Photograph depicts man, women, and young child in store, some pushing carts. Man believed to be Jack Nitti stands behind counter in right midground (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.40). Store appears to be stocked with groceries and general supplies. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "RIGHT JACK NITTI".
Photograph depicts man with arm in cast, seated in hospital room, nurse on left, Doctor on right (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.49). Doors and miscellaneous hospital equipment in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph gives names of individuals in image.
Photograph depicts two men with badminton rackets in foreground of gymnasium. Stage, doors, tables, and basketball hoops visible in background. Door to right of stage led to squash court and upper balcony.
Photograph depicts group of ten men standing and kneeling in front of BE 40R blasthole drill in mine area. For names of individuals, see similar image, item 2000.1.1.3.19.72.
Photograph depicts group of ten men standing and kneeling in unknown location at the Cassiar mine. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "APPROX 1965 / BACK L-R / 1.- / 2. Don Erwin [i.e Irwin] / 3. MAC MAcCLOUD DIED 1979 / 4. JIM MURDOCK MINE SUPER / 5. RUPERT McKENZIE CAPT / 6. DANNY DEMETRI / 7. VIC SARAKOSKI / FRONT. L-R / 1. DON HUDGEON / 2. MIKE CLARK / 3. - [Adrian VanHill Sr.]". Information in above annotation supplemented with insight from individuals who contributed to Northern BC Archives Facebook Photo ID Project, contact archivist for more information in research file pertaining to this photograph.
Photograph depicts group of twenty-four men standing on front steps of main office building. Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph: "JULIEN ST. GEORGES / CHARLIE GANDER / HANS VELTMEYER / GEORGE TROWSDALE / BOB LOVETT / KARL SHULTZ / FRANK CLEMENTS [i.e. Kliment?] / GEOFF PARKER / AL FLANNAGIN [i.e. Flanagan?] / CHARLIE BRONSON / JACK THORNICROFT / GORDON EDWARDS / ANDRE BEGUIN / DOC NAVIN / VIC SERICOSKI [sic?] / RENE PASIAUD / BILL PLUMB / HEWETT / LOTHAR TISCHLER". Information in above annotation supplemented with insight from individuals who contributed to Northern BC Archives Facebook Photo ID Project, contact archivist for more information in research file pertaining to item 2000.1.1.3.19.75. See item 2000.1.1.3.19.73 for similar image with more precise annotations.
Photograph depicts mine valley and road in foreground. Cassiar plant visible in left midground, townsite in right midground. Southern mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts unidentified man lifting package of asbestos bags with forklift in large building. Truck in background, ready for loading. Tires and wood flats against wall in background.
Photograph depicts women, men, and children standing in store, some pushing grocery carts. Two women stand near till, one wearing long white professional jacket. Young man named Lobbes stands behind counter on far right, wearing white shirt. Store appears to be stocked with groceries and general supplies. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "RIGHT TOMMY LOBBES".
Photograph depicts two men reading magazines from chair and couch in waiting room. Coffee table and lamp in centre background. Handwritten annotation recto of photograph gives name of man on left.
Photograph depicts priest wearing black cassock on front steps of Cassiar Catholic Church. Bell tower and trees in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "FATHER POULET".
Photograph depicts man with badminton racket playing to right of net in gymnasium. Stage, doors, chairs, and basketball hoops visible in background. Door to right of stage led to squash court and upper balcony.
Photograph depicts man with badminton racket playing to right of net in gymnasium. Stage, doors, chairs, and basketball hoops visible in background. Door to right of stage led to squash court and upper balcony.
Photograph depicts woman with badminton racket playing to right of net in gymnasium. Stage, doors, chairs, and basketball hoops visible in background. Door to right of stage led to squash court and upper balcony.
Photograph depicts two men with badminton rackets in foreground of gymnasium, net visible on far right. Doors, tables, and chairs visible in background.
Photograph depicts group of twenty-four men standing on front steps of main office building. Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph: "OFFICE STEPS APPROX 1965 / TOP L-R / JULIEN ST. GEORGES / GEORGE TROWSDALE / HANS VELTMEYER / BOB LOVETT / KARL SHULTZ / LOTHAR TISCHLER / - "; "2ND / FRANK CLEMENTS [i.e Kliment?] / BILL PLUMB / HEWETT / - "; "3RD - / - / RENE PASIAUD / DICK [Stevens]"; "4TH / DOC NAVIN / VIC SARAKOSKI / - "; "5TH / CHARLIE GANDER / GORDON EDWARDS / AL FLANIGAN [i.e. Flanagan?] / ANDRE BEGUIN / CHARLIE BRONSON / JACK THORNICROFT". Information in above annotation supplemented with insight from individuals who contributed to Northern BC Archives Facebook Photo ID Project, contact archivist for more information in research file pertaining to item 2000.1.1.3.19.75.
