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Photograph depicts ore truck being loaded at chute, road in foreground, man on right. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 5th: 8. Loading truck from chute on top of mountain."

Photograph depicts four large trucks hauling miscellaneous material on road. Mountain in background, believed to be Cassiar area.

Photograph depicts unknown structure propped against side of dirt hill and believed to be in plant site. Structure speculated to be a chute or conveyor belt. Trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts equipment believed to be in the concentrator, dryer, or mill building. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "Close-up of vacuum hood which sucks fibre away from the rock."

Photograph depicts valley and mountain range, speculated to be the Cassiar valley.

Photograph depicts crushed vehicle in wooded area, mountains in background.

Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "Warehouse in construction." Photograph depicts two men working in warehouse interior, and one man sitting on top of wall with sledge hammer raised. Miscellaneous building tools and supplies throughout.

Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "Foreground warehouse under construction and in the background lays asbestos." Photograph depicts two men walking towards warehouse building. Walls are erected though roof is not. Steel drums and equipment under tarp shelter in foreground, trees and mountaintops in background.

Photograph depicts dirt area. Shrubs, snow-covered area, and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "6. Wash-out and rock slide in second gully containing snow."

Photograph depicts dirt in washout on mountainside. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "5. Wash-out past 3rd switchback."

Photograph depicts washed-out areas on mountainside. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "3. Wash-out above road just past 1st switchback. There was no indication of any water running here before."

Photograph depicts pipes laid in ground on wood structure, power house and men on scaffold in background. Building materials on left in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "August 20th: 7. Installing water pipes from water tank to Power House. Oil tanks on left. Looking southeast."

Photograph depicts tower, small building in base. Vehicle on left, trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "July 26th: (6) Water tank & tower."

Photograph depicts water tower. Piles of building material in foreground, trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 17th, 1952: 12. Water tower nearly completed. Piping job underway. Looking northwest."

Photograph depicts body of water in mountain valley, trees surrounding.

Photograph depicts a mill with scaffolding on the left side of the building. A second scaffolding structure is in the foreground with trees and mountains in background. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photographs: "View of mill building looking west."

Photograph depicts four unknown animals in distance on mountain slope, valley in background.

Photograph depicts two men in plant site, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 3rd, 1952. 3. Quonset warehouse in background. Temporary set-up for circular saw in foreground."

Photograph depicts man believed to be Matt Bell at recently excavated wall of serpentinite with cross fracturing filled with asbestos fibre. Photograph speculated to have been taken at Clinton Creek, Y.T.

Photograph depicts McDame Creek road, snow-covered and taken from center of road, 1.5 miles from the early construction camp at Cassiar. Trees and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts McDame Mountain from view of the early construction campsite at Cassiar. Trees in foreground.

Photograph depicts two men working with air track drill in mine area. Hose and dynamite box in foreground, mountains 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: "Starting New Bench at South end of Deposit."

Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine. North and South peak featured in background, and West peak in left foreground. Pit is being developed between South peak and West peak. Old mine garage is visible in lower centre of image, and crushing plant in right foreground. Mountain range in distance.

Photograph depicts chute from distance. Annotation on verso of photograph: "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORP. LTD. MINE AND ORE CHUTE ON McDAMES MOUNTAIN".

Photograph depicts buildings near West Peak of Cassiar mine. Haul trucks parked near old mine garage in background, new mine garage and unknown buildings in foreground. Mine valley crosses midground, expansive western mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts the mine road in valley below bulldozer parked on edge of mountain. Cassiar plant and town visible in distance, south mountains behind them in background. Photo also depicts what appears to be a cloud rising from the tailings pile in plantsite.

Photograph depicts view of mine road in valley, from mountain above. Plant, tailings pile, and town visible in distance. South mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961", on recto: Townsite and Plantsite from mine."

Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine, switchback road in foreground, mountain range in background. Pit is visible behind the West peak. The new mine garage can be seen on West peak just above "#7 switchback" in centre of image.

Photograph depicts large square model of the new mill building that was built at the Cassiar plant site in 1970. Model is displayed on green material laid on floor against wall in unidentified room. Machinery modeled inside the structure is colour-coded.

Photograph depicts large square model of the new mill building that was built at the Cassiar plant site in 1970. Model is displayed outdoors on a platform that stands on four saw horses. Machinery modeled inside the structure is colour-coded. Plant buildings and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts snow-covered mountain north of townsite, partially covered in shadow. Photo taken with sun at highest point in the sky. Plant site clearing in foreground, trees behind clearing.

Photograph depicts snow-covered mountain north of townsite, partially covered in shadow. Photo taken from north road in plant site, snow-covered road in foreground, trees behind road.

Photograph depicts a valley in the Kutcho Creek area with an exploration camp in the distance at the foot of a hill. The camp was set up by a crew led by Cassiar's Chief Geologist Bill Plumb.

Photograph depicts the North peak of McDame mountain after extensive strip mining, South peak unmined in background. Old mine garage visible on right of West peak in foreground. Crusher plant partially visible on far right. Photograph believed to have been taken just prior to the development of the pit mine between the North and West peak.

Photograph depicts tramline in a strip cleared of trees on McDame Mountain, bucket in foreground. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "#2 SECTION LOOKING NORTH". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

Photograph depicts tramline in a strip cleared of trees on McDame Mountain, bucket in foreground. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "1961 - 62".

Photograph depicts group of 12 men standing on steps at back of main office. Front row: Jack Berry, Mickey Dopson, Andre Beguin, Fred Murray. 2nd row: Dick Stevens, Rene Pasiaud. Third row: Craigie Hood, Alex Powell. Back row: Dr. Charles Cobb MD, Peter Davies, Chuck Caron (holding paper), Bill Johnston. Berry and Dopson are wearing hard hats. Windows and doors of office building in background. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "Munshaw Colour Service Ltd. OCT 24 1958".

Photograph depicts a portion of the pit in foreground at the Cassiar mine. Crushing plant visible in centre below base of West peak. Footwall road in midground, mine valley in background. Building near trucks at top of pit was called the "shifter shack," where crews were relieved or dropped off for work.

Photograph depicts a portion of the Cassiar pit in right foreground. Crushing plant visible to left of pit, West peak visible in right background. Mountain range can be seen in distance.

Photograph depicts large square model of the new mill building that was built at the Cassiar plant site in 1970. Model is displayed on platform draped with green material. Machinery modeled inside the structure is colour-coded.

Postcard depicts the mine and ore chute on McDame Mountain as part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited.

Postcard depicts a log house called the Christmas Tree House in Cassiar.

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "POURING RIBS JUNE 29/64." Photograph depicts construction workers on large wooden framework structure extending from base of crusher building. Ladders stand parallel to structure against mountainside. The boom of a crane is visible in foreground. Miscellaneous construction equipment and materials throughout.

Photograph depicts a posterboard display entitled "Production of Asbestos."

Photograph depicts a log bridge across Quartz Creek taken from shore. Trees in background on opposite shore, snow capped mountains barely visible behind trees.

Photograph depicts a truck on a newly cleared dirt road in a mountain pass and a wooded area.

Photograph depicts a dirt roadway in wooded area. Snow capped mountains in background.

Photograph depicts a dirt road 6 miles from the Alaska Highway.

Photograph depicts the large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Engine believed to be under repair. Saw horse, machinery, and electric panels in background.

Photograph depicts the large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Engine believed to be under repair. Electric panels in background.