify movement of drillingand allied equipment at Inco mine sites.

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Thats Leo Serafini, operating shaft boss atGarson mine as he is giving instructions to acrew on the 3000 evel via the new interplantdirect dial teephone system which becameoperationa throughout Garson mine dunngthe last week in January

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Anttl Vakkurl, left, and Jack McDonaldtake time out to check the latest honor rollof accident-free employees at the Garsonmine safety display. According to area man-ager Paul Parker, some 165 employees arepresently listed, with Hector Macklnnon inthe lead. Hector, this months logo writer,boasts well in excess of 39 years of accidentfree work with Inco, The honor roll lists allemployees who have worked without an ac-cident over a five-year or longer period.

Thanks to Walter Moran, security officer atthe Copper Cliff South mine, Bob Lalonde,parts department employee, didnt have tocall for a tow truck the other day after he un-successfully tried to start his car at the Cop-per Cliff South mine parking lot. In no timeWalter was on hand with battery and boostercables which are available at the gate en-trance in case of battery failure, We'vehelped many of our people, said Walter,"you'd be surprised how grateful the menare when they find out that they don't have tocall for a tow truck.

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Port Colborne's quartet of first aid instructors, OrvIl MartIn, Bob Lambert, John Koval andBarry Bltner, resplendent in their classy new co-ordinates, are caught by "the triangle" cam-era as they fire tough questions at Hank Derks, chief first aid co-ordinator, from Copper Cliff.While in the Port, the old master instructed a one-day St. John Ambulance crash course.LouIs Bernache, assistant safety supervisor, lends an attentive ear to the discussion.

Good friends and German music get together once a week and make for an unbeatable com-bination of good fellowship. Filling the air with song are, front, from left, Irmgard Delsinger,Ursula Helmann, Gerde Laurlch, Wllbert Gorrlsen, Rosalla Paull and Hermine SIlIns;back row, from left, Werner Krause, Tony Launch, Rudolf Delslnger, TalivaldIs Shins,Adam Paull, Alols SIeve, of Creighton mine and Klaus Helmann, of Levack mine.

Keeping track of tire requirements, and costsis an important function of the mines depart-ment. Here Bob Jach, left, drilling specialist,Mary Dukovic, clerk-steno, and Len Kitch-ener, mines equipment engineer, check thelatest computerized tire inventory sheet, It isinteresting to note that Incos annual tirecosts amount to well in excess of one milliondollars.

Mention the word diamonds, and mostpeople will think of the sparkling white gemstones that are used in jewellery. Alas, this isnot the most common type of diamond Infact, for every gem quality stone there maybe thousands of small diamonds that lookmuch like coarse beach sand. These are in-dustrial diamonds. At Inco industrial dia-monds are used in drill bits for explorationand development diamond drilling. The dia-monds for all drill bits are purchased andgraded in the Copper Cliff bit shop byDorothy Bell and Birdie McHugh. Dorothy

is responsible for buying the diamonds fromdealers in North Bay, Toronto and New York,and they are weighed and sorted beforeshipment to Toronto, where they are set intobits. Dorothy and Birdie handle an average of2200 bits every month and ship them to Incoexploration crews all over the world. In 1975alone, over $72000 was spent on the pur-chase of diamonds, and that doesnt includethe cost of bits.After a diamond bit has wornout, it is sent back to Toronto, and the re-maining diamonds are removed and shippedto Copper Cliff where Dorothy and Birdie sortthe diamonds for size, quality and value. Inthe picture on the left, Dorothy examines a$6000 shipment of new diamonds while, inthe lower photograph, Birdie grades the dia-monds according to size and condition,

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Thats the new 2-yard electric scooptram, now in operation at Creighton mine, A new con-cept in load-haul-dump operation the unit is operating in a cut-and-fill stoping complex onthe 6600 level.

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The mechanical department's number oneteam n action during the "A' 'division safetyplayoffs at the Port Colborne nickel refinery.The simulated accident involved a head-oncoHision between two snowmobiles at thePort Colborne Golf Club. That's Archie Fer-guson tying off a broken femur on "patient"Armand Pamblanco, while Barry Bitnerand Joe Torak maintain the necessary trac-tion. First aid judge Charlie Burke keeps acritical eye on the proceedings.

A major raise boring program is underway atGarson mine, where a 71 R raise borer, setupon the 1 OOOfoot evel, has collared a pi'otho'e for driUing twin 8-foot diameter holesfor Carson's new ventilation system whichwill eventually run from surface to the 4000-foot horizon

You know of those contests where you send in a label and are promised untold riches if yourentry is chosen. Most of us usually don't pay too much attention to those promises, but thoseof us who do, usually submit our label in a half-hearted way. That is exactly what happened toLorraine Savilie, of Copper Cliff, when she sent in a Canada Packers label in response to acontest. Imagine her surprise when she received a call on New Year's eve, telling her that shehad won $25,000! "I couldn't believe it was happening to me," said Lorraine, ' But the manon the phone said the money would be deposited to my account in a few days - and it was!'Lorraine is the wife of Don Saviiie, a member of Inco's industrial engineering department inCopper Cliff. "Were going to put the money towards our kids' education," said Lorraine."With the cost of everything on the increase, it'll sure come in handy."

