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Photograph depicts buildings near West Peak of Cassiar mine. Haul trucks parked near old mine garage in background, new mine garage and unknown buildings in foreground. Mine valley crosses midground, expansive western mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts unknown men driving bulldozers on edge of mine area at high elevation. Dozers are Internationals, model TD24 (manufactured between 1947 and 1955). Valley and mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts chute from distance. Annotation on verso of photograph: "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORP. LTD. MINE AND ORE CHUTE ON McDAMES MOUNTAIN".

Photograph depicts tramline in a strip cleared of trees on McDame Mountain, bucket in foreground. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "1961 - 62".

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".

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 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 mine area at Cassiar, crushing plant visible on left. Various mine buildings visible midground. Blasthole drills, shovels, dozers, and dump trucks can be seen on bench in foreground at 6430 elevation. Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph: "6"; "View looking NW from top of S. peak 6790 elev. on 6430 stripping bench on it and 6050 ore bench further down on left."; "July 1961".

Photograph depicts men standing near two Atlas Copco Drillmasters (blasthole drills). These are precision hammer drills which had their own power source. Large bags of ammonium nitrate in foreground, mountainside in background. The men depicted here were likely members of the explosive crew. 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 long narrow bags of explosive material. Large bags of ammonium nitrate in right foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts a man wearing a hard hat preparing long narrow bags of explosive material. Large bags of ammonium nitrate in right foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts crawler cable shovel and dump truck in excavation area of mine. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts various buildings in plantsite, vehicles and electricity lines throughout. Equipment garage stands in left background behind tank farm, carpenter shop in right background, machine and electrical shop in building semi-visible on far right. Mine road can be seen at foot of mountain in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts a gravel road passing under crossing. Sign posted to pole reads "CAUTION TRAMLINE CROSSING CAUTION AVIOD PASSING UNDER MOVING BUCKETS". Garage stands in left midground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts interior of mill. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts fan-driven air system used to transport fibre throughout the mill system. It is believed that this photograph was taken on the top floor of the mill. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts a man near 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 long wood building speculated to be the Community Centre at Cassiar, B.C. Sports net stands in right foreground. Flag pole, barrel, and stand of trees can be seen in front of building. Mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts four houses in line behind trees and steel drums. Road in foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts crushed vehicle in wooded area.

Photograph depicts numerous wooden buildings under construction in wooded area, buildings speculated to be bunkhouses. Man and truck in foreground, mountain slope in background.

Photograph depicts minerals in ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain, view facing up mountain.

Photograph depicts pile of pan-abode materials in snow covered area. Bunkhouses, trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 7. Street in front of bunkhouses showing stockpiles of Pan-abode building materials. Looking south."

Photograph depicts building foundation, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 9. Laundry foundations completed and strating on floor."

Photograph depicts man with shovel on ice in wooded area. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 1. First glacier east of Joe Reeds' on McDame road. Mr. Little."

Photograph depicts man near unfinished cabin in snow, trees and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 2. Bartle's cabin on Aeroplane Lake."

Photograph depicts ice on snow covered road, trees on either side, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 3. Second glacier east of Joe Reeds' on McDame road."

Photograph depicts scaffolding on machine shop, roof under construction. Snow in foreground, one man on scaffolding, one man on roof. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 23rd: 7. Installing truss rafters on new machine shop. Looking east."

Photograph depicts scaffolding around building under construction, snow in foreground, tanks and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 27th: 12. Roof on machine shop. Looking N.W."

Photograph depicts three men in snow at high altitude in mountain range.

Photograph depicts mill building and covered conveyor, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts close perspective of equipment believed to be in the concentrator, dryer, or mill building. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "View of Denovan screen with feed chute at upper left and vacuum hood at lower right."

Photograph depicts equipment believed to be in the concentrator, dryer, or mill building. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "View of Denovan screen with feed chute at upper left and vacuum hood at lower right."

Photograph depicts three men in front of tarp-covered truck. Dog, ladder, building, and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts mill building and covered conveyor. Trees and mountains in background. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "View of mill building looking south-east, showing covered conveyor - way from truck dump at left, and tailings' bins at right."

Photograph depicts a mill with scaffolding on the left side of the building. A second scaffolding structure is in the foreground with trees and mountains in background. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photographs: "View of mill building looking west."

Photograph depicts log structure supporting chute believed to be part of ore gravity chute. Man under structure, mountain switchback road in foreground.

Photograph depicts group of seven men around metal building materials on snow-covered mountainside. Flat metal surface propped on steel drums in foreground, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts man believed to be Mr. McKenzie in front of log adit in dirt area. Rope on right, mountain in background. Corresponding notes on accompanying photo description page: "August 19th, 1952: 1. Adit collar. McKenzie in foreground." "(Note: The above two pictures were taken in dull weather therefore they may not have turned out.) [referring to this item and 2000.1.1.2.105]".

Photograph depicts stockpile in plant site. Dirt road in foreground, power poles and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 20th: 5. Stockpile of ore with 25 KVA power house to left, mill on the right. Looking southeast."

Photograph depicts concrete walls in ground, building materials on right. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 25th: 10. Concrete walls for truck dump and coal handling bin. Power house in background. Looking north from mill roof."

Photograph depicts scaffolding on left side of mill building. Rocks in foreground, mountain in background.

Photograph depicts log poles erected vertically, adjacent to power house. Building materials in foreground, mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 2nd: 2. Sub-station poles erected."

Photograph depicts pile in plant site, trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 2nd: 3. Stockpile of asbestos ore near mill site."

Photograph depicts man and steamer. Bushes and fence in foreground, mill and scaffolding in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "July 24th: (1) Steamer heating crude asbestos dryer in foreground. Mill in background."

Photograph depicts washed-out areas on mountainside. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "3. Wash-out above road just past 1st switchback. There was no indication of any water running here before."

Photograph depicts man at small wooden structure, miscellaneous industrial material in front of building. Rocks in foreground, mountainside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "8. Mine shelter on talus deposit. Mr. Gordon Little in foreground."

Photograph depicts asbestos talus. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "12. Face of a cut in the asbestos talus. (Doubt if anything can be seen in black and white photo)."

Photograph depicts mountain, half covered in shadow. Men, trucks, and building in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 11th, 1952: 4. Picture of talus deposit taken from campsite."