Mine Quest - Diving the Mines of Bell Island

Dedicated to the memory of Joe Steffen.

mine-questmAP.gif (135292 bytes)All photos were taken during Jan 29-Feb 9, 2007 expedition to explore the flooded mines on Bell Island. The scope, participants and daily details were recorded in the expedition blog that can be found here: "Mine Quest" blog.

The photos are split in three sections according to the general locations where they were taken (click on the map image on the left to make it larger). :

1) Mainline, pump, James Bennet and surrounding areas.

2) East Shallow line (the shallowest line running east starting a short jump away from the main line at column #29). 

3) West Shallow line ( the second shallow west line starting a short jump away from the main line at column #30).

Mainline and Pump Area

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East Shallow line (Jump 29)

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West Shallow line (Jump 30)

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