So you think you have trouble fiHing out yourcar licence renewal application! Pity JoeFitzpatrick, of Inco's transportation depart-ment, who supervises the application of re-newal stickers on some 200 motorized unitson Inco property. Employees are remindedthat the deadline for having the 1976 stick-ers attached to passenger vehicle plates isFebruary 28; for trailer plates March 31. As amatter of interest: the 1976 validation stick-ers for passenger cars are blue in color;those for trailers are red. The fees remain thesame at $23 for a 4-cylinder car: $32 for 6-cylinders, $40 for an 8-cylinder car, and $5for trai'ers.

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'Victim Doug Preston looks a little theworse for wear as he gets ready for another"performance" during Port Colborne's firstaid competition. Using a technique known ascasualty simulation, Doug is expertly madeup to resemble a victim in a snowmobileaccident

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That's some rubber stamp Art Wuiff iswielding! An operator at the record centre inCopper Cliff, Art claims it takes a strong wristto handle the stamps which are used to im-print identification codes on the hundreds ofone-cubic-foot boxes containing inactiverecords. ''Our data goes back to the1890's," says Art, pointing out that an effi-cient coding system is required to retrievestored material in record time.

So you think you have trouble paying yourmonthly bills! Relax, and pity Don Crouse,Inco's accounts payable supervisor, pic-tured here with Dianne Arsenault, accountspayroll clerk. Don and his staff process noless than 20,000 invoices each month. Sayshe: "It's a tall order alright. but its done eachand every month," It is interesting to notethat in excess of 95% of all invoices are paidto Canadian suppliers.

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The last ship of the season to transit the Welland Ship Canal is spending the winter docked inPort Colborne. The 730-foot Canada Steamship Lines "Tadoussac" made her last run fromHamilton and is now at her berth at the R and P dock. This marks the official closing of theWelland Canal, although the bridges may yet see a few lifts in Port Colborne as wnter fleetvessels get nto position for the long layoff until April According to Seaway officials, transit inthe canal was up by 898 this year compared to 1 974. By the way. last year the canal closedthe latest in history, January 17.

Clearing snow from over 600 track switches within the Copper Cliff complex presents a majorhousekeeping problem for Inco's transportation department, In order to improve the effi-ciency of this cleaning operation, two motorized "Switchbrooms" are now in service to helpminimize the impact of snow storms on critical train movements. Main feature of the rotatingbroom is that the numerous sections of one-inch rubber hose are able to clear the snow frombetween the rails and movable switch points, down to the top of the railroad ties.

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"Jock" Eadie, storeman at Creighton mine,is in the process of forming a pipe and kiltband in the Lively-Walden area. Known asthe "Walden Highianders' Jock's band hasalready recruited fifteen interested young-sters, and practice sessions are held twiceweekly at the Lively Legion Hall. Grants tooutfit the youngsters have been receivedfrom the Wintario Lottery, The Town of Wal-den, the Creighton-Lively Fish arid Game As-sociation, the Knights of Columbus, theLively Branch of the Canadian Legion andfrom interested local business establish-ments. We can sure use the money, saysJock, ' would you believe it takes $1 000 tooutfit a piper and over $800 for a drummer?All told, over $15,000 are required to com-pletely outfit the newly-formed band. We'vehad a large number of private donations,'comments Jock, "and the way things aregoing, we should be able to raise the re-quired amount."

Information ForMotorists

The 24-hour winter road reporting ser-vice, recently placed into operation by theMinistry of Transportation and Commu-nications, lists the latest weather and roadconditions from across the province.Motorists may obtain this information bycalling one of the numbers listed below.

Sudbury 522-9380Thunder Bay 577-6451Toronto 248-3561

International star of stage and screen, Yvonne DeCarlo was in Sudbury recently to play thelead in the Sudbury Theatre Centre's production of 'Dames at Sea." While in the city, shetook time out from her busy schedule to tour Inco facilities in the district. On her tour, she vis-ited Copper Cliff North mine, where she signed the visitors' book. North mine superintendentGrant Bertrim, left, maintenance mechanic Wally Emerson and general foreman DaleClarke watched as Yvonne penned her famous signature in above picture. Yvonne thentravelled to different levels of the mine and observed mechanized mining operations andequipment. "That underground trip was quite an experience' quipped Yvonne, "as a matterof fact, I wasn't aware of the scope of an underground operation.' She later visited Clarabellemill, the Copper Cliff smelter and the Copper Cliff copper refinery. At the copper refinery, be-low. Yvonne took a close look at a rack of copper anodes, while Bill Brown, administrativeassistant, explained how anodes are produced. "I'm really impressed with the wholeoperation,' said Yvonne, and I hope that I can return if I'm ever in this area again."

