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Strip Mining, 1971
2000.1.1.3.13.14 · Item · 1971
Parte de 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 · Item · 1962
Parte de 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 · Item · 1961
Parte de 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".

1961 - Drillmaster on North Ridge
2000.1.1.3.19.007 · Item · 1961
Parte de 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 · Item · 1961
Parte de 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".

2004.8.1.44 · Item
Parte de Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts two men (O'Brine on left) standing in front of a log building. Handwritten note on verso reads: "Consulting engineer for Crocker 1st National Bank, San Franscisco. Examining (?) Fleuving & Downey Leases with object of taking in dredge."

Placer Mining at Ingenika River, BC
2009.5.2.26 · Item · [ca. 1910?]
Parte de Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts two miners standing on either side of wooden sluicing trough in rocky area. Man on left pans for gold. Hills in background. Handwritten annotations on verso of photograph: "PLACER MINERS AT WORK INGINECA RIVER BC", "PHOTO WWW".

Unknown Men at Mine Adit
2009.5.2.39 · Item · 1939
Parte de 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).

Violet Baxter with Brother Dixon Taylor
2009.5.4.37 · Item · [ca. 1935]
Parte de 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.