Photograph depicts unknown equipment being hauled on truck trailer in Cassiar plant site, side of building in background.
Photographs depict electrical room.
Photographs depict electrical room.
Photograph depicts two men in mud between dump truck and sunken loader. Snowbank and trees above excavated area in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "4. Eimco loader up on its rear end. No damage resulted. This will happen when mucking on an up grade when bucket in dump position. While loader is in this position a mechanic can be seen taking the opportunity of inspecting and tighting up loose roller bracket bolts."
Photograph depicts dirt road in snow, trees on either side, mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 8. Street running east and west closest to creek. Looking west."
Photograph depicts dump truck on road, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 5th: 9. Truck on mountain road."
Photograph depicts dump truck on hill believed to be in mine area, unknown structure on left.
Photograph depicts asbestos spread flat on sheet supported by logs, two men and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "July 29th: (10) Drying crude asbestos in the sun on steel plates. Steamer in background."
Photograph depicts foundations and framework from interior of building. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken June 28th, 1952: (10) Dryer foundations in mill."
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.
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 power house construction, trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "5. Diesel power house. Wall footings poured. Lumber piles in background."
Photograph depicts man working on foundation site, building materials in foreground, oil tank and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "10. Shows one foundation already poured for the diesel engines, and behind is seen the concrete form for the second."
Photograph depicts 2 men working on building project, rocks and boulders in foreground, mountainside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "6. Making concrete form for first diesel engine, Two men in foreground."
Photograph depicts 8 men and possibly 1 woman working in construction area, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "2. Pouring concrete for second Ruston diesel engine. In foreground is the first diesel foundation stripped of concrete form ready for engine. Looking west."
Photograph depicts 4 men working on building speculated to be foundation for diesel engine. Oil tanks and mountains in background.
Photograph depicts 7 men working on building speculated to be foundation for diesel engine. Oil tanks and mountains in background.
Photograph depicts 2 men working in building project area, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "1. Building concrete forms for diesel engine footings. Oil tanks in background."
Photograph depicts boxed shipment in back of hauling truck, snow pile in foreground. Second truck, building and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 6. Second diesel, 6VEBX, on two trucks on arrival at property."
Photograph depicts asbestos talus. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "12. Face of a cut in the asbestos talus. (Doubt if anything can be seen in black and white photo)."
Photograph depicts loader in dirt on Cassiar plant site, building in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 4. Digging the excavation for the jaw crusher foundations with the Eimco loader."
Photograph depicts digging area in front of large building. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 12. Excavation for Symons crusher foundation."
Photograph depicts crane in Cassiar plant site, steel framework for dry rock storage building in background.
Photograph depicts man in hat and tie, standing on cement and dirt floor in building under construction. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "July 26th: (5) Main floor of mill & Craigie Hood."
Photograph depicts three men in front of tarp-covered truck. Ladder, building, and mountains in background.
Photograph depicts a tarp-covered truck, man climbing on front. Dump truck and mountain in background.
Photograph depicts three men in front of tarp-covered truck. Dog, ladder, building, and mountains in background.
Photograph depicts tarp-covered truck, two men on right, mountains 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 dog and group of men working in cluttered building project, wood planks scattered throughout, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "12. Concrete pier for feed end of drier. Wooden forms stripped. Tool shed in background."
Photograph depicts men working in large building project. Dirt road and wood materials in foreground, trees and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "11. Concrete form for feed end of driers."
Photograph depicts 5 men working on mill construction in foreground. Dump truck, equipment, tool shed, group of men, trees and mountain base in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "10. Pouring concrete for mill walls. Man dumping wheelbarrow in foreground."
Photograph depicts group of men (two with wheelbarrows) working on building project in dirt area, lumber throughout. Trees and mountain base in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "12. Pouring concrete and building forms for mill walls."
Photograph depicts compressor in front of building. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "6. 500 cfm. C.I-R compressor."
Photograph depicts small building in plant site, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken June 28th, 1952: (11) Commissary. Warehouse in background. Looking west. (Truck in background)."
Photographic negative depicts ore gravity chute. Portion of switchback mountain road in foreground, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts log structure supporting chute believed to be part of ore gravity chute. Man under structure, mountain switchback road in foreground.
Photograph depicts two men loading ore into gravity chute on McDame Mountain, view facing into chute. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 5th: 7. Loading chute on crest of mountain."
Photograph depicts structure believed to be section of ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain. Mountain in foreground and background.
Photograph depicts chute on mountain, men in background. Corresponding notes on accompanying photo description page: "August 19th, 1952: 2. Chute to convey the broken rock from adit. This chute required to convey the rock over the talus roads. (Note: The above two pictures were taken in dull weather therefore they may not have turned out.) [referring to this item and 2000.1.1.2.104]".
Photograph depicts plant site, two mountains in background. Power poles, box, and piles of unidentified material in foreground. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Cassiar Hills (Midday in December)".
Photograph depicts mountains, half covered in shadow. Power poles and power house in foreground, piles of unidentified material on right. Speculated corresponding annotation on verso of page stapled to photograph: "Cassiar Hills (Midday in December)".
Photograph depicts man near unfinished cabin in snow, trees and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 2. Bartle's cabin on Aeroplane Lake."
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.
Photograph depicts man in snow-covered area, trees and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 27th: 11. Clearing site for bunkhouses. Picture shows that some trees being left. Looking N.E."
Photograph depicts bunkhouse under construction in wooded area, men barely visible, mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 6. Erecting the walls for # 1 Bunkhouse. Looking east."
Photograph depicts bunkhouse under construction in wooded area, men in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 5. Erecting the walls for # 1 Bunkhouse. Looking east."