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2000.1.1.3.14.02 · Item · 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts a pick hammer hanging from outcrop. Annotations on note glued to recto of photograph: "ASBESTOS"; "Outcrop of fibre bearing serpentine about centre of deposit and vertically over 300 adit on western slope." Areas of image have been labeled "A" and "B". Photo caption under printed copy of image in 1952 Annual Report: "A - indicates asbestos talus. B - indicates asbestos veinlets."

2007.1.30.2.020 · Item · [30 June 1966]
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Caption describing photograph: "Outline of Black Spruce showing dense crown form, high occurrence of multiple tops, long columnar crown with drooping branch form. Trees range between 55-70' and 10-14" DBH. Imperfectly drained clay - E.S. site. Note W Spruce vol removed by logging. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

Packing horses
2014.10.1.010 · Item · 1907
Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

Photograph depicts a group of horses in process of being loaded with packs. Four or more men attend. There is a canvas tent, open fire and more people in the background.

Pile trestle
2004.8.1.72 · Item · 9 June 1939
Part of Alexander Manson mining collection

Photograph depicts a wooden pile trestle that leads through a wooded landscape. Annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Pile tressle upper end. Sec.#1. Bents 12" centers - 3 only 12" piled driven to refusal; caps 10" x 12" "

Pit & Crushing Plant
2000.1.1.3.13.60 · Item · [ca. 1975]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

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.