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Photograph depicts framed garage in forested area. Snow in foreground, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "3. Wall studding nearly completed - Service Garage."

Photograph depicts two tent buildings at end of dirt road with snow on either side. Man and possibly dog can be seen in distance. Trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "5. First two tents in tent campsite."

Photograph depicts man working in dirt area behind wood fence-like structure. Trees in background, track plow semi-visible on right. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "8. Well for industrial water. Located in Northwest corner of Plant Site."

Photograph depicts men on long building, one on ladder. Rough dirt road in foreground, trees and hillside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "9. 96 x 20 prefab for staff family quarters. Looking south".

Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "6. C. I-R 125 CFM. portable compressor. Northwest lumber piles in background." Trees and mountain also visible in background.

Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "7. Temporary buildings. First building is the cookery. Looking south." Photograph depicts numerous wood buildings down the left of snow-cleared dirt road, each with a small porch. The office and bunkhouse are also among the buildings (see item 2000.1.1.2.305). Wood piles lie in front of cookery, dump truck and dog can be seen at end of road, and another building is semi-visible on right. Tree-covered mountainside in background. See also items 2000.1.1.2.299 and 2000.1.1.2.301.

Photograph depicts a group of men digging with hand shovels in snow-covered area, trees and mountain base in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "12. Digging mill foundations."

Photograph depicts three men digging at mill site, trees and mountainside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "11. Starting to dig mill foundations. Batter boards in background. Looking northeast."

Photograph depicts hollow steel cylinders lying in a line on snow-covered ground. Smaller, longer poles next to wood pile in foreground. Trees and mountainside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "10. Steel shute for the mine (nested)."

Photograph depicts a long building speculated to be garage behind large snow pile. Truck semi-visible behind snow, another truck partially captured on right. Snowy road in foreground, mountain peaks in background.

Photograph depicts a group of steel drums to right of large, flat, snow-covered area. A larger steel tank also lies behind drums on its side. A lumber pile can be seen in distance, as well as what appears to be a very large cylinder tank standing vertically under a shelter. Trees and mountains in background. See also item 2000.1.1.2.292.

Photograph depicts a group of steel drums to right of large, flat, snow-covered area. A larger steel tank also lies behind drums on its side. A lumber pile can be seen in distance, as well as what appears to be a very large cylinder tank standing vertically under a shelter. Trees and mountains in background. See also item 2000.1.1.2.295.

Photograph depicts two men with wheelbarrow on wood planks in front of small unidentified packages stacked two-high. Two unidentified buildings in background with slanted roofs. Mountaintops in background.

Photograph depicts log building with slanted roof, two windows visible, and door on side. Cylinder tank lies horizontally on wood base to right of building. Car on far right, snow pile and power pole in foreground, trees in background. Building believed to be one of the many described in item 2000.1.1.2.286.

Photograph depicts numerous wood buildings in a line, each with a small porch. The cookery, bunkhouse and office are believed to be among the buildings (see 2000.1.1.2.305). Steel drums lie in front of first building, and another building is semi-visible on right, opposite the others. Snowbank in foreground, trees and mountains in background. Photograph taken facing south. See also items 2000.1.1.2.286 and 2000.1.1.2.301

Photograph depicts snow-covered log piles in front of trees. Unidentified buildings visible through trees, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts large shelter with slanted roof storing what appears to be lumber piles.

Photograph depicts small wood building, with two windows and a door, draped with canvas. Snow pile to left of building, road in foreground, trees and mountains in background. See also item 2000.1.1.2.303. This building appears different from those at tent campsite described in item 2000.1.1.2.284.

Photograph depicts large structure with slanted roof sheltering unidentified material on ground. Cylinder tank stands vertically behind shelter, unidentified machinery in front. Snow-covered area in foreground, trees and mountainside in background.

Photograph depicts small wood building, with two windows and a door, draped with canvas. Snow pile to left of building, road in foreground, trees and mountains in background. See also item 2000.1.1.2.302. This building appears different from those at tent campsite described in item 2000.1.1.2.284.

Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "Bunkhouse cookhouse & office". Photograph depicts numerous log buildings in a line, each with a porch and slanted roof. A tractor can be seen snowplowing the road to the left of the buildings. Another building is semi-visible on far left, and another in distance at end of road. Trees and mountains in background. See also item 2000.1.1.2.286.

Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "Portion of Garage interior". Photograph depicts two men standing in rear of garage interior. One car and Eimco loader can be seen in stalls.

Photograph depicts a cleared path through the snow and trees, mountain in background. Wood box and post semi-visible in foreground. Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "You will notice we have a little snow here."

Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #1: Outcrop of Serpentine showing veinlets of asbestos fibre. Wider veinlets 1/2" - 1"."

Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #3 Showing approx. area covered by Asbestos - serpentine float". The approximate area has been outlined in blue ink on verso of photograph. Photo taken from lower level in valley, trees in foreground, outcrop visible in distance.

Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #4 Face of cut 4' wide 3' deep. Showing serpentine fragments in loose asbestos fibre. Assumed to overly serpentine high in fibre veinlets. Frost action."

Typed annotation in black ink on recto of photograph: "Store shelves in process of being filled". Photograph depicts condiments stocked on shelves in store interior.

Typed annotation in black ink on recto of photograph: "Store Shelves in process of being filled". Photograph depicts miscellaneous household items stocked on shelves in store interior, back wall visible in background.

Typed annotation in black ink on recto of photograph: "Store shelves". Photograph depicts miscellaneous household items stocked on shelves against wall in store interior.

Typed annotation in black ink on recto of photograph: "Looking towards the kitchen in the dining room". Photograph depicts side rows of bench tables with white tablecloths and condiments. Kitchen is visible through doorways in opposite wall. Three large coffeemakers stand against wall between doors. Fluorescent lights shine from ceiling.

Typed annotation in black ink on recto of photograph: "Looking over dining room from kitchen entrance". Photograph depicts three rows of long bench tables with white tablecloths and condiments. Bright light shines through five tall windows and one window in door.

Typed annotation in black ink on recto of photograph: "View of dining room looking towards kitchen". Photograph depicts rows of long bench tables with white tablecloths and condiments. Kitchen can be seen trough doorways on opposite wall, as well as two large coffeemakers. Bright fluorescent lights shine on ceiling.

File contains photographs documenting the construction of Cassiar's new mill building. Photos depict early excavation, foundations, framework, construction of all seven stories, sheeting, siding, and roof tarring. Also included are photos depicting the large model of the mill, as well as construction work done on the tramline. Photos taken inside the mill depict flooring work, and milling machinery including feed chutes, screens, fans, wheelabrators, control panels, electrical panels, conveyor systems, vacuum systems, and the fan-driven air system that transported the fiber. Many photos depict construction workers, building supplies, worksites, and equipment including cranes, bulldozers, tractors, hauling trucks and trailer flatbeds. Some photos depict aerial views from the new mill and feature the plantsite, tramline, mine road, mountains, and valley.

Photographs depict construction of the new mill, each taken from approximately the same distance and featuring two different angles of the building. Construction work progresses from framework to sheeting and siding. Vehicles, piles of building supplies, and a construction trailer are often in foreground, mountains in background. It is believed that these photographs were taken during a labour dispute. Each photo has been annotated on recto with the date and time of day, and some document the number of workers on site. Annotations include: "2 days work", "work gets less & less", "not much for 4 men", "very little done - less than usual low performance", "0° - 20° weather must have thickened their blood".

Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.

Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.

This file contains photographs of the construction of the dry rock storage building in 1953. The two photographs included in this collection depict the trusses of the building during construction.

Images contain technical engineering drawings from the Asbestos Mining Corp. Drawings are primarily of plant buildings and mining and milling equipment, but also include drafts of town site and utilities, (extensive images of water and sewer pipes and septic systems). Microfiche slides are 4.6cm x 3.5cm mounted on 8.3 x 18.2 cm paper cards with systematic puncture marks, presumed to be an antiquated form of computer memory. Slides are numbered ranging from 1001 to 1549 and a drawing number ranging from 1006 to 8008, generally in the format “2017/02/02”. Microfiche are dated 1950- 1976, several are dated “OLD”, and several are undated. All microfilm reels are annotated “CASSIAR ENGINEERING DRAWINGS”.

