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Saying goodby to Elaine (cry-face) as I depart for summer work with Semco Mining Exploration.
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1979 Staging area to lift camp gear to mountop near McKennzie, B.C.
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1979 Helicopter pilot Doug Schreiber taking workcrew to mountain camp location near Mackenzie, B.C.
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Making camp. July 1979
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unloading @ camp north of Mackenzie, B.C. by Northern Mountain Helicopters Inc., Bell 206 Jet Ranger III C-GNMI, pilot Doug Schreiber.
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1979 workmates with Semco Explorations in process of setting up Camp.
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1979 mining exploration camp location was selected because it was close to iron deposit and protected froom wind with access to small creek and there was a knoll that served as a helicopter landing pad..
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Me against the beautiful scenery around camp. July 1979
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Blake at mining exloration camp job. 1979
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1979 CampJob
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Workmate and longtime buddy Brian Hatelt above camp. July 1979
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Blake Smith @ mining exploration camp job on mountaintop near McKennzie, B.C. July 1979.
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Brian Hatelt in process of mapping iron deposit near McKennzie, B.C. July 1979
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Blake walking the ridges near camp, the amount of up & down could be minimized by staying on the ridges and the views were fantastic. July 1979.
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Blake Smith@ mining exp camp,. August 1979
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1979 Paul? and Brian Hatelt, workmates at exploration camp.
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1979--Brian Hatelt mapping iron deposit, which involved some line cutting at the upper edge of the tree line.
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Supply drop at camp 1979
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Mail & supply drop
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Anyone that has worked in a remote camp knows what the arrival of mail and supplies means. August 1979
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Brian Hatelt & Blake Smith at mining exploration camp job. Near Mackenzie, B.C., August 1979
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Helicoptering over to adjacent mountian to map a second iron depost. Aug 1979
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Being helicoptered from our camp to adjacent mountain to map iron deposit on exposed face of the mountain ahead. August 1979
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Joining the rest of our crew at location of an iron deposit near McKennzie, B.C. We also had to fill bags of the heavy samples of iron
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Blake Smith near mountain camp. The mosquitos were constant irritant! August 1979
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1979 mining exploration camp job--building a sauna.
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1979 bulding sauna near creek and water supply by camp. I'm on upper left.
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1979 building the sauna with mostly available materials. Brian Hatelt upper left.
