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ers. The mine eventually reopened and
remained operational until 1962. Today,
visitors are given hard hats and miner's
lamps and get to follow a guided tour
through some 100m of dark, cool and
damp underground mine tunnels. This
is the only mine in the Pass open to vis-
itors and is a real treat for both young
and old.
of the Frank Slide creates a spectacu-
lar, almost lunar landscape. Consisting
mostly of limestone, the boulders are
on average 14m deep, but exceed
30m in some places. The Frank Slide
Interpretive Centre
, located north
of the highway on a slight rise, presents
an audiovisual account of the growth
of the town and of the slide itself. It ex-
plains the various theories about what
caused the landslide on April 29, 1903
that sent 82 million tonnes of limestone
crashing from the summit of Turtle
Mountain onto the town of Frank, which
Continuing along Highway 3, travellers
will notice a drastic change in the land-
scape. Extending on both sides of the
highway and covering 3km
2
, the debris
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Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, a scene from the past.
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