Photograph depicts the pit mine, and road in valley below. Town of Cassiar can be seen in distance at foot of south mountain range.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine, switchback road in foreground, mountain range in background. Pit is visible behind the West peak. The new mine garage can be seen on West peak just above "#7 switchback" in centre of image. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine in mountain range. Crushing plant and tramline station visible in foreground, and new mine garage can be seen on West peak on far left.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine in foreground, north east mountain range in background. Tramline station and crushing plant visible in foreground in front of pit. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine in foreground, north east mountain range in background. Tramline station and crushing plant visible in foreground, west of pit. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.
File contains portraits and sample photographs of exposed asbestos fibre: in veins of rock outcrops, and loose in talus on McDame Mountain (location of Cassiar mine). Some photographs were printed in Cassiar's Annual Reports, with labels and descriptions.
Photograph depicts a pick hammer hanging from outcrop. Annotations on note glued to recto of photograph: "ASBESTOS"; "Outcrop of fibre bearing serpentine about centre of deposit and vertically over 300 adit on western slope." Areas of image have been labeled "A" and "B". Photo caption under printed copy of image in 1952 Annual Report: "A - indicates asbestos talus. B - indicates asbestos veinlets."
Photograph depicts exposed asbestos fibre in talus and outcrop.
Photograph depicts two unidentified men on road or mining bench at high elevation on mountain, valley in background.
Photograph depicts shovel loading Kenworth haul truck in mine. Unknown man stands on left, mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts cable-operated shovel loading two Kenworth haul trucks on road in mine area at high elevation. Three unidentified men are gathered around truck in foreground. Valley and mountain range in distance.
Photograph depicts dump truck under power lines and tramlines on gravel road. Buckets hang on line, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts a man in work clothes and hard hat standing with hands placed on the first of many tram buckets hanging in a line. Steel beam framework of station building rises above him. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "[F1?] LOADING STATION EL. 5800". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".
Photograph depicts buildings at various locations in mine: crushing plant (centre?) and what is believed to be the original tramline loading station on left. Mine road featured in center, blasthole drill visible near dump truck in midground. Mine valley in background. Photo believed to have been taken from mine's South Peak. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts an Atlas Copco Drillmaster (blasthole drill) near the mine road, mountainside in background. This is a precision hammer drill which had its own power source. It is believed that this photo was taken on the North ridge, near the cirque dump. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts a man wearing a hard hat preparing explosive material, mountains in background. Dog stands near edge in midground, large bags of Ammonium Nitrate in right foreground. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts explosion, part of the bench-mining process employed at Cassiar. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts crawler cable shovel, bucket over box of Kenworth truck in excavation area of mine. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts snowy mountaintop, wooden shelter and truck in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 2nd, 1952. 1. Picture taken from campsite showing snow on talus."
Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #1: Outcrop of Serpentine showing veinlets of asbestos fibre. Wider veinlets 1/2" - 1"."
Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #3 Showing approx. area covered by Asbestos - serpentine float". The approximate area has been outlined in blue ink on verso of photograph. Photo taken from lower level in valley, trees in foreground, outcrop visible in distance.
A set of 13 maps showing approximate waste extraction areas for different benches during certain months of 1972. Extraction dates are included accompanied by estimated total tonnages for each planned extraction area. All plans are hand drawn using colored pencils, lead and black ink. Approximate calculations of extraction tonnages are included within certain months. Numerical bench markers are included. Total tonnages from the previous year and previous surveys are included within certain plans.
This map depicts the generalized pit layout and estimated waste extraction areas for 6290 bench for the month of November. Annotated details include numerical bench markers and waste extraction dates. The hand drawn plan consists of solid and dotted lines drawn with green, orange, red, blue and lead pencil.
Item is a photograph of a truck hauling logs from the shores of a lake.
Item is a photograph of a pile of bamboo in a field.
Item is a photograph of a large tree cutting machine.
Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston, Chief Forester John Stokes and Tom Wright of Canadian Forest Products examining an area near Prince George in order to determine the timber area required for a Pulp Harvesting License for a proposed pulp mill that would depend completely on waste wood.
Item is a photograph of a worker operating a Chip-n-Saws.
File consists of 1 VHS recording entitled "It Takes Time," produced by the Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program.
Photograph depicts a loaded dogsled being pulled by four sled dogs against a winter forest backdrop.
Photograph depicts six sled dogs and three men standing beside a loaded two horse wagon on a forest road.
Photograph depicts two men (O'Brine on left) standing in front of a log building. Handwritten note on verso reads: "Consulting engineer for Crocker 1st National Bank, San Franscisco. Examining (?) Fleuving & Downey Leases with object of taking in dredge."
Unidentified mining excavation equipment (might be a type of drill) located in front of a forested landscape.
Photograph depicts several long logs laid out across a wide ditch with a forest landscape in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Early in April trees put across ditch to make footing for caterpillar tractor".
Photograph depicts four men standing in front of a float plane on the shore of a lake surrounded by their bags. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Leaving Stuart Lake by plane, Left to right: Mason, Keith, Ferguson, MacMillan (Pilot)"
Photograph depicts two miners standing on either side of wooden sluicing trough in rocky area. Man on left pans for gold. Hills in background. Handwritten annotations on verso of photograph: "PLACER MINERS AT WORK INGINECA RIVER BC", "PHOTO WWW".
Photograph depicts four men wearing suits and ties, standing in front of mine adit in rocky area, bushes in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "1939 H.F. (Bert) Glassey with black hit in middle" (information regarding Glassey believed to be incorrect).
Photograph depicts two men and bulldozer near what appears to be many piles of logs. Unidentified buildings in background.
Violet sits wearing a fur coat next to younger brother Dixon who wears a suit and hat. They are seated in unidentified area on a wood structure between tall piles of planed lumber. A tall shelter can be seen behind them, and forest trees in background. Dixon Taylor worked at the sawmill in Penny, BC.
Subseries consists of documents and correspondence regarding the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and issues about mining, energy generation, and pipelines in northern British Columbia. Includes correspondence about the state of energy in Canada; wind, solar, and other forms of alternative energy; conservation of energy; use of nuclear power, coal, oil, and natural gas in Canada; and general inquiries about the oil and gas industry. Also includes correspondence regarding proposed mining projects, particularly in northern BC; the development of pipelines in Canada; the environmental impacts of mining and pipelines; and inquiries and statements of opinion about proposed pipelines such as the Kitimat-Edmonton pipeline, the Mackenzie Delta pipeline, and the Alaska Alcan pipeline. Supplemental records accompany much of the correspondence and include reference material, newspaper articles, and informational reports.