Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Dénomination générale des documents
- Document graphique
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
- Informations sur les titres parallèles et autre titre: Title based on subject of file and provided annotations.
Niveau de description
Cote
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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July 1987 - Apr.1989 (Production)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
558 photographs (239 prints : col. - 19 slides : col. ; 5 x 5 cm - 200 negative : col. )
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Portée et contenu
File contains images of mine operations and construction, as well as a variety of other subjects.
- Elements of the underground mine are depicted, including miners working, the marked rock face, yellow ducting and ventilation fan, the portal, mesh rockbolted onto adit walls, shotcrete being applied, and stacked mining construction materials.
- Mining equipment depicted in this file includes underground ore haulage truck, Wabco ore haulage truck, jackleg drill, stoper drill, scoop tram, jumbo drill, conveyor, pickup trucks, unidentified mixing or grinding machine, a cable wagon and half constructed ore haulage truck in the shop, and a continuous miner (also known as alpine miner or roadheader).
- A set of images show a dozer and a lowbed truck transporting a temporary building down the pit mine access road.
- Several images depict drill core fragments, asbestos ore, and geological features of the mine.
- Mining related process are depicted, including a young man sluicing and panning, a mine building under construction, and an unidentified steel frame structure with a hydraulic device suspended on a rail.
- A set of images shows a railway or highway construction project, including stockpile of construction materials, rail cars, caboose, locomotive, front end loader, dump truck, concrete mixing trucks, semi-trucks, and a rail car with large steel drums which are speculated to be specialized for tunnel construction.
- Further images show what is speculated to be tunnel construction.
- A set of images at a high ceiling underground mine which is not Cassiar depicts a man in a suite by a underground ore haulage truck, and other mining vehicles including a crane.
- A set of images depict an ungulate herd, possibly bighorn sheep, on a mountain side.
- The file includes several images which depict personal life, presumably from a family vacation, and access to these images may be restricted. These images depict man with children on a fishing trip, adults and children around a pool, a woman on a motorcycle, and a house and kitchen. Several groups of images are contained in envelopes annotated with dates and “K. Minty”.
Zone des notes
Classement
Arrangement imposed by archivist, original groupings maintained.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
Northern BC Archives & Special Collections
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
Several negative strips and one photograph likely depict somebodies personal life. Access may be granted by archivist upon request.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Personal or academic use of photographic materials is welcomed under the standard fair use and educational use clauses of Canadian Copyright Law. Commercial use is, however, forbidden without the express permission of the copyright holder. For information on obtaining written permission from the copyright holder, please contact the Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections.
Instruments de recherche
Contact archivist for complete file inventory.
Générer l'instrument de recherche
Éléments associés
Item is part of the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds. Consult archivist to obtain interview notes from interviews conducted with mining experts on the subject contained in this file.