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Postcard image of Ocean Falls with mountain in background

Item is a photocopy reproduction of "A Thousand Miles Exploring on Horseback in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The original document may have been a draft article written for the Canadian Geographical Society in 1935.

Photograph depicts a snow-covered forest clearing with six structures and a truck. Buildings have been numbered 1-8 with pen. Original handwritten annotations on verso of photograph are signed by Tom Marsh. Photograph is taped to paper. Typed annotation on recto of paper reads: “1. Bridge over creek. 2. Blacksmith shop. 3. Powerhouse. 4. Headframe over 200’ shaft. 5. Office 6. Water tanks from powerhouse. 7. Bunkhouse. 8. Truck. 9. Cookhouse behind #6 cannot be seen. We were always able to find the cookhouse even though hidden in this picture. Taken about 1935 by Russell Ross, supt. Quesnel Quarts Mine. Tom Marsh, Box 156, Squamish B. C.”

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing beside a ditchline filled with water.

Photograph depicts the front end of a bulldozer being operated by an unidentified man in front of a forested background.

Photograph depicts unidentified man standing near mining ditches.

Photograph depicts a large water-filled ditchline in front of a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing at the top of an empty wooden flume (?) situated at the top of a mountainside in front of a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts a open mining site at the base of a mountain, forested landscape visible in background and unidentified mining equipment visible in the midground.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing on a wooden road beside a steamshovel in front of a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing on a wooden road beside a steamshovel in front of a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing beside dismantled pieces of mining equipment, in the background is a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts wooden roadways criss-crossing a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts the front end of a steamshovel located on a rocky terrain with a forested landscape in the background.

Photograph depicts a distance perspective of a bulldozer pulling sleds loaded with large pipes and steel drums potentially heading for the mines for assembly.

Photograph depicts the construction of a wood planked flume 8ft wide around the side of a mountain.

Photograph depicts a section of cleared bedrock along a steep ditch.

Photograph depicts a steamshovel at work along a cleared forest area.

Photograph depicts a dirt road cut between two highbanks with a oil cans (?) stacked in the background between the banks.

Photograph depicts three(?) men standing in front of a pile driver at work along a dirt path.

Photograph depicts a wooden trestle designed for carrying water flumes. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Trestle work for carrying water flume - Germansen Placer Ltd"

Photograph depicts a man standing in the foreground of the photo on a wooden trestle that leads through a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Tressle for carrying flume across Valley of South from Germansen Creek. This is continuous tressle for nearly 2000 feet. Maximum height 54feet."

Photograph depicts a ditch cut through a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Sec. #4"

Photograph depicts a bulldozer transporting mining supplies (pipes) in a snow covered forest landscape.

Photograph depicts three unidentified men standing in an old ditch cut through a forested environment. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "View along old ditch - brushed out & deepened, Germansen Placer Ltd."

Photograph depicts a bulldozer convoy freighting supplies into camp in winter.

Photograph depicts a wood trestle constructed in a cleared forest area. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Trestle nearing completion across valley of south fork of Germansen Creek".

Photograph depicts a wooden trestle under construction along a hillside within a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Trestle work three (?) Upper Canyon 200 yards below intake, Germansen Placer Ltd."

Photograph depicts the front end of a steam shovel in a cleared gravel area in front of a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Steam Shovel"

Photograph depicts a wide ditchline cut into a rocky landscape with a forested region located in the far background.

Photograph depicts a river and flume constructed to bring water to the monitors used in hydraulic mining.

Photograph depicts a open mining site at the base of a mountain, forested landscape visible in background and unidentified mining equipment visible in the midground.

Photograph depicts a gravel road carved into the forested landscape.

Photograph depicts a gravel road carved into the forested landscape.

Photograph depicts the front end of a bulldozer being operated by an unidentified man in front of a forested background.

Photograph depicts a steamshovel in the midground and stacks of chopped wood piled in front of it, both situated in front of a forested background.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing at the top of water-filled ditchlines and holding onto surveying (?) equipment.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing beside dismantled pieces of mining equipment, in the background is a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing on a newly constructed wooden roadway that winds through a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man standing at the top of water-filled ditchlines and holding onto surveying (?) equipment.

Photograph depicts a bulldozer in a winter landscape pulling sleds loaded with large pipes and steel drums potentially heading for the mines for assembly.

Photograph depicts an open air work or woodshop covered with snow, surrounded by lumber and steel drums.

Photograph depicts a dirt road through a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts a wide gravel pathway that has been cleared through a wooded landscape.

Photograph depicts a cut section of a hillside with a forested area visible in the background.