Even on Halloween the ghosts of the Atlas Coal Mine couldn’t scare away an air of celebration, as $500,000 was presented to the Tunnel Vision project for the work on opening up the tunnel leading to the entrance of the Atlas #3.Drumheller-Stettler MLA and Minister of Infrastructure, Jack Hayden, and Minister of Culture and Community Spirit, Lindsay Blackett, were at the national historic site, with a number of other Atlas supporters for the presentation. The funds came from the Major Community Facilities Enhancement Program, and are on top of funds already committed from the Alberta Historic Resources Foundation.
(l-r) Avery, 2, Ella Guterson, 3, along with Dylan Weibel, 5, venture into the Little Boo at the Atlas Coal Mine. The coal mine's Big Boo and Little Boo events were open Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26, and will go one more time after Halloween on November 1.