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      Photo of Heather Schmutzer creating the Cutting Edge Mural located in the Voyageur Mall, in Atikokan, Ontario.

      Displayed on the east wall of the Voyageur Mall in Atikokan, Ontario. The mural, that tells the history of the mining of the Atikokan area, took a month to complete and consisted of eight panels, eight feet by four feet wide. Seen in photo are Committee members and Manager of …

      Finlayson Tunnel, Atikokan, Atikokan Mining Attraction, mines, mining, Seine River, Elsa Kosola, Ontario

      In the fall of 1991, Heather Schmutzer, Chair of the Board of the Atikokan Mining Attraction, and art teacher at Atikokan High School, began work on the first downtown mural, the Lectra Haul. The location is at the Voyageur Mall, downtown Atikokan, Ontario.It was based on a pastel work that …

      Aerial view of Skunk Hollow and Steep Rock Iron Mine main camp c.1945., , From our uncatalogued holdings of photographs.

      sketches and sketching, mining artifacts, mines, mining, Atikokan, Atikokan Mining Attraction, Shawn Allaire, Ontario

      Atikokan Mining Attraction, Atikokan, mining - artifacts, Mamie Faris, Reg Faris, mines, mining, mining equipment, Ontario

      Frontal picture of Reg Faris' boots (measuring 13' in footlength by 16' high). This large pair of boots was donated to the Atikokan Mining Attraction by Mamie Faris.

      Colour photo of Steep Rock Iron Mine visitors helmet #27, located in the Atikokan Mining Attraction in Atikokan Ontario.

      Atikokan, Ontario, mining - artifacts, Atikokan Mining Attraction, mines, mining, mining equipment, Steep Rock Iron Mines

      mining - artifacts, mines, mining, Steep Rock Iron Mines, Atikokan, Atikokan Mining Attraction, Archie Law, Mary Dyck, United Steelworkers of America, Ontario

      Oil painting entitled 'Skunk Hollow' by artist Myrtle Leishman. Skunk Hollow was the name given to the residential area for mines and their executives.

      Pastel drawing entitled 'The innovators: they dared to dream' by artist Heather Schmutzer (33' x 36' including frame). Pictured from left to right are: Sydney (Syd) Hancock O.L.S.; Dr. M.W.Bartley; Cyrus Eaton; Morson Scarth (Pop) Fotheringham; Neil Edmonston; Joseph Errington; Major General DonaldHogarth; Julian Cross.Their importance lies in the surveying, …

      Oil painting entitled 'Caland Pit' by artist Elsa Kosola. Painted after the mine had ceased operation, this painting records the naturalization of the abandoned open pit site. A commercial fish farm now operates in the lake shown in this painting.

      Oil painting entitled 'Diamond Drill' by artist Harold Nelson, with text from an article that appeared in 'The Atikokan Progress' displayed in the frame below the painting. The other picture below shows AMA Director Heather Schmutzer, accepting the painting as a gift.

      Close-up of oil painting entitled 'Diamond Drill' by artist Harold Nelson (27' x 23' including frame). This painting can be viewed in the company office of Steep Rock Mines Ltd.