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Underground mine
2000.1.1.3.09 · File · 1988-1992
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

This file contains various aspects of the underground mine.

  • Photos depicting damage to the underground mine such as fallen rocks, cracked shotcrete, twisted rock bolts and metal mesh, exposed and damaged steel structural frames, and repairs underway.
  • Steel cables, chains, support arches, and custom welded rebar frames used in the structural reinforcement of the underground mine.
  • Several engineering tests related to the structural damages are depicted.
  • Two sets of images show a Porta Power hydraulic tool with a ready rod attached, a hand pump, as well as images of a technician testing the holding power of a rock bolt.
  • Set of images documents a technician drilling cores and installing extensometer anchors, as well as grouting the anchors and connecting an extensometer. Technicians are shown inspecting damages with a ruler and rockhammer for scale.
  • A set of images showcase the threaded rebar, nuts, and face plates used for rockbolts.
  • Utility vehicles, yellow vent ducting, and utility pipes are visible in several images.
  • Also include is an image of a man in office space, foggy night scene with a telephone pole, office desk, stack of supplies including concrete, steel cable, and spray paint, and several images of a broken piece of ore and concrete outside the mine portal.
  • Several images depict miners working in the bucket of a scoop tram.
  • Photos of the stramler feeder breakers, which was used in the underground mine.
  • Images of ground support verifications where the deficiency of the exhaust ramp was investigated. This collection has various annotations explaining the broken shotcrete and the wire mesh installed.
  • A collection of photographs depicting tunnel shotcrete failures. Each photograph has an accompanied textual annotation.
  • Photos of MMD #750 Sizer equipment - assumed used in Underground Mine.
  • Photos of pump used in 1335 level, wheel fan for ventilation removed from 1350 level,
  • A collection of ground fall event 29 March 1989 - with annotations depicting damage
2000.1.1.3.10 · File · November 1990 - June 1991
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains images depicting the underground mine at Cassiar, showing structural damages, repaired damage ground support, and mining and repair processes.

The file contains a photo inventory entitled “Underground Mine Structural Inspection, Rock Mechanics Dept. Foto Documentation” with a complete file inventory linking the picture number to a location, title, and dated film. This photographic documentation was assembled for the purposes of liaising with a underground mining consultant located in South Africa.

  • Images document structural ground support including steel cables, support arches, metal mesh, shotcrete, rockbolts, wooden beams.
  • Images show ground support damaged through ground movement, but some depict newly installed or repaired support.
  • Images depict ventilation ducting that was crushed or torn.
  • Mining processes depicted include miners installing a rock breaker, miners paving the adit floor with concrete, miners inspecting a damaged section of mine, miner loading drill or blastholes with ANFO (ammonium nitrate / fuel oil mixture) explosives, and long hole drilling.
  • Technical elements of the underground mine depicted include a mining device and ore in a chute (annotated ‘1290 crusher’), the conveyor, ‘LH drill’, ore processing machine annotated ‘1350 breaker’, and an electrical box titled ‘Weighometer’.
  • Specific locations shown include ore draw points, ore passes, access drifts, a hatch and door titled “Fuel station 1415”, and a dead end drift with a stack of equipment and an orange cable annotated “1335 access electrical stations”.
Unknown Man & Talus Ore
2000.1.1.3.14.07 · Item · [ca. 1951]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Image of man seated with shovel in mountainous area, loose asbestos fibre in background. This photograph is believed to be either a double exposure of two images, or a print made from two negatives at once. Photo depicts an unidentified man sitting on the south ridge of the Cassiar ore body, where the crusher and rock reject plant would eventually sit. Valley in background appears to depict the "Footwall Road," which was cut into the mountain from the pit to the crusher plant and became the mine's main haul road.

Unknown Men at Mine Adit
2009.5.2.39 · Item · 1939
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts four men wearing suits and ties, standing in front of mine adit in rocky area, bushes in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "1939 H.F. (Bert) Glassey with black hit in middle" (information regarding Glassey believed to be incorrect).

Unknown Woman & Men at Mine
2000.1.1.3.15.02 · Item · 1954
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts a man and woman standing on what is believed to be an early mining bench. Two men with air track drill can be seen in background, one man father down on left, mountain range in background. Image slightly distorted due to poor quality of negative.

Upper Fraser Mill
2012.13.1.87.046 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Upper Fraser mill yard with log deck and beehive burner in silhouette across railroad tracks. Located in Upper Fraser, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'01.5"N 121°56'29.6"W

Upper Fraser Mill
2012.13.1.87.064 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous log decks at the Upper Fraser sawmill. Map coordinates 54°07'10.8"N 121°56'51.7"W

Upper Fraser Mill
2012.13.1.87.062 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the entrance to the Upper Fraser mill yard in Upper Fraser, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'10.8"N 121°56'51.7"W

Upper Fraser Mill
2012.13.1.87.063 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Upper Fraser mill yard with a CN train in Upper Fraser, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'10.8"N 121°56'51.7"W

Upper Fraser Mill
2012.13.1.87.061 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the entrance to the Upper Fraser mill yard in Upper Fraser, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'10.8"N 121°56'51.7"W

Upper Fraser Mill
2012.13.1.87.066 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Upper Fraser Road running through Upper Fraser, B.C. A newer style round burner is seen in the background. Map coordinates 54°07'05.7"N 121°56'38.9"W

2012.13.2.17.03.1 · Item · 01-July-2003
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

The item is a CD-R containing Kent Sedgewick's files regarding the Upper Fraser Valley history. Files include literature summaries, oral history transcripts and various other documents referring to the Upper Fraser Valley. Annotations on CD-R state, "Jun 7 '04 Kent - UF files to start."

