Silver Mining In Ontario (1925)

Ontario, Canada. The Cobalt Silver mining area is featured. L/S of the mining town. Various tracks for transporting silver and houses or outbuildings for processing. Camera pans across the settlement. M/S of two men working underground in the mines. They operate a drilling tool. Closer shot of the men drilling a hole in the rock face. C/U of the tool pounding into the rock. Good C/U of man lighting several tapers which have been inserted into holes in the rock. He walks away leaving them to burn. M/S of the rubble left after the explosion (explosion not seen). Workers walk across the rubble. Two men greet each other by tipping their hats as their paths cross. M/S of men pointing to a silver vein. C/U of the vein. C/U of man putting his pick against the vein - this shows how massive it is - it looks unreal. The ore is loaded into chucks. M/S of man pulling ore down into a container on wheels then pushing it along. A small electric underground train travels towards the camera. It pulls