File contains 3 strips of negatives depicting water control structures inluding pipes, culverts, and holding ponds. The strips were found in a photo lab pouch annotated "Sedimentation Pond Sept 1991" and addressed to "Cassiar Mining Corp. Attn; R. Tyne."

This file includes two major photographic collections concerning the construction and development of the underground mine at Cassiar, title the McDame Project.

The first collection includes fifteen monthly progress reports documenting the development from July 1988 to December 1989. The progress reports are authored by G. Verret, and were distributed to the executives of Cassiar Asbestos in Vancouver as well officials of the B.C. Government and other creditors of the Corporation. Most images are annotated and dated. Many of the loose photographs are accompanied by an inventory sheet.

Subjects depicted include: the staging area prior to mine development, the initial development of the “Vent Portal”, a jumbo drill working on the mine face, the working face marked for drilling and wired with fuses, a Caterpillar dozer clearing snow after an avalanche, scene of a fire in winter time, complete conveyor sump decline, mining vehicle parked on the “Lay-Down Area” presumably near the portal, the working face of the mine at various stages of development, 1563 portal being slashed, the removal of the overburden for the tramline loading station site, the construction of the transfer tower(s), construction of the stockpile area, the construction of a sedimentation pond, a presumed cave in, construction of footings for the conveyor, construction of the tramline loading terminal station, construction of the crusher building, a slash titled “Breakthrough in Access Ramp”, storage of powder and fuses, a washout in conveyor decline, fog at the portal in -30 degrees Celsius, the 1290 junction flooded, a slab of shotcrete which fell on and injured a miner while shotcreting, shotcrete blasted off walls for repairs, images of the “Hilti-test”, shots showing grade of drift, and structural failures in the 1350 adit.

Locations and structure within the underground mine depicted include: yellow ventilation ducting, ground support including steel screen and shotcrete, steel cables bolted unto ground support, puddles in the adits, the access road to the lay-down area, the exhaust drift, “Fans and Heaters in the 1415 adit”, the 1350 sump, the access ramp to the 1320, the exhaust ramp safety bay, the conveyor decline, the ventilation adit, the 1563 portal, the temporary repair shop at the 1415 portal, junctions of various drifts, the ”Fresh Water Pump & Pumphouse on lower Creek”, the “Ventilation Raise/1563 Platform”, a “Diamond Drill Station” at 6066 North in the underground mine, the “Bridge to the Gravel Pit”, the “Crushing and Screening Plant” in the gravel pit, the ventilation bulkhead in the conveyor decline, and the “Powder Magazine”.

People depicted include Rose Gay and R. Tyne on a tour of the underground mine, a geologist with a rockhammer, a miner identified as A. Jacobs working, contract miners Bruno and Marbel from Canadian Mine Development, and unidentified miners rockbolting, shotcreting, and drilling using jackleg drills.

Vehicle and mining equipment depicted include jeeps, pickup trucks, a front end loader, an unidentified a small unmanned tracked machine with a long arm, scoop trams, a land cruiser, an ore truck with a flat tire, the cone crusher, a “scissor lift”, a mobile shotcrete machine, a new grout pump, a new Boart Jumbo Drill, and a detached bucket half of a 413 ore truck.

The second collection depicts the McDame Project construction in 1986 and 1987.
Content of these photographs includes: various machinery used for excavating and drilling, underground progress of tunneling, supports, wire meshing, rock formations in mine, and exposed asbestos. There are no annotations regarding this photographs.

This collection is of the pipe line for the New Steam Plant contracted out to Humphrey Construction. The photographs depict the outdoor work of laying the pipe in dug in ground. The file that these photographs were found in contains a contract with Humphrey Construction, specifications for construction and correspondence.