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the information for later, trying
to create a picture of how
steam pipes and dewatering
equipment allowed this mine
to function.
We note a caricature and
name on the wall. Apparently
James Bennett had an idle
moment while working in the
mines and painted his own
pipe-smoking visage on the wall
in lamp black. I photograph our
targets and begin the inventory
of the abandoned mine that
was vacated so quickly that
nobody bothered to take stock
before allowing it to flood.
Around another corner, a small
white cross on the wall gives
us pause. A miner died here,
perhaps from a rock fall or
from being run over by an ore
cart that plunged down the
slope on the tracks below us,
now buried under silt.
The first phase of our project
concludes; we remove the
safety tanks from the mine and
sum up our successes. We’ve
laid the essential guidelines
that will be necessary for
future visiting divers. We have
begun the enormous task of
documenting the submerged
industrial artifacts and will now
begin to share our findings with
the world. The tiny community
of Bell Island will once again
become widely known. The
descendants of the miners
generously recount the folklore
of the region, welcoming a
new wave of curious visitors to
explore the mines and wrecks,
diving through time to touch
the face of history. AD
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