Photograph depicts unidentified woman using Bauer Mcnett machine to test length of fibre samples by using water. Woman stands facing wall, away from photographer, unidentified equipment on either side.
Photograph depicts unidentified man lifting package of asbestos bags with forklift in large building. Truck in background, ready for loading.
Photograph depicts young man in hospital clothes, arm resting on table beside bed. An open book can be seen lying on bed, and miscellaneous items on bedside furniture. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph gives name of individual.
Photograph depicts man with arm in cast, lying in hospital room, nurse on left, Doctor on right. Windows and miscellaneous hospital equipment on shelves in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph gives names of individuals in image.
Photograph depicts church building with what appears to be speakers mounted on roof above main entry. Trees in foreground and background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "All Saints Anglican Community Church".
Photograph depicts building containing Cassiar's bar and snackbar, visible across ball field. This building originally housed school classrooms, movie theater, barber shop, and rec centre with three pool tables. Private liquor store originally located in far right of building. Liquor store was known to be the only legal bootleg liquor business in the province at the time, before it was transferred to Cassiar's government liquor store and replaced with a Sear's office. Catholic church and other buildings are visible behind trees in right midground. Road and field in foreground, valley and mountains in background. Community Centre located behind photographer, out of frame, curling rink on photographer's right.
Photograph depicts men's ball game in foreground, spectators and cars visible behind backstop net. Bar and snackbar building in right midground, trees and mountain base in background. See item 2000.1.1.3.19.52 for information regarding bar and snackbar building.
Photograph depicts man with badminton racket in foreground of gymnasium, woman with racket facing away from photographer in background. Doors, chairs, and piles of boxes visible in background.
Photograph depicts group of twenty-four men standing on front steps of main office building. Handwritten annotations on recto of similar photograph: "OFFICE STEPS APPROX 1965 / TOP L-R / JULIEN ST. GEORGES / GEORGE TROWSDALE / HANS VELTMEYER / BOB LOVETT / KARL SHULTZ / LOTHAR TISCHLER / - "; "2ND / FRANK CLEMENTS [i.e Kliment?] / BILL PLUMB / HEWETT / - "; "3RD - / - / RENE PASIAUD / DICK [Stevens]"; "4TH / DOC NAVIN / VIC SARAKOSKI / - "; "5TH / CHARLIE GANDER / GORDON EDWARDS / AL FLANIGAN [i.e. Flanagan?] / ANDRE BEGUIN / CHARLIE BRONSON / JACK THORNICROFT". Information in above annotation supplemented with insight from individuals who contributed to Northern BC Archives Facebook Photo ID Project, contact archivist for more information in research file pertaining to this photograph.
File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.
Photograph of Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau standing with a group of men looking over the Cassiar valley. Trudeau stands in the middle wearing a yellow shirt.
Photograph depicts Trudeau wearing a white hardhat with his name on the front.
Photograph depicts Trudeau standing outside with a group of men.
Photograph depicts Trudeau standing by trees and brush with a group of men on his Cassiar tour.
Photograph of Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau standing with two other men at the Cassiar Mine.
Photograph depicts an unknown woman kissing Trudeau on the cheek in a crowd of people.
Photograph depicts Trudeau walking outside with a group of men and women on his tour of the Cassiar operation.
Photograph depicts Trudeau being shown the Cassiar mine from outside by Cassiar employees
Photograph depicts Trudeau standing outdoors with three unknown RCMP constables. Cassiar valley is in the background.
Photograph depicts Trudeau standing outdoors and speaking with an unknown man.
Valley and mountain range visible in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Cassiar June 1970 / Looking South to 6200 Switch-back -".
Photograph depicts shovel loading Wabco haul truck on right. A second haul truck and an unidentified vehicle can be seen on far left. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Cassiar BC / June 1970 / 1400 on 6200 level / by T Kiefer".
Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Bill Giachino & 'Sam' June 1970 / #4 / 74% / by Tom Kiefer".
Photograph depicts truck at reject plant in foreground. Mine road can be seen leading to plant in centre background, town in right background. South mountain range visible in distance. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "June 1970 / Looking South across Rock Reject Tailings / Note Southern direction of conveyor [?] towards No 1 Gully. Tom Kiefer".
Photographs of miniature models for new mill.
Photograph depicts benches from strip mining operations at the Cassiar mine. Haul trucks and equipment believed to be used for explosive purposes can be seen in mine. Shop and mountain range visible in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Cassiar, BC / June 1970 / by Tom Kiefer". Image consists of three photographic prints adhered together to form one comprehensive panoramic.
Photograph depicts colour-coded model of mine in display case. Legend partially legible in image: "TALUS / VOLCANICS / WASTE SERPENTINE / AAA ORE / AA ORE". Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Cassiar B.C. June 1970 by Tom Kiefer".
