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From the Journal
Out With FrankThe People Behind the Mine
Deep in the Union, men wrote their names on the rock: F. McKie, June 9, 1937; T. McA., 23-4-41; GHT, Bralorne, 1946. Frank found them on his rope. The record knows the years, but not the men.
Never go into an abandoned mine. Abandoned mines are dangerous: bad air that gives no warning, rotten timber, hidden shafts under loose ground, rock that fails without a sound. Frank has years of experience, a deep knowledge of old workings, the fitness it takes and proper rope equipment, and it is still dangerous work. The films are the way in.
They were dangerous even while they were working, timbered, ventilated and inspected: from 1906 to 1947, more than five hundred men died in British Columbia’s metal mines. Each one is remembered by name on In Memory →
And one rule as firm as the first: these places, and everything left in them, are history. Take nothing, damage nothing, leave every site exactly as you found it.
That’s the whole deal. Frank picks one photograph out of the archive, tells you the story of the day it was taken, and signs off until next month. A short P.S. points to what’s new on the site, and that’s it.
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