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Men in the Mines

A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992

"Underground in the McBean Mine, Thorburn, NS, 1959"

Five miners posing in front of a mining machine: "(L-R) Robert Hoegg, George B. Fraser, William Stroud, Woody MacLean and George Poulain. Behind the miners can be seen a DOSCO continuous miner."

Date: 1959

Credit: Museum of Industry

Reference: Stellarton Mining Museum  Museum of Industry  no. I91.32.575   /  negative N-19524

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