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Touring the Port Colborne nickel refinery recently were members of the "Bollkubb' hockeyteam from Sweden, and refinery employee Bill Burgess was on hand to answer the manyquestions proposed by the youthful group. During their stay in Port Colborne, the Swedesplayed six exhibition games, including two against the Port Colborne team. They wound uptheir tour with a record of one win and five losses. Needless to say the visitors had a busyschedule, including trips to the locks at Thorold and to Niagara Falls, including lunch at theSkylon Tower. Highlight of the tour was a trip to Toronto to watch the Toronto Maple Leafsplay the Detroit Red Wings. Last year the Port Colborne team visited Sweden; this year theSwedish team completed the exchange.

Ray Huhtala, supervisor of equipment rent-als, proudly displays his "Certificate ofAchievement" which was given to him by anumber of his co-workers. "It's really anaward for standing up under pressure," saysRay, pointing out that the recent cold spellplayed havoc with rental equipment at Incoproperties. "Our phones were practicallyringing off the wall," he stated, "but, asusual, we managed to look after ourrequirements."

Installing new plug-ins at the Copper Cliffsmelter parking lot are electricians GlenGanton, in bucket, and Tom Signoretti.They're working out of an aerial basket truck,equipped with an hydraulic boom, capable ofreaching 40 to 45 feet above the ground.Inco's power department operates threetrucks similar to this one, two with single andone with a double basket. They're used tomaintain and install electrical cable through-out company property and are liable to beseen at any of the plants and mines in Sud-bury district.

Tom Turgeon, left, and Jim Murphy are in the process of installing a farring on the wing ofInco's Anson Mark V airplane at the Frood aircraft hangar. Made of "aircraft birch", obtainedfrom Finland, the Anson is one of the few all-wood aircraft left. The plane is presently beingcompletely refinished, from nose to tail, and will be used for airborne surveying during thesummer months,

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It was 'Carnival Time in Quebec' at the Port Colborne curling club recently when the bus-ness girls' section hosted their 8th annua' 'Ports of Cafl' bonspie!. Twe!ve rinks from To-ronto, Kitchener, St. Catherines, Niagara Falls and Welland competed for the Inco trophy,won by Monica Stephenson's rink from St.Cathannes. The trophy was presented to thewinning teams by Charlie Ott, assistant to the manager, Port Colborne nickel refinery. Theenergetic sweeping of SybU Nxey, left, and Wendy Wfllwerth, right, gets the Good House-keeping seal of approval on the rock thrown by skip Ella Burke during the business girls'bonspiel. Keeping a critical eye on the proceedings is vice-skip Audrey Wilhelm.

That's Nick Borst, left, getting ready to sinka ball into the side pocket during a friendlygame with Alan Wiita at the Copper CuffClub. The 'snooker' enthusiasts are both in-dustna! engineers, maintenance and generalprojects, and quite often spend their lunchhour matching their skifis over a fnendygame or two, Quips Nick, a snooker fan from'way back: "It's relaxing, fun to play, andcertainly keeps me on the ball."

With the thousands of employees using com-pany drys, its only a matter of time beforesomeone loses or misplaces a key to hislocker. When this happens, he's lucky that aspare can be obtained from the first aid officein record time. Spares are cut from blanks byplant protection officers at each area on akey cuthng machine. Pictured above at num-ber one dry in Copper Cliff is plant protectionofficer Jack PhUUps as he cuts a new key.You have to be able to do a bit of every-

thing," quipped Jack.

"The triangle" couldnt resist reproducing the above photo brought to our attention by BillMottonen, technical assistant, mines maintenance, Copper Cliff. The group of fellows posedfor the snapshot the day after the old Worthington mine cave-in, back in 1927 and, at time ofshooting, were employed at Creighton mine. Standing in front of the old general store in Wor-thington are, from left, Matti Karhilla, Evari Wirtanen, Venni Viita, Mail Mottonen, PauvoRuohonen, and Nester Luoto all deceased. In front s a 'slightly" younger version of the"today" Bill Mottonen!

