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Pile trestle
2004.8.1.72 · Item · 9 June 1939
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a wooden pile trestle that leads through a wooded landscape. Annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Pile tressle upper end. Sec.#1. Bents 12" centers - 3 only 12" piled driven to refusal; caps 10" x 12" "

Photographs
2004.8.1 · Series · 1930 - 1940
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

The images comprising the Photographs Series of the Alex Manson Mining Collection, document various mining related activities such as: road construction, mining sites, mining equipment, individuals involved in various aspects of the mining industry in Northern British Columbia, digging of ditchlines, bridge construction, surveying, extraction techniques, Germansen Placer pipelines, mining camps and the transportation of mining equipment by bulldozer and horse and wagon.

2004.8 · Collection · 1930 - 1940

The Alexander Manson Mining Collection consists of 133 loose photographs documenting various aspects of the mining industry in Northern British Columbia between 1930-1940. Photographs show images of Manson Creek and Germansen Landing.

Manson, Alexander
2004.8.1.127 · Item · 1939
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a sideview of a shovel digging a ditch through a forested hillside. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "One of deepest cuts, 1 yd. P & H, shovel 36 ton, floor of ditch is 15 feet length, 10 miles". Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Germansen shovel in deep cut on ditch construction 1939".

Stacked lumber
2004.8.1.132 · Item · 1939
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts three piles of stacked lumber located in a forested landscape. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Lumber for flumes. Co. has its own sawmill"

Log footing across ditch
2004.8.1.131 · Item · 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".