File 2000.1.1.1.11 - Diamond core drilling

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Diamond core drilling

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2000.1.1.1.11

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  • 1971- 1977 (Creation)

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472 slides : col. ; 7 x 7 cm. - 733 slides : col. ; 5 x 5 cm

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(3 April 1952 - 15 March 1993)

Scope and content

Six metal storage cases containing primarily slides depicting drill core sections in wooden storage trays. Cases contain inventories of slide images as well as annotations which document the year, drill hole number, and the length along the drill hole from which core sections are taken. In addition to the documentation of drill core sections, the cases contain slides depicting the following subjects: “Representative samples” of drill core fragments, drill core fragments in perspective, “physical characteristics” of the drill cores and the storage trays, the pit mine, a worker in a plaid shirt, close up shots of the geology of the working face, and images annotated “SHOTS OF JADE BOULDER CORE J5-J1”. Five slides originally filed separately and stamp dated “Jul. ‘73” depict what is speculated to be employees working on the diamond drilling project include 2 images annotated ‘R. Dickin Aug ‘72’, ‘I. Oliver Aug ‘73’, ‘S. Zimmer Aug ‘73’, and ‘core shack ’73’. The cases contain 234 7x7cm slides and at least 8 5x5 cm slides which are duplicates of the remaining images. The file also contains a slide strip containing several 7x7 cm slide images.

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Original order has been maintained.

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      Access may be restricted, please consult Archivist for more information.

      Terms governing use, reproduction, and 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.

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      Associated materials

      Item is part of the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds. Drill program map and plan may exist, which would contain the strike of each drill hole. Contact archivist and inquire.

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      Original accession no.: 2000.1.1195.001 to 005 [this photograph came from box 1195].

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