monday mural - the pits

Lenora Mines at Mount Sicker - 1988 (Painted by Peter Bresnen, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
On May 16, 1897 Harry Smith and partner staked the famous Lenora Claim for copper.

This is another of the wonderful Chemainus murals. I love the way this mural continues around the corner of the store. (Click on photos to enlarge.)

More information about Mount Sicker can be found here.

And here is a page of black and white B. C. Museum photos of the copper mining era.