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Noted Cranbrook surgeon retires after 28 years ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
PHOTO COURTESY RYAN MCKENZIE
The Kimberley Fire Department was on the scene of a fire in the scrap pile of Columbia Recycle late Saturday morning. The fire sent huge plumes of smoke over Marysville, causing the closure of Highway 95A for a short time. There was no word on the cause of the fire at press time.
For the past 28 years Dr. Abdul Aleem has been one of Cranbrook’s main general surgeons, and at the end of March, he retired from the profession. At his home in Cranbrook, Dr. Aleem said he has relished his time as a surgeon here. “It’s been really interesting and rewarding to work here,” Dr Aleem said. “It’s all been made possible by the respect and understanding that I got from not only my physician colleagues, but also from the nursing staff and also from the community.” He said that support also came from within
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Dr. Abdul Aleem
the community itself, and mentioned in particular organizations like the Hospital Auxiliary and the East Kootenay Foundation for Health, which has brought in equipment to help provide up-to-date general surgery services.
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Hopes rise of a Sullivan-type mineral deposit
PJX Resources will soon begin drilling on a property near Moyie, where gravity tests have identified two possible deposits of lead, zinc and silver SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Drilling will get underway soon on a gravity target near Moyie that could turn out to be comparable to the Sullivan Mine. PJX Resources announced last week that it has further defined a gravity anomaly it first identified last year on the Vine property north-
east of Moyie. The density of the material suggests that the property could contain a massive sulphide deposit of lead, zinc and silver. Since identifying the promising gravity anomaly last October, further tests were performed over the winter. On May 6, PJX Resources released the results of
that gravity work. Computer modelling of the geophysical studies suggest the Vine property contains two dense areas, each about 1 kilometre by 1.5 kilometres wide, and possibly up to 50 metres thick in places, comparable in size to the Sullivan Mine.
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COURTESY PJX RESOURCES
The model above shows a cross-section of the two gravity targets that PJX Resources believes could contain a massive sulphide deposit of lead, zinc and silver on the Vine property. The top line shows the density of the earth. The bottom area shows the elevation of the property with estimates at what the layers of earth contain. The red areas represent what could be massive sulphide.
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