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Ian Gray, director of field exploration, left, and Will Lambo, supervisor of special studies,both from the Toronto office, do some global finger walking to illustrate the distance Incodelegates will have to travel for the third annual seminar of the corporate exploration group, tobe held February 16 to 19 in Sudbury. Present for the seminar will be regional managers andother key personnel from Inco's overseas exploration bases along with many field and minesexploration professionals from Inco's Canadian operations. According to Ian Gray, regionalmanagers will discuss factors that affect mineral resource development in their respectiveareas and also give an account of Inco's exploration activities in these areas. Staff fromToronto and Copper Cliff will discuss factors that help determine exploration objectives forspecific mineral targets. Following the seminar, overseas staff will visit an underground minein the Sudbury area and also a winter drill camp. Thereafter, regional managers and Torontostaff will refine regional exploration objectives and discuss management and administrativepractices and procedures in Toronto on February 23 and 24.

This 35-ton capacity Haulpak is discharginga load of rockfill into the 7-foot diameter raiseborer hole at the Copper Cliff South mine, Todate, nearly one million tons have beentransfered from the Clarabelle Open Pit intomined-out stoping areas at the South minesince commencement of the backfill pro-gram in late Spring, 1975.

Inco personnel are getting ready for the sec-ond annual Underground Operators Con-ference, to be held February 23 to 26 at Vald'Or, Quebec. George Johnston, centre,superintendent of industrial engineering,mines and mills, discusses one of the lncotechnical papers to be given at the con-ference with Gary Chlcquen, left, mine gen-eral foreman, Frood mine, and Wilt Roch-etort, mine general foreman, Creightonmine. Gary will present a paper on groundsupport, while Wilf's presentation will dealwith the introduction of electric load-haul-dump equipment at Inco. Claude Plette,divisional planner, Creighton mine, will alsoattend the conference and his talk will coverelectric-hydraulic drilling at Inco mines. Lastyear's Underground Conference was held inSudbury and drew over 300 delegates fromacross Canada and the United States, It washosted by the Sudbury Branch of the Cana-dian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Inco ranks were well represented during the recent 89th annual Northern Ontario curlingbonspiel when 128 competing rinks from across Northern Ontario played at the Coniston,Copper Cliff, Falconbridge, Idylwylde and Sudbury curling rinks. Those smiling faces belongto "Sparky" Harry, left, an Inco pensioner and head scorekeeper for the event, Tom Parrls,executive assistant to the vice-president, mining and milling, and Walter Saftlc, chiefdraftsman, field exploration. Walter was a member of the Dumontelle rink, winners of thisyear's Grand Aggregate Trophy.

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LEIYou've probably walked by washing ma-chines hundreds of times without givingthem a second glance. But the one picturedabove might make you stop and notice.Why? Because it's filled with rubber boots! Itis specially designed to do this job and canhandle rubber gloves, raincoats and justabout anything made of plastic. FilippoRocca, an employee at the Copper Cliff re-hab centre, checks the boot before placing itinto the machine. Employees of the rehabcentre also look after the packaging of clayinto plastic bags. Used for a sealant alorgrefuge station doors, the special clay is heat-sealed and shipped underground. The two-man packaging team consists of Filippo Ro-cca, left, and Agostine Pollesel.

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After the storm...

Frustrated and bewildered when it comes topaying your phone bill? Perhaps the fol-lowing will make you see things in a differentperspective: inco's average monthlytelephone bill, for the Sudbury area alone,runs around the $60,000 mark, coveringsome 2100 Bell phones.

Incos post office at Copper Cliff handles inexcess of 200,000 pieces of incoming andoutgoing mail each month. This, of course,includes both the Royal mail and inter-officemailings.

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Pilot Norm Llnlngton cleans the snow off the Inco Twin Otter, presently located on theFroodStobie runway. According to Norm, the aircraft will be back in operation during theearly part of this month.

Logo Writer- Hector MacKinnonover 39 years of accident-free service

This month's logo, penned by HectorMacK irinon, is a tribute to 39½ years ofaccident-free service, certainly worthy ofspecial mention.

Hector, a stationary engineer at Garsonmine, joined the company in 1936 atFrood mine, and two years later trans-ferred to Garson mine, where he's beenever since. His entire career at Inco hasbeen totally accident-free . . . nodressings, no injuries, not a scratch, ever,in almost 40 years!

Always a safety-conscious man, Hector

attributes his record to not only "a lot ofluck" but also the constant care andawareness that go into such a fineachievement.

A Garsonite since 1942, Hector ismarried with two sons, John and Stewart,and a daughter, Mary Jane, WifeElizabeth's two brothers are both Incoites- John Len nie is at Frood mine, andDave Lennie retired two years ago asarea manager, Levack.

As well, Hector's four brothers are allwith Inco - John Albert's with security at

Con iston, Ken's at the Iron Ore RecoveryPlant, and Rod and Frank are both at thecopper refinery.

In addition, Hector's sister, AnnieMacKay's husband, Neil, is an Incopensioner, retired from Frood mine threeyears ago.

With no plans for retirement, Hector ishoping to celebrate 40 years with thecompany and 40 years without anaccident this coming June.

Congratulations, Hector!

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