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2000.1.1.2.1.150 · Item · 21 July 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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.]

2000.1.1.2.1.154 · Item · 5 July 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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."

2000.1.1.2.1.111 · Item · 20 August 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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."

2000.1.1.2.1.122 · Item · 2 August 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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."

2000.1.1.2.1.157 · Item · 11 July 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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."

2000.1.1.2.1.311 · Item · [1951?]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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 -->".

2000.1.1.2.1.301 · Item · [ca. April 1952]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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.

2000.1.1.2.1.203 · Item · 11 June 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts men building truck dump in foreground, building believed to be power house in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken June 11th: (3) Framing water tank tower. Water well in foreground and tower timbers and oil tanks in background. Looking east." [Note believed to be incorrect.]

2000.1.1.2.1.113 · Item · 25 August 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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."

2000.1.1.2.1.067 · Item · [between December 1952 and March 1953]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts equipment believed to be in the concentrator, dryer, or mill building. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "Close-up of vacuum hood which sucks fibre away from the rock."

Manager's Photos - Warehouse
2000.1.1.2.1.309 · Item · March 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "Warehouse in construction." Photograph depicts two men working in warehouse interior, and one man sitting on top of wall with sledge hammer raised. Miscellaneous building tools and supplies throughout.

Manager's Photos - Warehouse
2000.1.1.2.1.306 · Item · March 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "Foreground warehouse under construction and in the background lays asbestos." Photograph depicts two men walking towards warehouse building. Walls are erected though roof is not. Steel drums and equipment under tarp shelter in foreground, trees and mountaintops in background.

2000.1.1.2.1.110 · Item · 20 August 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts pipes laid in ground on wood structure, power house and men on scaffold in background. Building materials on left in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 20th: 7. Installing water pipes from water tank to Power House. Oil tanks on left. Looking southeast."

2000.1.1.2.1.086 · Item · October 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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."

Men & Air Track Drill
2000.1.1.3.15.03 · Item · September 1954
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts two men working with air track drill in mine area. Hose and dynamite box in foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Sept. 1954." This photograph was originally stored inside duotang labeled "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED PHOTOGRAPHS 1954"; photo caption beneath this image: "Starting New Bench at South end of Deposit."

Mill Modification 1970
2000.1.1.3.18.084 · Item · 1970 - 1978
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph of the Mill Modification program in 1970. This photo is part of larger collection of 71 photographs of regarding the improvements to the mill as part of the plantsite and was compiled into a report in 1978.

Mill Modification 1970
2000.1.1.3.18.040 · Item · 1970 - 1978
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph of two workers in background working on the Mill Modification program in 1970. This photo is part of larger collection of 71 photographs of this program, compiled into a report in 1978.

Mine & Crusher Plant
2000.1.1.3.13.24 · Item · [ca. 1973]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine. North and South peak featured in background, and West peak in left foreground. Pit is being developed between South peak and West peak. Old mine garage is visible in lower centre of image, and crushing plant in right foreground. Mountain range in distance.

Mine Garage & West Peak
2000.1.1.3.15.09 · Item · [ca. 1958]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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.

Mine Valley, 1954
2000.1.1.3.13.06 · Item · 1954
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts the mine road in valley below bulldozer parked on edge of mountain. Cassiar plant and town visible in distance, south mountains behind them in background. Photo also depicts what appears to be a cloud rising from the tailings pile in plantsite.

2000.1.1.3.13.09 · Item · 1961
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts view of mine road in valley, from mountain above. Plant, tailings pile, and town visible in distance. South mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961", on recto: Townsite and Plantsite from mine."

2000.1.1.2.04.01 · Item · [ca. 1970]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts large square model of the new mill building that was built at the Cassiar plant site in 1970. Model is displayed on green material laid on floor against wall in unidentified room. Machinery modeled inside the structure is colour-coded.

2000.1.1.2.04.02 · Item · [ca. 1970]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts large square model of the new mill building that was built at the Cassiar plant site in 1970. Model is displayed outdoors on a platform that stands on four saw horses. Machinery modeled inside the structure is colour-coded. Plant buildings and mountains in background.