William Fernie and Philip Carosella at Coal Creek, BC
![Two men stand in front of a hole in a hill. The man on the right has a pick and a shovel.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/fernie-community_communaute-fernie/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2016/11/FernieCarosella_CoalSeam.jpg)
Photographer: Unknown
Fernie Museum
William Fernie and Philip Carosella at the opening of the “Peter” seam, Coal Creek, BC, 5 miles east of Fernie, 1889. Carosella became a prominent Fernie entrepreneur.