Photograph of the Mill Modification program in 1970. This photo is part of larger collection of 71 photographs of regarding the improvements to the mill as part of the plantsite and was compiled into a report in 1978.
Photograph depicts a safety sign in a mill work area that reads, "You can bet your life on safety."
Photograph depicts a work area in a mill.
Photograph depicts Wabco in left foreground in front of shop building, tractor, and miscellaneous supplies. Mine valley and mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Cassiar B.C. 1970 June 23 by Tom Kiefer".
Photograph of two workers in background working on the Mill Modification program in 1970. This photo is part of larger collection of 71 photographs of this program, compiled into a report in 1978.
File contains images relating to Incident & Accident Investigations and Occurrences. The photographs are grouped into sets relating to separate incidents.
File contains photographs related primarily to the following subject areas: personnel vehicle accidents, mine vehicle accidents, workplace accidents, fires, and rock falls in the pit mine.
Identified objects include Euclid ore hauling trucks, Wabco ore haulage trucks, drill rigs, derailed train car, Clark forklift, dump trucks, twisted steel girder, and cat machine.
Locations identified include the townsite, mill building, pit mine, tramline, railroad, the powerhouse, the plantsite, and the underground mine.
The following is abbreviated description of the incidents documented in this file:
- Photos and negatives of a rock slide in the pit mine, a flooding creek, a house severely damaged by fire, a parking lot in Cassiar, and what are speculated to be oil drums.
- Various of Finning Tractor and equipment damage incidents, one occurred on 2 July 1981 because of HOS blade, another in Nov, 1987, and another in Oct. 1986. Also Euclid accidents, of which one occurred 29 May 1987
- Photos of split fibre bags in snow, a damaged brown car in Cassiar parking lot, various Blast Hole Drill accidents, of which one occurred in pit in September 1985, and another planned blast that failed to detonate - powergel 'A' slurry failure on 10 June 1985.
- a derailed train, and a young woman measuring damaged steel trellis.
- Photos of Drill #707 fallen over in bank, a broken haulage truck, a fire damaged truck, and of Drill and Wzbco accident, #650 Haulage Truck accident on Oct. 24, 1990, and another accident near gas pump area involving truck on 5 Feb. 1987.
- Photos of damaged tramline after avalanche with annotated envelope "Bill Zemenchick", a set of photos showing tramline trackrope incident in 1986, and a derailed tramline carts in discharge area on 6 October 1986.
- Photos of Pressure Packer Accumulator Failure from the Plantsite in 1986, incident neraby Fibre Storage building involving #872 Forklift during 80s, another incident involving the #489 Hydraulic Shovel in the Mine during 80s.
- Photos of broken windshield and overloaded bucket on 30 April 1985, a screw gun malfunction caused by outlet having 600v power source in 1985, incident caused injury.
- Photos of "G" conveyor accident in April 1988, equipment damage in Underground mine in 1990, damaged screens in Mill, malfunctioning blade incident 11 Jan. 1992.
- Photos of Cat Engine cracking, damaged garbage truck, Haulage Truck engine failure on 27 Oct. 1986, Truck #84 backed into trench on 17 Oct. 1990, a loader that caught fire 21 June 1989, a grader accident on 21 Nov. 1985, and Haul track #59 broken tie rod that caused significant equipment damage.
- Photos of a fuel oil spill on 11 June 1990 in the Cassiar valley around plantsite.
- Photos of ground failure in Cassiar open pit 22 June 1988, 5 May 1987, and 2 Sept. 1987.
- Photos of damaged tires and damaged cart, a panfeeder accident in trench, shovel accidents on 6 March 1986 and 15 November 1986, Cylinder rod accident on 7 March 1986, manhole incident 9 April 1984, snow damage to building 29 March 1982, another loader engine fire on 3 Sept. 1987, and a broken tail light on 6 April 1988.
- Photos of accident in Underground mine when drilling piece of shotcrete fell on 20 June 1991, incident of disconnecting sling from chute causing damage on 4 July 1990, and accident in open pit of machinery going off road on 14 January 1988.
- Photos of Mine Garage Parts-room fire collection; 18 January 1986, also included are two photographs of a Euclid truck - kept with collection of context. Truck could have been used to transport debris.
- Important collection of three photographs of scoop tram sabotage incident - "foul play" on 15 June 1990. The Scoop tram was used in the underground mine.
Some of the above accidents involved personnel and therefore access is restricted - See Archivist for accessibility.
Photograph depicts flowing water believed to be Troutline Creek which ran south of Cassiar, B.C. Tailings pile and plant buildings visible behind forest in midground, northern mountain range in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Cassiar June 15 71".