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This box contains unprocessed files from the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

This box contains unprocessed files from the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

This box contains unprocessed files from the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

This box contains unprocessed files from the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

This box contains unprocessed files from the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

This box contains unprocessed files from the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

This box contains unprocessed files from the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation.

File contains photographs featuring members of the Board of Directors of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., which was formed on the 17th of May, 1951. Cassiar's forerunner was a company named Conwest, formed in 1534, a consolidation of two companies owned by Fred Martin Connell and his brother W. Harold Connell. The first board of directors included the Connell brothers, George Armstrong, John E. Kennedy, Charles & Arthur Mortimer, and Charles Rainforth Elliot (chartered accountant and secretary-treasurer of Conwest & Cassiar). Directors depicted in this file include F.M Connell, Harold Connell, Charles Elliot, John E. Kennedy, George Armstrong, Ken A. Creery, John Drybrough, Tam Zimmermann, George Washington Smith (president of Bell Asbestos Mines), Nick Gritzuk, Jack Christian (general manager, president, and CEO). Other individuals depicted include Fred Murry, Andre Beguin, Plato Malozemoff from Newmont Mining (co-founder of Cassiar with F.M. Connell), Alfred Lloyd Penhale (founder and CEO of Asbestos Corporation of Canada Ltd.), C.B. Brown, Pierre Marcotte, Francis Parker Smith (brother of George Smith), Bill Oughtred, Bill Johnson, and a Mr. Janitsch. File also includes a portrait of an unidentified director of Cassiar from Turner and Newall in England, taken at the corporate club in Toronto. Group portraits were taken at the Cassiar Valley, the office building, "House 130," fishing outings, and at formal events in unidentified locations.

Photograph depicts two blasthole drills on bench in mine, old garage visible in centre background. Snow-covered mountain range in background.

Four construction workers stand to left of blasthole drill number "604" among many empty cardboard boxes. Mountain range can be seen in background.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: summary, blueprint.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: summary, blueprint.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: blueprint. Notes: 2 copies.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: blueprint. Notes: 2 copies.

File contents relate to: Accounting / Payroll. Document type(s) include: balance sheets.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: newspaper articles. Notes: File# 203-03-01.

File contents relate to: Engineering, Asbestos. Document type(s) include: notes. Notes: includes drawings, File# 203-02-01.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: newspaper articles. Notes: File#203-01-01.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: drawings. Notes: File#203-01-05.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: blueprints. Notes: File # 203-01-04.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: proposal. Notes: Includes blueprints, File#203-01-02.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: blueprint. Notes: File# 203-01-03.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: blueprint.

Photograph of Cassiar's Chief Geologist Bill Plumb who led many exhibitions for the purposes of Cassiar's outside exploration endeavors. Various photos in this collection depict Bill on some of these exhibitions.

File contents relate to: Accounting / Payroll. Document type(s) include: carbon copy.

Photographic slides of map of Canada depicting different geology and geography interests such as: mines and reserves, physiographic regions, soil regions, permafrost limits, underdeveloped hydro potential and development corridor.

Photograph depicts benches after strip mining at Cassiar. Drill visible in distance, ore haul trucks on road in foreground.

Photograph depicts benches above open pit at Cassiar mine. Drills and haulpaks visible in centre image.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: summary, blueprint.

File contents relate to: Accounting / Payroll, Cassiar Mine - operation and administration. Document type(s) include: letters.

File contents relate to: Mine Maintenance Issues. Document type(s) include: report. Notes: budget for project.

Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Elaborate barricades required due to amount of loose rock falling continuously". Three men work in area confined by barricades made of vertical metal rods and horizontal wood planks. Miscellaneous building material and supplies cover the ground. Rock pile in foreground on right.

Three men work in area confined by barricades made of vertical metal rods and horizontal wood planks (see item 2000.1.1.2.352). Two ladders in foreground, (one being used by construction worker). Lumber and semi-finished walls can be seen at higher level of elevation in background.

File contents relate to: Accounting / Payroll. Document type(s) include: balance sheets.

File contents relate to: Accounting / Payroll. Document type(s) include: employee, grievance file, correspondence.

File contents relate to: Engineering, Asbestos. Document type(s) include: blueprints. Notes: File# 201-04-01.

Photograph of bagging rams inside Nordenham Finishing Mill in Germany. Part of trip report.

File contains photographs annotated Nordenham, presumably indicating that these images were taken in the Asbestos Corporation's plant in Nordenham Germany. The images depict bagging machinery in the mill, including a palletizer, automatic sewing machine, packer, shrinkwrap machine, glue applicator and cement bags. Some of the images include detailed annotations.

File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: drawings. Notes: File# 201-05-01.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man engaged in the bagging process at Nordenham Finishing Mill in Germany. Part of trip report.