Moose River Gold Mine Museum
Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia
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It Happened at Moose River
Location: Moose River, Nova Scotia

 
This photo shows a gold vein. It was taken from a second shaft built parallel to the first shaft.
55 of 90 		By this time hope was fading although the draegermen refused to give up.
56 of 90 		On the surface the men still laboured.
57 of 90 		Large machinery and men still worked around the clock.
58 of 90 		Other areas of the community were virtually deserted as everyone concentrated on the mine shaft.
59 of 90 		Rescuers at work on the Reynold's Shaft.
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Day and night they worked on the new shaft.
61 of 90 		The new shaft which would eventually prove to be the rescue route.
62 of 90 		Shift change.
63 of 90 		Success at last on the tenth day.
64 of 90 		Red Cross workers were on site waiting to assist in any way.
65 of 90 		Removing the men from the shaft.
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Robertson and Scadding being put on the plane to be airlifted to a hospital in the city.
67 of 90 		CBC broadcasts from the site
68 of 90 		Reports came out daily in the newspaper.
69 of 90 		The now famous drawing of the rescue tunnel.
70 of 90 		The phone used at the time of the rescue.
71 of 90 		The phone service went through this type of switchboard.
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