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Photograph depicts exposed asbestos fibre in talus and outcrop.

Photograph depicts shovel loading Kenworth haul truck in mine. Unknown man stands on left, mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts dump truck under power lines and tramlines on gravel road. Buckets hang on line, mountains in background.

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".

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".

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".

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".

Photograph depicts explosion, part of the bench-mining process employed at Cassiar. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts crawler cable shovel, bucket over box of Kenworth truck in excavation area of mine. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts a large shelter over building believed to be power house. Electricity lines cross midground and run to power house. A man can be seen crossing the foreground by steel frame supplies, and a second building is partially visible on right. Mountains stand in background and a crane can be seen operating in front of power house. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts the diesel-fired burners of the ore dryers. The large pipes and valves above were part of the fuel supply system fed by Cassiar's fuel tank farm which also supplied the power house generators. The dryer section of the mill received ore from the crushing plant by tramline and truck. These burners blasted the ore with hot air, and dried ore to desired moisture content before it was sent to the dry rock storage building and stored for mill use. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts top of framed building, mountain in background.

Photograph depicts dump truck on hill believed to be in mine area, unknown structure on left.

Photograph depicts tarp-covered truck, two men on right, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts bridge crossing river, trees in background.

Photographs depict electrical room.

Photograph depicts bridge in snow landscape, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "March 29th: 2. Timber bridge at the Blue River."

Photograph depicts bunkhouse under construction in wooded area, men in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 5. Erecting the walls for # 1 Bunkhouse. Looking east."

Photograph depicts snow-cleared dirt area, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 10. Site for townsite well cleared and started excavating."

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 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 plant site, two mountains in background. Power poles, box, and piles of unidentified material in foreground. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Cassiar Hills (Midday in December)".

Photograph depicts diesel engine and alternator in room, electrical board on right. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "300 K.W. Ruston Hornsby diesel and alternator in power house."

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 mountains, half covered in shadow. Power poles and power house in foreground, piles of unidentified material on right. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Cassiar Hills (Midday in December)".

Photograph depicts eight men in snow around unidentified object, speculated to be portion of glacier. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Overturned Tanker (Glacier 1 mile north of Joe Reed's)".

Photograph depicts unknown structure propped against side of dirt hill and believed to be in plant site. Structure speculated to be a chute or conveyor belt. Trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts power house on right, mill building on left, behind truck. Dirt road in foreground, power poles, trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts man in hat and long coat bent over metal bucket filled with unidentified mineral in dirt area.

Photograph depicts three men bent over metal buckets in dirt on mountainside. Rocks, rakes, and bags in foreground, man in distance, snow-covered mountain in background. Unidentified object or structure in background.

Photograph depicts scaffolding around mill building under construction. Road in foreground, stockpile and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 20th: 3. Mill, with stockpile of ore on right. Looking northwest."

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."

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 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 numerous men in box of dump truck on road, unknown building and vehicles on left. Rectangular shadows on right, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts ore truck being loaded at chute, road in foreground, man on right. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 5th: 8. Loading truck from chute on top of mountain."

Photograph depicts dump truck on road, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 5th: 9. Truck on mountain road."

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 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."

Photograph depicts man pushing wheelbarrow in framed building believed to be mill or power house. Wood planks in foreground, man and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts framework for truck dump. Mountain and power house framework believed to be in background.

Photograph depicts power house, exterior finished. Man and building materials in foreground, oil tanks and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts two men in plant site, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 3rd, 1952. 3. Quonset warehouse in background. Temporary set-up for circular saw in foreground."

Photograph depicts mill building under construction, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 3rd, 1952. 5. Mill. Truck Dump and concrete mixers in foreground. Taken from top of water tower and looking south."