Complex sentence: Born in Trail, in the southern interior of the province, Georgetti first worked as a hard-rock miner then, like his father, went to work in the giant Cominco smelter.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Trail, in the southern interior of the province, Georgetti first worked as a hard-rock miner. Then, like his father, went to work in the giant Cominco smelter.