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Horne Smelter
Digital and linocut, 2015

 

Beaconsfield Mining Museum

Beaconsfield Mining Museum

Remains of original buildings

Cobalt silver mining operations

McKinley Darrough Mines

Cobalt, Ontario

Charcoal, shoe polish and acrylic on paper

Water wheel powered stamper battery

Hollinger Headframe: Timmins Skyline

Hollinger, Timmins

2009

Mixed media on canvas: 8"x10"

Timmins: Head Frame

Timmins: Headframe

2009

Mixed media on canvas: 8" x 10"

This piece is based on a photo of a photo on display at the Hollinger mine tour in Timmins. It very much reminds me of the hoistroom view (or what I remember it to be) when I was a kid in Noranda and taken to the mine where my Dad worked.

Mine buildings: Timmins area