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  • Shaft miner at the 2500 foot level station before mucking and drilling, Louvicourt Mine, Val d?Or, Quebec. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.<br />
(© Louie Palu/Agence VU)
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  • Shaft miners drilling a round in the shaft with jumbo drills, 2500 foot level station, Louvicourt Mine, Val d?Or, Quebec. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Changing steel on a longhole drill, 6750 foot level, Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Miners drilling a cross-cut on a ramp with jackleg drills, 1750 foot level, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Miners drilling at the face in a sublevel, 1450 foot level, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario.From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • A miner after completing the drilling of a breast in a shrinkage stope, 700 foot level, Cheminis Mine, Larder Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Miners moving jackleg drills and gear before blasting in a shrinkage stope, 700 foot level, Cheminis Mine, Larder Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Miners entering the cage on surface for the beginning of day shift, Kerr Mine No. 3 Shaft, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • A miner in the ?Dry? hanging his work clothes in the air to dry after shift, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Exiting the cage on surface after graveyard shift, Kerr Mine No. 3 Shaft, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Snow covered houses and the McIntyre Mine No. 11 Shaft in Schumacher, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Slag heaps, smoke stacks and blackened rock from decades of emissions from the Coniston Smelter, Coniston, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Immigrant miners playing Bocce Ball in the Moneta neighbourhood, Timmins, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Mine Mill Local 598 retiree at the union hall before a pensioners meeting, Sudbury, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Boys snowboarding on a hill by Prospect Avenue, Cobalt, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Tom Ranelli lifelong member of the Mine Mill Smelter Workers Union Local 598, the last Local of one of the most militant unions in North American history, Sudbury, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • A furnace tapper using a thermal lance to test the purity of molten nickel in the furnace, which operates at over 1000 degrees Celsius at the Falconbridge Smelter, Falconbridge, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Converter aisle, Falconbridge Smelter, Falconbridge, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Kerr Mine No. 3 Shaft headframe and crusher house, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Changing the hoist cable on the sheave wheel, atop the Kerr Mine No. 3 Shaft headframe, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Miner with ?white hand? also known as Hand Vibration Syndrome, which is caused by working the drills and destroys circulation in the hands causing the hands to go numb, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Deckman in front of the Macassa Mine No. 3 Shaft, Kirkland Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Lunch break, 1450 foot level refuge station, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Scaling loose from the back, 1000 foot level, Cheminis Mine, Larder Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Steve Allen sitting in front of a CAVO 320 mucking machine, 1450 foot level, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • The late Lester Beattie smoking after drilling in a bypass drift, 1450 foot level Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Rockbolting and screening below cable bolts prior to the 1993 rockburst, 6900 foot level, Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Harold ?Tubby? Burns holding a ladder at the exit of a shrinkage stope, 700 foot level, Cheminis Mine, Larder Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Ralph Schmidt and the late Guy Bruneau timbering a staging for drilling a breast in a shrinkage stope, 1300 foot level, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Tram crew Dave Effenberger and Claude ?Shaggy? Ludgate having lunch on the1300 foot level, Kerr Mine, Virginiatown, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Driving a ramp with a jumbo drill, for the Kidd D Mine expansion, 8000 foot level, Kidd Creek Mine, Timmins, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Larder Mens Wear, Larder Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Miners Pete Vaillant and David Butkevich members of the Mine Mill Union Hockey team at a union hockey tournament, Brampton, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Shaft sinker Mario Gagnon (right) celebrating his last weekend in Canada at the Victory Tavern before leaving on a shaft sinking project in Mexico. Timmins, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Landa Cormier with her husband Eric who lost his arm in an electrical accident at the Falconbridge Smelter, at their home in Garson, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Former smelter mason Dwight Harper?s foot which was severely burned by 1270 degree Celsius molten nickel in an accident at the Falconbridge smelter, seen at his home in Capreol, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Bill Whelan who had his arm torn from his body by a surface rock crusher at the St. Andrews Mill, Timmins, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Bill Lee a former gold miner who was the victim of a severe head injury underground at the Pamour Mine, Timmins, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • An abandoned Russian Orthodox Church seen from a backyard in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • The late John "Jack" Murnaghan, a retired union organizer holding a retirement gift which is a photo of the Macassa Mine where he worked for 43 years.  At the time this photograph was taken, Murnaghan was living alone and suffering from Alzheimer?s disease, Kirkland Lake, Ontario.  From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Retired mine labourer, 89 year old Willie Ciccone, playing the accordion at the Dante Club, Timmins, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Gold miner?s daughter Lise Bernatchez holding her son Julien.  Her father Leonce Verrier was killed in the 1993 Macassa Mine rockburst.  It took 77 days to recover the body, Kirkland Lake, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Hughie MacInnis, a paralyzed shaft miner lying in his bed.  Hughie was paralyzed from the chest down following a shaft accident at Stobie Mine in 1975, Sudbury, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Hughie MacInnis seen shaving in the mirror before attending church, Sudbury, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • 21-year-old Carrie McKee with her one-year-old son Evan at the Miners Day of Remembrance. Her 20-year-old fiancé Chad Lamond was killed at the Creighton Mine in an underground accident when she was six months pregnant, Sudbury, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Lola Angus on a grade school swing in the playground adjacent to the Right of Way Mine property, Cobalt, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • House on Union Street adjacent to the Inco Superstack, the tallest free standing stack in the world, Copper Cliff Smelter Complex, Sudbury, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • House in Copper Cliff, Sudbury, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Icicles on houses, Schumacher, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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  • Abandoned tailings pond and arsenic mine waste in a lake, Cobalt, Ontario. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.
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