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Photograph depicts senior mine engineer Ron Sobie writing at a desk.

Photograph depicts the large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Engine believed to be under repair. Saw horse, machinery, and electric panels in background.

Photograph depicts the large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Engine believed to be under repair. Electric panels in background.

Photograph depicts the large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Engine believed to be under repair. Electric panels and unidentified individual in background.

Photograph depicts the large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Engine believed to be under repair. Electric panels in background.

Photograph depicts a safety sign in a mill work area that reads, "You can bet your life on safety."

Photograph depicts warehouse clerk Sandy Hickman writing at a desk.

Photograph depicts a docked ship at the Cassiar asbestos wharf.

Photograph depicts three men with stacked asbestos on a ship.

File depicts a Caterpillar front end loader. Images show dozens of angles and a number of components including the shovel, the engine, the cab, and the tires. Machine seems to be located in some kind of junkyard. Notes on original photo envelope: "Photos taken by Finning during final inspection."

Photograph depicts shovel loading Kenworth haul truck in mine. Unknown man stands on left, mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts cable-operated shovel loading Kenworth haul truck on road in mine area at high elevation. Pickup truck in background, four unidentified men are gathered around second Kenworth truck in foreground. Valley and mountain range in distance.

Photograph depicts three young women wearing "PRINCESS SILVER STAR" banners, standing to left of "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORPORATION LTD" display table. Table features photos, rock samples possibly containing asbestos, and objects presumably made from asbestos fibre. Large snowflake symbol visible on wall in background. Photo speculated to have been taken at an event in Vernon, B.C. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1963".

Photograph depicts two men preparing to sling asbestos bags from a collapsed unit on a ship, possibly in Sydney harbour.

Photograph depicts mill production worker Stephen Le.

Photograph depicts Clinton Creek store cashier Vera Budinsky with an unknown man in a retail store.

Photograph depicts a posterboard display entitled "The Story of Asbestos."

Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine. North peak featured in left background, South peak in right background, and West peak in right foreground. Area to left of the mining pit and West peak was called the "cirque waste dump." Location of new mine garage can be seen just above the "#7 switchback" road in bottom right foreground.

Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine after extensive strip mining. It is believed that the North and South peak stand in background, and the West peak in foreground. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "1971".

Photograph depicts a tailing pile explosion at the Clinton Creek mine.

Photograph of equipment in tailings pile.

Photograph depicts exposed asbestos fibre in talus and outcrop.

Photograph depicts a tent camp with lumber and steel drums nearby. A mountain is in the background.

Photograph depicts tent structures in the early construction camp at Cassiar. Snow-covered area in foreground, trees in background.

Photograph depicts tent structures among trees at the temporary Cassiar construction camp. Taken from future site of garage building, looking northwest, snow-capped mountain in background.

Photograph depicts three unknown RCMP constables standing in red serge uniform with four unknown young girls in dresses.

Photograph depicts three unknown RCMP constables standing in red serge uniform.

Photograph depicts 19 tonnes of tightly packed asbestos in a shipping container.

Photograph depicts mill production worker Tony Mlikovic.

Photograph depicts the Cassiar townsite in foreground. Mill, dry rock storage building, and tailings pile can be seen in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1958 [1961 crossed through]."

Photograph depicts towers and buckets in distance. Gravel road in foreground winding through hills of dirt. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "#1 SECTION". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

Photograph depicts towers and bucket in foreground, plantsite midground in valley, opposite mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "GENERAL VIEW VISIBLE TOWERS ARE IN #1 SECTION PLANT IN BACKGROUND". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

Photograph depicts a shipping container being transported by a yellow vehicle at the asbestos wharf on pier 94.

Photograph depicts a truck carrying asbestos on a winter road.

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "MINE DRY ON LEFT". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".
Gravel road in foreground, mountain in background. Sign over road reads: "CAUTION TRAMLINE CROSSING".

Photograph depicts a red semi truck transporting packaged asbestos.