I wrote about Bankshead a while back, have a look here if you are interested in the story. The picture before was taken in Lower Bankshead where most of the industrial equipment was located. Most of the people lived in Upper Bankshead. There isn't a whole lot left there. Most of the houses and buildings were moved to Banff, Canmore, or Calgary or destroyed.
The mine itself had three entrances along three different seams. The "C" level was above Upper Bankshead and I hiked up there. About all that remains is this old ruined concrete building that someone has decorated, some mining equipment, and some unstable areas associated with the old mine that has collapsed. It snowed on me as I walked up the trail.
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