Series consists of mining images in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of a miner setting up a long hole drill in a stope at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of two miners using a mucking machine to clear the tracks at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One print of four images of surveyors setting their lines at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the top left includes a metal barrel sitting on top of lumber over the shaft. The second image (top right) depicts a surveyor's camera on a tripod in front of the shaft. The third image (bottom left) includes two surveyors using their camera to take pictures of the shaft and the fourth image (bottom right) includes two surveyors looking down the shaft.
One print of four images of the surveying of raises at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the top left includes a surveyor with his camera to take pictures of the raise. The second image (top right) depicts a surveyor standing on a ladder using a camera to take pictures of the raise below him. The third image (bottom left) includes two surveyors ascending a ladder within the raise and the fourth image (bottom right) includes a surveyor using his camera to take pictures looking up the raise.
One print of four images of the surveyers checking their lines at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the top left includes a surveyor checking his line with his camera of the raise from below. The second image (top right) depicts a surveyor with his camera while another miner descends a ladder. The third image (bottom left) shows a surveyor's camera on a tripod positioned in a raise. The fourth image (bottom right) includes a surveyor with his camera to take pictures of the raise.
One print of three images of miners surveying the underground elevation at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the top left includes a miner holding a measuring stick in front of a door. The second image (top right) depicts a miner holding up a measuring stick to the top of the drift. The third image (bottom left) includes two miners standing on the tracks, one miner is holding a measuring stick while the second miner is using a track liner to align the tracks.
One print of three images of surveyors and development miners using the lines established by a survey to create drilling holes for a Survey Station in the back of a drift at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The first image on the left includes two miners drilling holes in a drift with long hole drills. The second image (middle) depicts a miner driving a spad in a wooden plug in a drift while the third image shows a surveyor marking out the centre line of the drift.
One image of a development miner installing a square set timbering post at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of square set timbering and broken muck at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of a development miner installing a square set divider at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of the outside opening of a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of the outside opening of a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of the instillation of cribbing in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of the instillation of cribbing in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of various tools resting on a trimming collar in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of reinforced concrete and a wooden walkway in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of two miners constructing a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario. The miner on the right can be seen drilling down holes in a timber square set with a jackleg drill. The leg piece of the jackleg drill has been removed.
One image of three miners installing wooden brattices in a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.
One image of miners building a lumber slide located near the opening of a ventilation shaft at Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Falconbridge, Ontario.