Page 36 OUR MINING LOGISTICS SERVICES Ocean and air freight shipments Break bulk and heavylift shipments T ruck Shipments Specialized Equipment Char ter and par t char ter ser vices Customs for malities Of floading and installations at jobsite W e of fer reliable cost ef fective solutions for the transpor tation of site materials and uniquely shaped mining equipment For AXXESS any remote location is AXXESSIBLE DONT HESIT A TE TO CONT ACT OUR MINING LOGISTICS SPECIALISTS Phone 15148499377 T oll free 18664499377 www axxessintlcom A TEAM OF EXPERTS PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SER VICE V iola MacMillan was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 1991 As the CMHOF notes V iola MacMillan s mining career spanned 40 years V iola MacMill an was one of the most powerful people in Canadian mining She and husband Geor ge MacMil lan prospected and developed several mines In the T immins area they ex plored and developed the Kamiskotia Canadian Arrow and Hallnor Gold mine In British Columbia she developed the silver lead orebodies of V iolaMac Mines in the Sandon area In north ern Saskatchewan she completed the development of the Lake Cinch ura nium orebodies near Beaverlodge and placed the mine into production V iola Macmillan was the driving force behind Canada s lar gest mining asso ciation the Prospectors and Develop ers Association of Canada PDAC She was President of the PDAC from 1944 to 1965 MacMillan s greatest contribution to the industry and one that can not easily be measured is her driving commitment to transform PDAC from a group of less than 100 to an or ganization of more than 4000 T o day PDAC helps set public policy as it pertai ns to mining PDAC s annual convention is the lar gest in Canada and attr acts international attendance says MacMilla n s Canadian Mining Hall of Fame profle MacMillan was instrumental in work ing with the Metals Control Commis sion during WW2 and persuading the federal government to pass the Emer gency Gold Measure Act which kept the stagnant gold mining industry a live in Canada through the 1950s and 1960s MacMillan s colourful life also had its share of controversy including a Royal Commission and legal char ges of stock manipulation on a property she claimed adjacent to Kidd Creek Mines in T immins during the 1960s For more information on V iola Mac Millan visit the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame at httpwww mining hallof famecainductees19891991 violar macmillan Page 36 V iola McMillan V iola MacMillan 19031993 was a prospector developer of mines She was also the President of PDAC from 19441965 W e never allow wom en under ground It s bad luck the mine captain said in 1927 V iola Hug gard MacMillan ignored the superstition Disguised in heavy mining over alls and a man s cap she coaxed the superintendent into taking her down into the silver mine near Co balt Ont The 24year old woman was allowed in Contd from pg 34