NEWS Local Special Olympian brings home Bronze Page 5
SPORTS Kokanees continue to better their bests Page 9
ENTERTAINMENT
Sound and Fury Morris to perform at festival Page 12
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The Similkameen
Volume 65 Issue 29
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
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Thirty-three ton lift takes place at mine
The biggest single lift for the Copper Mountain Mine is a 33 ton conveyor which will feed the largest cone crusher in western Canada. Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
Thirty-three tons of conveyor was being lifted at the Copper Mountain Mine last Wednesday. Not only is this the biggest single lift for the mine site, but this 33 tonne conveyor will feed rock to the largest cone crusher in western Canada. Operating the crane lifting the conveyor, inch by inch, slowly and with the utmost care was Grant Davies of Princeton, accompanied by a crew of two in motorized lifts and four on the ground. “This crusher will replace three portable crushers,” said Jim Mountford. He explained that the cone crusher, once completely hooked up would have the capability to crush six inch rock from the primary crusher down to approximately two inches. A 100 foot high building houses the crusher. All pieces have been delivered to the mine site and both the lower bowl assembly weighing over 100 tonnes and the upper main frame have been installed. Modifications to the existing conveyor that transfers ore from the primary crusher to the mill feed stockpile are successful in accommodating the tie-in to the new crusher. A transfer chute has been installed and is working well, allowing production See CRUSHER - Page 10
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Steve Arstad/Keremeos Review
Fire departments from Keremeos, Kaleden and Osoyoos battled the flames for nearly four hours, but in spite of their efforts, the building housing three Keremeos businesses was completely gutted.
Fire claims historic Keremeos building Steve Arstad Keremeos Review
It’s all gone. The Red Bridge Pub, the Keremeos Hotel Liquor Store and the Seventh Street Diner were destroyed by fire in Keremeos on Monday morning, July 14. The Keremeos and District Volunteer Fire Department was called to the scene at approximately 8:20 a.m. “I could see a red glow inside the main front door”(of the bar) said Fire Chief Jordy Bosscha, who arrived on scene initially. He said the fire hadn’t yet breached the building at that point, but it appeared obvious to him that the inside had been involved for some time. He also checked the front door of the Seventh Street Diner,
in the same building, but found it to be cold at that time. The main body of the fire department arrived on scene within minutes, to find the fire had broken out of the building and was spreading with ferocious speed down the front of the building. Several hose lines, including the department’s engine mounted monitor was brought to bear immediately, but there was no stopping the flames that started rolling out of the front windows. The initial attack slowed the visible flames along the front of the building but did nothing to quench the inferno burning inside. Mutual aid was called immediately, with fire crews arriving from Kaleden and Osoyoos.
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