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Tunnel of the Great Western Mines, 1897

A black-and-white photograph of five miners posing outside of a tunnel. The two miners in front of the tunnel entrance are holding long mining hammers with a wheelbarrow in front of them.

Revelstoke Museum and Archives photograph 2341. Photographer: F.L. Lemon.

Tunnel of the Great Western Mines at Whiskey Point, on the northeast arm of the Upper Arrow Lake, just east of Arrowhead, July 8, 1897. Significant mining took place in the region.