Big Nickel mining
Underground scooptram above ground
at Dynamic Earth in Sudbury, Ontario.
Parked in the Outdoor display behind the "Big Nickel",
the world's biggest "nickel" at 9 m (30 ft) across.
Link to story of the 1951 replica coin:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nickel
All part of Sudbury's showing off its world-class mining heritage, producing nickel for more than a century and still going strong.
An elevator shaft and tunnels lie beneath Dynamic North for a popular hands-on model mine tour. But it is also a multipurpose facility. Do you see that baby headframe behind the scooptram's bucket? It's an operating shaft and hoist, albeit not very deep.
Dynamic Earth provides a practical underground environment for testing new developments in the mining industry.
Big Nickel mining
Underground scooptram above ground
at Dynamic Earth in Sudbury, Ontario.
Parked in the Outdoor display behind the "Big Nickel",
the world's biggest "nickel" at 9 m (30 ft) across.
Link to story of the 1951 replica coin:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nickel
All part of Sudbury's showing off its world-class mining heritage, producing nickel for more than a century and still going strong.
An elevator shaft and tunnels lie beneath Dynamic North for a popular hands-on model mine tour. But it is also a multipurpose facility. Do you see that baby headframe behind the scooptram's bucket? It's an operating shaft and hoist, albeit not very deep.
Dynamic Earth provides a practical underground environment for testing new developments in the mining industry.