"Fire was never that much of a problem in hard rock mining especially with the older way of mining" Claude Pelletier spent many years as a diamond driller and miner in BC, as well as Ontario and the Northwest Territories. The son of an Ontario miner it seemed only natural for him to follow in his father’s path. Claude was well known in the Myra Falls operation as the union president before his retirement in 2002. Dora also shared |
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her memories with the Mosaic of Mining Memories team about her life as the wife of a miner. Claude's Story “I had worked elsewhere for a number of years prior to coming here. I spent time in Ontario and Yellowknife and a couple years with contractors in BC. I worked over on Texada Island in 1971 for a short while and then took a job at Westmin in January 1972. I stayed there for thirty years and retired in 2002, making a total of 46 years working in the mining industry. “Metal was mined quite differently when I started. They were mostly using air-compressed tools and it was all small drifts; everything was taken back and forth on tracks with small motors and cars. Everything was done in a smaller fashion and the equipment was from the old style of mining. |
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