Owner: Teck Resources Ltd

 

The Pend Oreille Mine (POM) is an underground zinc/lead mine with on-surface ore processing facilities and is 100% owned by Teck Cominco American Incorporated. At the end of 2006, Pend Oreille mine had approximately 180 employees. The site facilities consist of underground mine workings, mill/processing buildings, a concentrate load out building and a doublelined tailings disposal facility. The mine is located in northeast Washington State, approximately 2 miles north of Metaline Falls, Washington and 95 miles north of Spokane, Washington.

The mine uses the “room and pillar” mining technique. This method involves removing ore in a “honey-combed” network of underground rooms up to 30 feet in width and 70 feet in height. Where the ore is thicker than 15 feet, multiple benches are utilized. Interspersed between the rooms are 30 feet by 30 feet pillars that are spaced approximately 30 feet apart.

 

1382 Pend Oreille Mine Rd

PO Box 7

Metaline Falls, Washington

USA 99153

Phone:509 446-4516

Fax:509 446-2830

Reference Date: May 13, 2008