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INCO LIMITED

1986-0384

Film

Man-Made Canyon

1 of 1

1949

1949

Canadian version
Douglas D. Rothacker (producer)

producer, Douglas D. Rothacker

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The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited

The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited

The film illustrates open-pit mining operations in the Sudbury basin, in Ontario. Footage includes shots of underground mining, aerial shots of the open pit when it was begun in 1938, and a detailed account of procedures on the site, i.e. the heating and sharpening of church drill bits; the drilling of blast holes by a large drill and, in rock fragments, by hand drill and wagon-mounted drifting drill; the bailing of sledge; the placing of explosives and connection of primer cords or detonating fuses; the blasting shelter where men gather during the blast; the blast control board and its operator; the blast itself; the clearing of the pit walls and floor by scaling crews, bulldozers and electric shovels; and the loading, hauling and dumping of ore by trucks. Other footage includes shots of the mine's own vulcanizing and repair shops where work is done on tires and machinery; a rock crusher; the dumping of waste rock; and a sequence showing operations in the winter time. <20mn>

English

Open

V1 8903-0023

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur