This is a rock cut at the Foster mine, with miners following the narrow vein of silver ore. Note the primitive tools and manual Iabour used to extract the silver which can be seen in the wheelbarrow. With luck, an individual prospector could locate and also develop a mine, for the silver ore was close to the surface and did not require elaborate treatment. However, the discoverer of this mine, Clement Foster, sold his claims when they seemed most promising and invested the money in real estate in the neighboring community of Haileybury where he became not only the major developer but also the mayor.