2013.6.36.1.004.19 · Item · Aug. 1964
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a Vancouver Iron Works built steam donkey in use until the early 1950s. It was purchased for $800 by an enthusiast in 1963 , set up beside home and roadside at Sayward near Kelsey Bay on North Vancouver Island.

2000.1.1.3.14.03 · Item · 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "ASBESTOS FIBRE VEINS AS THEY OCCURR IN A ROCK FACE". Photo caption under printed copy of image in 1952 Annual Report: "North Wall of adit approximately 225 feet from portal showing asbestos veinlets."

2000.1.1.2.2.13 · Item · 1963
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Men can be seen working on site, building tools and supplies scattered throughout. Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "View showing various levels of foundations". A chute of some kind extends from high level to men near bottom. Dirt road at site, and tree-covered valley can be seen in background. Construction of a long structure near the edge of the excavation area can be seen in midground; this is believed to be conveyor "B".

2000.1.1.2.2.21 · Item · 1963
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

View showing various levels of foundations. Men can be seen working on site. Vertically protruding planks from framework in foreground. A long building believed to be housing conveyor "B" can be seen in background, as well as the tree-covered valley.

2000.1.1.2.2.23 · Item · 1963
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Men can be seen working on site. Crusher building in midground, chutes can be seen crossing the different levels of foundation. Lumber is leaning against excavated dirt wall in foreground, as well as a ladder which reaches up to the base level. Large tank can be seen in top level above building construction. Mountaintop and sky in background.

2000.1.1.2.2.08 · Item · 1963
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

One man can be seen on crusher building framework, unidentified equipment and long metal rods in foreground. Power lines, a large tank, and other small buildings are semi-visible on a level in the mountainside just above the crusher building. Sky can be seen in background.

2006.45.17 · Item · [ca. 1897]
Part of Historical North Coast Photograph Album

View of town on shore, from above. Boats docked along piers and buildings. Hills visible on either side of water in background.

Handwritten photo captions with arrows pointing to sections of image read: "General Merchandise", "Fort Wrangell Hotel".

View of Summit Lake
2005.3.50 · Item · [ca. 1945]
Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Sumit Lake." Trees can be seen on shore jutting into the lake on left, as well as on opposite shore in distant background. Unidentified objects can be seen in distance, possibly buildings on far shore.

2009.5.4.37 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Violet sits wearing a fur coat next to younger brother Dixon who wears a suit and hat. They are seated in unidentified area on a wood structure between tall piles of planed lumber. A tall shelter can be seen behind them, and forest trees in background. Dixon Taylor worked at the sawmill in Penny, BC.

2000.1.1.1.18 · File · 5 Dec. 1977
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographs from Cassiar trip report to R.C. quarry plant in Sweden. This plant utilized rubber type dust enclosures to maintain low dust levels. Labelled Appendix F, this collection includes: landscape photograph of quarry, seal to conveyor gallery, rubber lined truck, rubber seal on equipment, rubber cover screen, and rubber bucket elevator.

2000.1.1.1.19 · File · 5 Dec. 1977
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographs from Cassiar trip report to Ditton Works, a pipe division of TAC Construction Materials Ltd. Asbestos pipe was made at this particular factory. The company used some Cassiar fibres in their production. Labelled appendix I, this collection includes: photographs of equipment, bagging, packaging, fibre, pipes, and screens from inside the factory.

2000.1.1.3.15.31 · Item · June 1970
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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".

Waste in Mine Valley
2000.1.1.3.13.12 · Item · 25 October 1965
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts large swath of dark waste down mountainside to right of valley. The waste dump is believed to be visible at top of swath on right of image. Bench mining visible on the North and South peak in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Oct. 25 / 65 4:25 PM."

Waste Stripping Operations
2000.1.1.3.15.21 · Item · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts benches of Cassiar's open mine. Men can be seen standing near machinery speculated to be blasthole drills in bottom left of image. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Waste Stripping Operations on McDame Mt. Ore Mining in lower right Corner.", on verso: "1961".

Water control structures
2000.1.1.2.10 · File · Sep. 1991
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains 3 strips of negatives depicting water control structures inluding pipes, culverts, and holding ponds. The strips were found in a photo lab pouch annotated "Sedimentation Pond Sept 1991" and addressed to "Cassiar Mining Corp. Attn; R. Tyne."

Water in Gravel Pit
2000.1.1.3.18.011 · Item · June 1987
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing to left of large puddle in gravel pit, mountain peaks in background. Photo speculated to have been taken on the plant, or near the Cassiar airstrip, facing south west. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "JUN. 1987".