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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 the mine road in valley below bulldozer parked on edge of mountain. Cassiar plant and town visible in distance, south mountains behind them in background. Photo also depicts what appears to be a cloud rising from the tailings pile in plantsite.

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 exposed asbestos fibre in talus and outcrop.

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

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 a large shelter over building believed to be power house. Electricity lines cross midground and run to power house. A man can be seen crossing the foreground by steel frame supplies, and a second building is partially visible on right. Mountains stand in background and a crane can be seen operating in front of power house. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts the diesel-fired burners of the ore dryers. The large pipes and valves above were part of the fuel supply system fed by Cassiar's fuel tank farm which also supplied the power house generators. The dryer section of the mill received ore from the crushing plant by tramline and truck. These burners blasted the ore with hot air, and dried ore to desired moisture content before it was sent to the dry rock storage building and stored for mill use. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts a truck on a newly cleared dirt road in a mountain pass and a wooded area.

Photograph depicts a wooden structure in a gravel landscape. Truck with open door in foreground, forest and snow capped mountains in background. Mounds of gravel visible behind structure.

Photograph depicts the wooded area of the Cassiar valley. The projected plant site is outlined in blue ink. Trees and bushes in foreground, snow-capped mountains in background.

Photograph depicts approximately six lumber piles in the northwest corner of snow-covered plant site. Forest and snow-capped mountains in background. Photo taken facing west.

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 men building garage foundation in snow-covered plant site. Truck to right of men, wood fence structure in foreground, Asbestos Valley in background.

Photograph depicts Cassiar's Chief Geologist Bill Plumb and unidentified man standing on shore by yellow Cassiar supervisor's truck. Airplane is parked on lake behind them, and miscellaneous equipment lies on shore at Bill's feet. Photograph speculated to have been taken at Aeroplane Lake, approximately 35 miles east of Cassiar. Bill Plumb led many expeditions for the purposes of Cassiar's outside exploration endeavours.

Photograph depicts a geologist's hammer, believed to belong to Cassiar's Chief Geologist Bill Plumb. The hammer provides a scale for the exposed asbestos, indicating the percent of fibre in the rock as well as the expectation of grade.

Photograph depicts top of framed building, mountain in background.

Photograph depicts dump truck on hill believed to be in mine area, unknown structure on left.

Photograph depicts tarp-covered truck, two men on right, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts bridge crossing river, trees in background.

Photographs depict electrical room.

Photographs depict electrical room.

Photograph depicts bridge in snow landscape, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "March 29th: 2. Timber bridge at the Blue River."

Photograph depicts bunkhouse under construction in wooded area, men in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 5. Erecting the walls for # 1 Bunkhouse. Looking east."

Photograph depicts snow-cleared dirt area, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 10. Site for townsite well cleared and started excavating."

Photographs depict electrical room.

Photograph depicts electrical panel, dark figure or shadow on left. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 23rd: 8. Panel board in Power House."

Photograph depicts road in mine valley. Rectangular black shadow in foreground on right, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts four men standing in doorway of log shelter built into mountainside. Men standing in path leading to doorway, snow at elbow height on either side. Shelter is speculated to be a portal to a mine adit.

Photograph depicts plant site, two mountains in background. Power poles, box, and piles of unidentified material in foreground. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Cassiar Hills (Midday in December)".

Photograph depicts diesel engine and alternator in room, electrical board on right. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "300 K.W. Ruston Hornsby diesel and alternator in power house."

Photograph depicts an ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 5th: 12. Ore chute down mountain slope." Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "View looking down portion of chute."

Photograph depicts mountains, half covered in shadow. Power poles and power house in foreground, piles of unidentified material on right. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Cassiar Hills (Midday in December)".

Photograph depicts eight men in snow around unidentified object, speculated to be portion of glacier. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Overturned Tanker (Glacier 1 mile north of Joe Reed's)".

Photograph depicts unknown structure propped against side of dirt hill and believed to be in plant site. Structure speculated to be a chute or conveyor belt. Trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts power house on right, mill building on left, behind truck. Dirt road in foreground, power poles, trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts man in hat and long coat bent over metal bucket filled with unidentified mineral in dirt area.

Photograph depicts three men bent over metal buckets in dirt on mountainside. Rocks, rakes, and bags in foreground, man in distance, snow-covered mountain in background. Unidentified object or structure in background.

Photograph depicts scaffolding around mill building under construction. Road in foreground, stockpile and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 20th: 3. Mill, with stockpile of ore on right. Looking northwest."

Photograph depicts 3 large vertical tanks left of power house, trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 20th: 4. Oil tanks, with Power House on right. Looking east."