"The Red Lake Mine: The Richest Gold Mine in the World"

By: David K. Joyce

Where and When: Friday May 2 at 4 PM Dow 642

The Red Lake Mine, owned by Goldcorp Inc. of Toronto, is
located near Balmertown, Ontario. Although it has been
mined since the 1940's, mining taking place in the "High Grade Zone"
is currently making Red Lake the highest grade gold mine in the world.
Goldcorp has also taken an unusual step in realizing that natural gold
specimens are themselves valuable and is preserving native gold specimens
for collectors, museums and scientists. More information about the mine
can be found on the web at
http://www.davidkjoyceminerals.com/htmfiles/potpourri.html

David Joyce has been a mineral dealer for over 19 years, and is also an
adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, teaching "Explosives and
Fragmentation in Mining".

Mr. Joyce will give another talk with the same title on Saturday at the
mineral museusm. The two talks will cover different aspects of the same
subject.

Geology Club elected new officers for next year...

President - Gerard Czarnecki
Vice President - Frank Janiszewski
Treasurer - Megan Lefevre
Secretary - Katrina Settles

A camping trip/agate collecting trip to Keystone Bay was also planned for May 3 and 4 (a Saturday and Sunday). A meeting will be held before then to discuss the details of the trip.

"A Perspective on the Evolution of Processing Seismic Primaries and
Multiples for a Complex Multidimensional Earth"

presented by Arthur B. Weglein,
Cullen Distinguished Professor of Applied Seismology, University of
Houston, and SEG 2003 Spring Distinguished Lecture

Time and Place: Tuesday April 15, 4 PM, Dow 642

Refreshments will be served.

Seismic processing is intended to enhance primary reflections (the
signals that reflect from layers and return directly to the surface).
Seismograms also contain multiple reflections (signals that have
reflected multiple times within layers). Proper processing clarifies
the primary reflections and suppresses the multiple reflections, thus
improving the final data volume, our ability to predict the
petroleum resource, and thus the success of the petroleum industry.
The talk will describe dramatic step improvements in seismic imaging
which occur when the complexity of the earth is recognized and
utilized in the processing.

For a complete abstract of Dr. Weglein's talk, please see
http://www.seg.org/services/ce/dl/spring2003/wegleinabstract.html

The Upper Peninsula Section of SME is having their Technical and Business Meeting on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at the Memorial Union Ballroom at Michigan Technological University.

The program includes:

Geology & Exploration (John McKana, chair)
1. "Examination of Lake Superior District Ore Textures Emphasizing
Cathodoluminescence and Microscopy and Other Mineralogical Techniques," Rodney Johnson, Sr. Geologist/Process Mineralogist, Cliffs Mining Services
2. "An Analytical Approach to Diagnosing and Solving Blasting Complaints," Douglas Rudenko, Vibra-Tech Engineers, Inc.

Mining (Dan Keranen, CCI-Empire, chair)
1. "Long Range Planning from Pit Optimization to Scheduling," Jon Larsen, Mining Engineer/Technical Services, KRJA System, Inc./MAPTEK; Fernando Rodrigues, Mining Engineer/Technical Services, KRJA, Inc./MAPTEK
2. "Measuring Underground Drilling and Blasting," Tom Barkley, Sr.
Technical Sales Rep, The Ensign-Bickford Company
3. "The Leading Edge of Mine Management Systems," Anthony Cook, Manager Customer Service, Modular Mining Systems North America; Steve Cady, Account Manager, Modular Mining Systems North America

Mineral Processing (Pete Suardini, CCI-Tilden, chair)
1. "Modular Control Systems and Bus Technology -The Trend Away from DCS," Mike Krych, System Development Specialist, Novaspect; Al Novak, Plant Web Specialist, Novaspect
2. "G-Max Cyclones in the Iron Ore Industry," Tim Olson, Manager Product Development, Krebs Engineers
3. "Tower Pressure Filters in the Iron Ore and Copper Industries," Reiner
Weidner, President, LAROX
3. "Mesabi Nugget -A New Age in Iron," Dave Sefcovic, Sr. Engineer, Cliffs Technology Center

