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Ishpeming Michigan, Deer Lake Road, December 31, 1987, The "stope" at the Ropes Gold mine collasped. Photo was taken a
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Another view of cave-in area looking up towards head frame from new road into mine site.
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Bulldozer and head frame during shutdown period to rebuild enterance road and start back filling cave-in area.
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Side view of tool trailer and delivery van taken from the seat of my bulldozer during road construction.
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View looking down on tool trailer from service road to head frame. Steam in photo is moist air rising through cracks in fracture
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Miners rebuilding destroyed air and water lines to headframe in -20 degree temps, Jan 1988. Rock pile on right is Gold ore, cave
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"Decline" tunnel enterance. This access road for the mine was not effected by the stope collapse which allowed all the
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View of main road after cave-in.
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