Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
A2022.000.002.0034 |
Object Name |
Negative |
Tagline |
Black and white negative of Roger Terhune posed with a 1930 Little Giant jackleg drill in the Black Bear Mine Adit, 1968. |
Collection |
MS 90 - Photograph & Negative Collection |
Description |
Black and white negative of Roger Terhune posed with a 1930 Little Giant jackleg drill in the Black Bear Mine Adit. Roger is wearing a dark jacket, light pants, and a black hard hat. He is standing with his proper left hand on top of the drill and looking at the rock wall in front of him. The drill has a white body and is on a large tripod. There is a piece of mine machinery further down the mine tunnel that is on blocks of wood. A wood beam is visible on the roof of the tunnel as well as a thin wire with a light bulb attached. |
Date |
1968/ / |
Medium |
Negative |
Provenance |
The Black Bear Mine operated from 1893 to 1917 as part of the Le Roi Mine group. The Black Bear was a horizontal adit that connected with the Le Roi Mine main shaft. The Black Bear recovered 176 oz gold, 318 oz silver, and 9290 lb of copper. As part of the Rossland Museum's Centennial Project, the Black Bear Mine Adit was reopened to be part of the Museum's tourism offerings. The Museum ran seasonal mine tours from 1967/68 until 2009 when the mine was closed. The tunnel entrance was collapse in 2011/2012. Visitors to the Museum are still able to see where the entrance was, although it is fenced off for safety reasons. |
Search Terms |
Black Bear Mine Black Bear Mine Adit Rossland Historical Museum and Archives Association Rossland Museum Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre |
People |
Terhune, Roger |
Subjects |
Mine Mining Mine Tunnel Drill Photograph Negative Black and White Photography Mine Tunnel Mining Equipment Jackleg Little Giant |