The Banquet Speaker will be Ed Dowling, Executive Vice President
Operations, Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., presenting "CCI - Manager to Merchant: What that means for front line professionals"

Registration begins at 9:30am (EST) at the Memorial Union Ballroom at
Michigan Tech. The meeting opens at 10:30, the business meeting is at
11:30, and lunch is at noon. The geology and exploration session will be
in the morning, the other sessions will follow lunch. At 5:00pm there will
be a reception and cash bar. The banquet, with student awards, begins at
6:00pm. A silent auction, to benefit the Mineral Industry Education Fund,
will be held all day, with results announced at the end of the banquet.

Registration, with payment, is due by April 10. The meeting cost is $25
for members and $40 for non-members, students are free with a valid
ID. On-site registration or payment is an additional $5. The lunch cost
is $12 (students: $5) and the banquet is $20 (students: $5). Please send
registration information to: Conferences & Institutes, Michigan
Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, or contact Lori Witting (phone (906) 487-2263, fax (906) 487-3101, or email lori@mtu.edu if you have questions or need more
information.

Accommodations are available at the Best Western Franklin Square Inn in
downtown Houghton, (906) 487-1700.

by Timothy J. Brock, Brock Engineering Mason, Michigan

About a year and a half ago, I drilled a prospect that I thought would contain about 60 BCF of gas. Unfortunately, the primary target was dry. However, we had shows in the Black River and made a marginal oil completion there, which has since been plugged. There is still potential for someone to go back in and drill a horizontal well some day. A series of geochem samples did not indicate the presence of a reservoir. To me, it is a real life example of exploration, and what you might find, if you are using your wits. I will show the maps, logs, interpretations, and even samples of the oil.

Part of the talk will also deal with professional development, importance of a professional license, what skills from MTU were valuable, my career path, or whatever else students would like to ask about.

Timothy J. Brock from Brock Engineering, Mason, Michigan, is a 1980 geological engineering graduate of our department. He is on our department's professional advisory board, is one of the Board of Directors of the State of Michigan Oil and Gas Association and is a member of the State of Michigan Ad Hoc Committee on Mineral Wells.

Where: Dow Building Room 610
When: Thursday, March 13, 8 PM.

Refreshments will be served.

NOTE UNUSUAL TIME

Presented by: Dr Wayne Pennington, with graphics assistance by
David Forel, Ph. D Candidate, both from MTU Dept of Geological and
Mining Engineering and Science.

"A New View of Rock
Physics in Ternary Space"

Where: Dow Building Room 610 When: Wednesday, Feb 5, 4 PM.

Refreshments will be served.

Abstract: Rocks exhibit different compressional and shear wave velocities depending on their lithology, fluid content, compaction history, and current temperature and pressure, among other things. These relationships can be measured, but it is difficult to develop a consistent set of rules to use for the interpretation of seismic data in terms of these parameters. This presentation will show how some of the more confusing aspects of rock physics can be made to appear simple if viewed in a ternary space, and will provide an outline for a proposed inversion scheme for the determination of lithology from seismic properties.

Buddy Wylie was selected as the winner of the 2002 Leverson
Memorial Best Paper Award by the American Association
of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section

----for his presentation of "Log Curve Amplitude Slicing - Visualization of Gamma Ray Curves for Paleogeographic Reconstruction of the Middle Devonian Traverse Group".

If you see Buddy in the halls, congratulate him. This is a big honor and it's this sort of award that should make us all proud to be a part of this Department.

Thanks for the hard work Buddy, we all know you deserve this
award!

Please note the following:

Effective December 2001 all Michigan candidates must contact the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) to register for future examinations.

The Michigan Board of Professional Engineers website is http://www.cis.mi.us/bcs/pe and their phone number is 517/241/9253.

The address for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES):
PO Box 1686
280 Seneca Creek Road
Clemson, SC 29633-1686
Phone 877-536-7729 or 864-654-6824
Fax 864-654-6033