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Photograph depicts a view of the booming ground of the Horne Bros. Shingle Co. Ltd. On #305 West Esplanade Rd. in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts an oxen powered log carrier with wheels that are approximately 10 feet in diameter. It is at Pioneer Park and Museum near Totem Lake, 3 miles north of Yahk and 30 miles east of Creston.

Photograph depicts a mine car at Moyie mine, at Moyie, 20 miles south of Cranbrook. The mine produced silver, zinc, and lead, and worked principally from 1900-1910. It is now disused.

Photograph depicts a recently used steam crane, but driven by compressed air, at a former quarry at Granite Falls on the northeast end of the Indian Arm. The timbers on of the cabin were thick to withstand the blasting rock falls.

Photograph depicts an abandoned coal mine in Coal Creek, 5 miles east of Fernie, BCThe entrance to the mine is unusual and is 2/3rds up the mountainside. The mine was closed in 1959. Flat ground in foreground is littered with at least 100 mine tubs of approximately 3'0' gauge.

Photograph depicts the mine buildings of the mine at Coal Creek that closed in 1959. The newer buildings date to circa 1930. Much of the standard gauge trackage of Morrissey, Fernie, and Michel railway (subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway) in mine area remains. The track between Coal Creek and Fernie has not been lifted.

Photograph depicts a mill on the north stream of the north arm of the Fraser River, looking east from the Fraser St. bridge.

Photograph depicts a donkey engine at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum

Photograph depicts a view of the main saw and bull chain of the Horne Bros. Ltd. Shingle mill on #305 West Esplanade Rd. in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a steam crane in the yard of the Lions Gate Lumber Co. at the foot of Lloyd St. in North Vancouver. The crane was made by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. in Cleveland, Ohio and is undated. It has a 20 ton capacity, is well maintained, and freshly painted.

Photograph depicts a mine 200 yards south of Moyie village, which is 20 miles south of Cranbrook. It produced silver, zinc, and lead from 1900-1910 and had a smelter a quarter mile away. The shaft was 900 ft. deep, with levels going under Moyie Lake. The head gear dates from 1925-1935 and has electric winding.

Photograph depicts a steam crane at the Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. on 145 West First Ave in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts an old pelton wheel at a former quarry at Granite Falls on the northeast head of the Indian Arm.

Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.

Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts a floating log saw cutter moored in the north arm of the Fraser River on the Lulu Island side near the #8 road.

Photograph depicts the bull chain skid at the Horne Bros. Ltd. Shingle mill on #305 West Esplanade St. in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts an abandoned brick burner now used to take excess steam blowing off from the wood fired double boiler. The burner is at the Horne Bros. Ltd. Shingle mill on #305 West Esplanade Rd. in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts an unused brick burner, surrounded at high tide by sea water. The burner is at the Horne Bros Ltd. Shingle mill on #305 West Esplanade Rd. in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a steam crane in the yard of the Lions Gate Lumber Co. at the foot of Lloyd St. in North Vancouver. It is used to load scows from stacks shown to left and right of track. Thick baulks of timber on edges of pier are part of a safety device. Crane has transverse underframe which just clears these baulks normally. Under a heavy load and extended jib the underframe rests on the baulks.

Photograph depicts the Cominco Ltd. In Kimberley, near Cranbrook. There is a 3' gauge overhead electric railway serving the underground workings of Sullivan mine. The view shows the C.P.R. access in the valley and the old mine portal, still used for in-going materials and supplies, at the right center of the photo.

Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.

Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts logger sports at Squamish, B.C.

Photograph depicts a beehive burner at Brownsville Sawmills Ltd. On Olson St. in south Westminster, Surrey. It is on the banks of the Fraser River just below the Patullo Bridge.

Photograph depicts a small sawmill on the Old Yale Rd., near the intersection of Robson Rd. in South Westminster, Surrey.

Photograph depicts a log on an old trailer bed.

Photograph depicts a general view of the Horne Bros. shingle mill on #305 West Esplanade Rd. in North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a steam crane in the yard of the Lions Gate Lumber Co. on the foot of Lloyd St. in the North Vancouver. It has been freshly painted with a yellow exterior, white interior, and black boiler.

Photograph depicts Moyie Lake, 15 miles south of Cranbrook, and Moyie Station. The tailings are from a lead and zinc mine directly to the right of the photograph on the hillside. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts a 10 ton Wallis & Stevens Ltd. #7985 steam roller. It was built at Basingstoke, England from about 1925 to 1927. It is located at 6110 Curtis St. in Burnaby, BC

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. wrecking train unit at Vancouver station.

Photograph depicts a log boom probably in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a view of a steam donkey probably at Sayward near Kelsey Bay on North Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a small coal drift mine which worked perhaps 6 months prior to the picture being taken. Timber lands # 8, Cranberry, about 17 miles south of Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. lumber train at Cowichan Lake to go to Crofton Mill on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts the Tsable coal pit on Vancouver Island as the first coal of the afternoon shift being hauled up.

Photograph depicts an early type of spool donkey circa 1890-1900, on display at Promised Land Park on the Olympia Peninsula in Washington state.

Photograph depicts a steam donkey located in the Crown Zellerbach Museum at Ladysmith on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts an early type of steam donkey mounted on a flatcar and attached to a Shay Tank. It is displayed on the roadside at Promised Land Park, probably near Forks, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

Photograph depicts a saw on the outskirts of Courtenay on the road to Cumberland.

Photograph depicts a small coal drift mine which worked perhaps 6 months prior to the picture being taken. Timber lands # 8, Cranberry, about 17 miles south of Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts a derelict gold mine at Hedley, BC.

Photograph depicts the pit head refuse at Extension Coal Mine, 5 miles southwest of Nanaimo. It worked between 1901 and 1931.

Photograph depicts a derelict shovel beside the coaling wharves at Union Bay.

Photograph depicts a Ruston steam roller owned by Gary Wellburn in Duncan, BCIt was previously owned by the Oak Bay municipality.

Photograph depicts coal miners near Buckley Bay. The afternoon shift (3 p.m.) is going down the Tsable drift mine, which is the only working coal pit on Vancouver Island in 1964 and has a total of 70 employees. It is run by the Comox Colliery Co. and has a daily production of 200-300 tons.

Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.

Photograph depicts a tractor owned by G. Wellburn at the Duncan Forest Museum.