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Photograph depicts man and woman in dirt area, hill and chute in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "July 29th: (8) Chute for loading Athey wagons & trucks on crest of mountain. Mrs. Tigert & Gordon Little".

Photograph depicts dump truck with sign on passenger door: "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED 1". Taken in plant site, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "July 29th: (9) New L-204 truck. Garage in background."

Photograph depicts dirt road, building materials on right. Power house and mountain slope in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "July 26th: (7) New road in plantsite from power house to campsite."

Photograph depicts ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain, man walking uphill, mine valley in background.

Photograph depicts minerals in ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain. View facing down mountain, mine valley in background.

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

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 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 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 portion of switchback mountain road, truck in distance, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 5th: 5. Ore truck at 1st switchback on talus."

Photograph depicts tanker truck overturned in snow, trees in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "March 29th: 1. Jack Ward's tanker over the bank at Centreville."

Photograph depicts overturned tanker in snow bank, man on left, mountainside in background. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Overturned Tanker (Glacier 1 mile north of Joe Reed's)".

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."

Typed annotation in black ink on recto of photograph: "looking through pass-way into kitchen from dining room". Photograph depicts side view of what appears to be a stove and other kitchen equipment.

Photograph depicts load of bags on trailer with tracks, pulled by crawler tractor. Mountains and unidentified building in background. Dog, four men, and one woman in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 9th, 1952: 2. First load of bulk samples brought down to the plantsite from mine. 3. Same as above, including Hicks, Mr. & Mrs. Ward, Christian. [This photograph is number "3"]."

Photograph depicts side of building in Cassiar plant site, foreground shows what is believed to be mining operations equipment.

Photograph depicts unidentified vehicle on road to plant site. Power house, sub-station, oil tanks, and ore stockpile in view. Trees in foreground, buildings materials to right of road, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 25th: 11. Plantsite. Taken from warehouse roof and looking east."

Photograph depicts plant site in valley, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 25th: 9. Ore stockpile, 25 KVA power house, water tower, power house, sub-station, oil tanks, shop foundation in foreground. Looking northwest."

Photograph depicts group of men working in dirt area, snow and trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "10. Pouring concrete at mill. Steamer for heating water in foreground, concrete mixer in background." Concrete mixer is behind four steel drums.

Photograph depicts two horizontal oil tanks, power house on right. Wood building materials in foreground. Road, buildings, mountains, and valley in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 11th, 1952: 7. Power house & oil tanks. Taken from up on water tower."

Photograph depicts men working on plant site, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken June 28th, 1952: (7) Power house construction. Oil tanks in background. Looking west."

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."

Photographic negative depicts power house on left, water and diesel storage tanks on right. Rocks in foreground, trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts power house and sub-station building. Power pole in foreground, mountains in background. Construction framework in foreground, speculated to be shop building.

Photograph depicts men working on buildings under construction, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 3rd, 1952. 6. Truck Dump foreground. Power House background. Looking north."

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 power poles along dirt road, truck in distance, trees on either side. Building on right of road speculated to be bunkhouse. Mountain slope in background.

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 creek. Rocks in foreground, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 11th, 1952: 8. Possible damsite for domestic and industrial water supply on North Fork Creek.

Photograph depicts man on tractor in dirt on mountainside. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "4. Repairing wash-out just past second switchback. Tractor in picture."

Photograph depicts river in wooded area, 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 construction work in plant site, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 2nd: 1. Shop foundations in foreground. Mill in background."

Photograph depicts numerous illegible sign posts on dirt road.

Photograph depicts a long building with windows down the side in a forested area, and a second building semi-visible behind the first. Dirt road in foreground, mountains in background. Photo caption next to printed copy of image in 1953 Annual Report: "Single Men's Residence 'Pan-Abode' Construction."

Photograph depicts bags on mountainside, shadow and empty bags in foreground, snow covered areas in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "9. Sluff of talus across lower talus road. Men in picture are picking crude asbestos." [Men mentioned in note are not clearly visible in photograph.]

Photograph depicts snow area in mountain. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "11. Looking down the cirque from near diamond drill shack. Still fair amount of snow."

Photograph depicts truck on mountain road, man on right, snow on left. Snow exceeds height of truck. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 5th, 1952: 1. Showing depth of snow in first gully north of talus."

Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "1. Four staff members. L to R - Paisaud, Farewell, Hood, Ward - Taken in front of the office."

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 small wood building built on tall wood poles adjacent to power house. Ladders, building materials, covered object, and unidentified structure [box of truck/shop foundation ?] in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 20th: 8. Sub-station building and poles. Power House on the left. Oil tanks on the right."

Photograph depicts sub-station building built on tall wood poles adjacent to power house, roof under construction. View north west, building materials 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 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."

Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #2: Looking N across talus slide of asbestos fibre and serpentine fragments." Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph in blue ink describing sections of photograph which have been pointed to or outlined: "Talus of asbestos fibre & serpentine fragments -->" "Photo #1 -->" "Approx upper contact of serpentine -->".

Photograph depicts rear view of numerous wood buildings in a line with roofs slanting upwards. The cookery, bunkhouse and office are believed to be among the buildings (see item 2000.1.1.2.305). Snowbank in foreground, mountain in background. See also items 2000.1.1.2.286 and 2000.1.1.2.299.

Photograph depicts man on dirt road, many small buildings on left. Mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "12. Temporary Campsite."

Photograph depicts track loader moving dirt in semi-cleared area. Trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts track loader moving dirt in cleared area. It is believed that the loader may have been excavating area for ore haul truck dump (see item 2000.1.1.2.222). Trees and mountains in background.

Photograph was taken facing down a narrow, snowy trench, mountain base visible at end. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "1. Trench through snow banks at mill site. We had to dig these trenches to facilitate surveying the mill foundations."