Snow Slide

“May Day, May Day, May Day—!”

The distress call pierced the grey stillness of Feb. 18, 1965. Then the voice was cut off, and static reigned the airwaves...

But the frantic plea had been heard and, as cold and weary miners, existing on chocolate bars, clawed at a mountain with shovels and bare hands in search of buried comrades, one of the largest rescue operations in B.C. history was begun.

The incredible story of the Granduc Mine disaster in next week’s BC Chronicles.

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PHOTO: The Granduc Mine, 1980. —BC Archives