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Germansen ditch
2004.8.1.84 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a ditch cut into a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: "New Germansen ditch length 10 miles; width of ditch bottom 15 feet"

2004.8.1.80 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a man panning for gold in a shallow river with a forested landscape in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Jas Ferguson testing values by panning - Germansen Placer Ltd."

Log footing across ditch
2004.8.1.131 · Item · 1939
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

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".

2004.8.1.81 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a man standing in the foreground of the photo on a wooden trestle that leads through a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Tressle for carrying flume across Valley of South from Germansen Creek. This is continuous tressle for nearly 2000 feet. Maximum height 54feet."

Mining site
2004.8.1.25 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a open mining site at the base of a mountain, forested landscape visible in background and unidentified mining equipment visible in the midground.

Mining site
2004.8.1.2 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a open mining site at the base of a mountain, forested landscape visible in background and unidentified mining equipment visible in the midground.

Photographs
2004.8.1 · Series · 1930 - 1940
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

The images comprising the Photographs Series of the Alex Manson Mining Collection, document various mining related activities such as: road construction, mining sites, mining equipment, individuals involved in various aspects of the mining industry in Northern British Columbia, digging of ditchlines, bridge construction, surveying, extraction techniques, Germansen Placer pipelines, mining camps and the transportation of mining equipment by bulldozer and horse and wagon.

Pile trestle
2004.8.1.72 · Item · 9 June 1939
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a wooden pile trestle that leads through a wooded landscape. Annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Pile tressle upper end. Sec.#1. Bents 12" centers - 3 only 12" piled driven to refusal; caps 10" x 12" "