Big stope, Nickel Plate Mine, Hedley, B.C.

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1 photograph : black and white

From the Boeing Collection pg 1a. Four men, in work clothes, stand on the left of a ladder in a big stope, a fifth is up the ladder. A sixth man in coat, shirt and tie stands to the right of the ladder. On the left the stope appears brightly lit as it opens to the surface. The opening is known as a glory hole.

Mining

Hedley (B.C.)

Hedley Museum

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