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...C ontinued from page 32 painting and, when the mining industry cooled in the following years, Wilson found himself increasingly relying on his artistic work to make a living. Wilson now keeps busy with commissions and art shows, primarily painting urban features and occasional landscapes using acrylic paints on canvas in a style known as ‘painterly realism.’ He’s also still an active professional geologist: he maintains his P.Geo. license, consults with mining companies on governance and regulation, and sits on Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s Geoscience Committee. Thrall says Alexco is still thinking through how to best use Wilson’s completed paintings, but he speculates that limited edition prints or cards could help fundraise at local community events. j A series of series of stanchions from a 4,400-metre aerial tramway, once used to transport ore and supplies across the Keno Hill Silver Camp.

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