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              193 Archival description results for Cassiar, BC

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              2000.1.1.3.19.131 · Item · [ca. 1980]
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts machinery in snowy area of mine. Euclid ore haulage truck in foreground, cassiar pickup truck visible in lower area in midground. Blasthole drill in front of track shovel in left background, Wabco ore haulage truck visible behind other machinery in right background.

              2000.1.1.3.19.129 · Item · [ca. 1980]
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts mine area. Switchback road and higher benches in background. Blasthole drills, track shovels, and ore haulage trucks can be seen on level in foreground and higher bench in background. Mountains visible in distance. Benches in background speculated to be located on the mine's West Peak.

              2000.1.1.3.19.132 · Item · [ca. 1980]
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts part of the vacuum dust control and removal system in the Cassiar mill building. Unidentified man can be seen at rotary air-lock, in which heavy blown dust would collect before dropping to plenum conveyor resting just above floor. From here, the dust would eventually be expelled at the tailings pile outside of the mill. Second unidentified man can be seen climbing steps in background. This section of the mill was located above the lab.

              2000.1.1.3.18.012 · Item · June 1987
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts yellow conveyor belt in foreground over gravel pit, dump truck behind in midground. Mountains visible in background. Photo speculated to have been taken at the plant or near the Cassiar airstrip. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "JUN. 1987".

              2000.1.1.3.14.01 · Item · 1952
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts two pick hammers laid in asbestos fibre. Annotations on note glued to recto of photograph: "ASBESTOS"; "Detail view of asbestos talus. Early test pit near top of showing. Western slope." Areas of image have been labeled "A" and "B". Photo caption under printed copy of image in 1952 Annual Report: "A - Asbestos fibre partially opened by frost action. B - Serpentine rock originally containing the asbestos fibre."

              2000.1.1.3.18.003 · Item · September 1954
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts large dry rock storage building in foreground on left, mill in background, dryer building in right midground. Miscellaneous supplies in far right foreground, mountains visible in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Sept 1954". This photograph was originally stored inside duotang labeled "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED PHOTOGRAPHS 1954"; photo caption beneath this image: "40,000 Ton Dry Storage Building / Mill / Dryer Building".

              2000.1.1.3.18.004 · Item · September 1954
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts large dry rock storage building in foreground on right, mill on left behind tailings pile, and dryer building in centre behind conveyor belt connecting mill to dry rock storage. A cloud can be seen rising from plantsite. Trees and Troutline Creek cross foreground, mine valley and mountains visible in background. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "ANSCO PRINTON Munshaw Colour Service Ltd. MAR 10 1955".

              Dump Truck at Tailings Pile
              2000.1.1.3.18.001 · Item · 1953
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts red truck dumping waste at what is believed to be the tailings pile at the Cassiar plant. Small building and unidentified individual in bottom left foreground, valley and mountains in background. Photo caption next to printed copy of image in 1953 Annual Report: "Stockpile of 80,000 tons of Ore at Mill."

              2000.1.1.3.13.13 · Item · 1959
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts the North peak of McDame mountain in the earlier stages of strip mining, South peak unmined in background. Quonset and other shops visible in left foreground, unknown building built into mountainside in right foreground.

              2000.1.1.3.14 · File · 1952 - 1954
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              File contains portraits and sample photographs of exposed asbestos fibre: in veins of rock outcrops, and loose in talus on McDame Mountain (location of Cassiar mine). Some photographs were printed in Cassiar's Annual Reports, with labels and descriptions.

              General Operations Albums
              2000.1.1.3.19 · File · 1961 - [ca.1985]
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              File includes six aggregations of photographs which have been assembled in this file in order to maintain the integrity of each group by keeping the photos arranged together, though each group features operations pertaining to multiple files in this subseries. Includes groups featuring photos from 1961, 1965 1971, a helicopter trip, a community album, and a workplace album. Photographs depict images pertaining to the following operations at Cassiar, B.C.: mining, milling, maintenance, labratory tests, and tramline and town operations. Images featuring operations of the company town include the grocery store, bank, churches, school, library, lounge, pool, theater, community center, outdoor recreation, hospital, dentist, cafeteria, bus route, residences, air strip, firehall, laundromat, park, police, and newspaper.

              Gravel Pit
              2000.1.1.3.18.013 · Item · June 1987
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts close up view of gravel pit, ruler displayed for scale. Photograph speculated to have been taken at the plant or near the Cassiar airstrip. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "JUN. 1987".

              2000.1.1.3.19.101 · Item · [ca. 1975]
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts the West Peak of the Cassiar mine on McDame Mountain. Pit area visible between West Peak and road in foreground. Mine valley and north mountain range in background. Photo speculated to have been taken from a point on or near the South or North Peak.

              2000.1.1.3.15.24 · Item · 1961
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts ore haul truck at dump in mine, mountain range in background. Photo also features driver and a second unidentified man standing in front of truck. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Int. Harvester Payhauler Model 95 dumping stripping waste at 6565 Elevation", on verso: "1961".

              2000.1.1.3.15.25 · Item · 1961
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts ore haul truck at dump in mine, driver visible, mountain range in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Kenworth - Model 802 dumping stripping waste at 6565 Elevation", on verso: "1961".

              Landslides
              2000.1.1.3.06 · File · 1979 - 1989
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              File contains images depicting various landslides near Cassiar BC. Set of 20 photographs (with 9 corresponding negative strips) date stamped June 1987 depict landslide near creek and dirt road with a Cassiar company truck. Set of 5 black and white photographs found in envelope marked "D. Stewart" are likely from 1988-1989 and depict a rockslide on the south western side of the pit mine, near the tramline. Album entitled “6200 DUMP SLIDE / SPRING, 1979” contains 34 photographs depicting aerial shots of a massive rockslide on the eastern slope of McDame Mountain, originating from the mine waste dump. Several images from album show greenish water pooling in the toe of the slide.

              Lunchroom Damaged by Boulder
              2000.1.1.2.2.24 · Item · 1963
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Lunchroom Damaged by Boulder". Large boulder stands to right of small building, walls of right corner partially destroyed. Lumber, upturned saw horse, and various other material lie on ground. Dirt road in foreground, mountainside in background.

              2000.1.1.2.1.312 · Item · [1951?]
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              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.

              2000.1.1.2.1.221 · Item · 7 June 1952
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts 8 men working on top of unknown wooden structure, dog in foreground, mountain base in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "1. Erecting 12"x12"s for mill walls. Looking west. Note boulders in foreground ready to be blasted to clear area."

              2000.1.1.2.1.228 · Item · 7 June 1952
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts mountain side, semi-covered in snow. Snowbank in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "8. Shows snow conditions in gully just north of talus deposit on south slope. Note considerable snow still above road. Estimated depth of snow here to be from 10 to 20 feet [see also item 2000.1.1.2.229]."

              2000.1.1.2.1.180 · Item · 2 July 1952
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts snowy mountaintop, wooden shelter and truck in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 2nd, 1952. 1. Picture taken from campsite showing snow on talus."

              2000.1.1.2.1.259 · Item · April 1952
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Photograph depicts high snow bank on right, side of tractor plow on left. Mountainside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "3. Plowing snow on road to mine. This location is just past the Upper Camp. Our TD-14 tractor to left."

              2000.1.1.2.1.308 · Item · March 1952
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              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."

              2000.1.1.2.1.311 · Item · [1951?]
              Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

              Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #2: Looking N across talus slide of asbestos fibre and serpentine fragments." Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph in blue ink describing sections of photograph which have been pointed to or outlined: "Talus of asbestos fibre & serpentine fragments -->" "Photo #1 -->" "Approx upper contact of serpentine -->".