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Ray Williston with loggers
2000.13.1.122 · Stuk · [196-?].
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston with a group of men at a logging operation, exact location unknown. Mr. Williston is second from the right.

Mining at Otter Creek, BC
2009.5.2.69 · Stuk · 6 June 1937
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts lumber piles and what appears to be a very long sluicing trough along Otter Creek. Forest and hills in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Otter Creek 6/6/37". See also item 2009.5.2.70.

2009.5.3.25 · Stuk · [ca. 1912]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts men standing near three covered wagons pulled by team of horses on street. Buildings line the street on left behind trees with protective structures built around their trunks. A windmill stands near small building and woodpiles in background on right. Trees on hill are visible in distance. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Quesnel".

Strip Mining, 1971
2000.1.1.3.13.14 · Stuk · 1971
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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".

Loading Station
2000.1.1.3.17.005 · Stuk · 1962
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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".

1961 - Mine Buildings
2000.1.1.3.19.003 · Stuk · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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".

2000.1.1.3.19.007 · Stuk · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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".

1961 - Explosive Preparation
2000.1.1.3.19.008 · Stuk · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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".

Small wood investigation 1
2000.13.1.31 · Stuk · 1961.
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston, Chief Forester John Stokes and Tom Wright of Canadian Forest Products examining an area near Prince George in order to determine the timber area required for a Pulp Harvesting License for a proposed pulp mill that would depend completely on waste wood.

Log footing across ditch
2004.8.1.131 · Stuk · 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".

Unknown Men at Mine Adit
2009.5.2.39 · Stuk · 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).

2009.5.4.37 · Stuk · [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.