Photograph depicts extreme close up of colour-coded machinery modeled inside large square model of the new mill building that was built at the Cassiar plant site in 1970.
File contains photographs documenting the construction of Cassiar's new mill building. Photos depict early excavation, foundations, framework, construction of all seven stories, sheeting, siding, and roof tarring. Also included are photos depicting the large model of the mill, as well as construction work done on the tramline. Photos taken inside the mill depict flooring work, and milling machinery including feed chutes, screens, fans, wheelabrators, control panels, electrical panels, conveyor systems, vacuum systems, and the fan-driven air system that transported the fiber. Many photos depict construction workers, building supplies, worksites, and equipment including cranes, bulldozers, tractors, hauling trucks and trailer flatbeds. Some photos depict aerial views from the new mill and feature the plantsite, tramline, mine road, mountains, and valley.
Photographs depict construction of the new mill, each taken from approximately the same distance and featuring two different angles of the building. Construction work progresses from framework to sheeting and siding. Vehicles, piles of building supplies, and a construction trailer are often in foreground, mountains in background. It is believed that these photographs were taken during a labour dispute. Each photo has been annotated on recto with the date and time of day, and some document the number of workers on site. Annotations include: "2 days work", "work gets less & less", "not much for 4 men", "very little done - less than usual low performance", "0° - 20° weather must have thickened their blood".
Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.
Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd opened a second mine in 1967 at what became the one-industry town of Clinton Creek, Y.T. File contains photographs depicting progressive construction of buildings at the Clinton Creek mine, plant, townsite and powerhouse. Mine photos depict the crusher site and tramline station. Plant photos depict the dryer, fibre storage, mill, service, vault, and office buildings, as well as the dry rock storage tunnel, reclaim tunnel, and loading dock. Construction living quarters are depicted as well as the construction of residences at the townsite. The power house was built south of the town and plant, on the shore of the 40 Mile River. Some annotations describe the type of material being used for construction.
Images contain technical engineering drawings from the Asbestos Mining Corp. Drawings are primarily of plant buildings and mining and milling equipment, but also include drafts of town site and utilities, (extensive images of water and sewer pipes and septic systems). Microfiche slides are 4.6cm x 3.5cm mounted on 8.3 x 18.2 cm paper cards with systematic puncture marks, presumed to be an antiquated form of computer memory. Slides are numbered ranging from 1001 to 1549 and a drawing number ranging from 1006 to 8008, generally in the format “2017/02/02”. Microfiche are dated 1950- 1976, several are dated “OLD”, and several are undated. All microfilm reels are annotated “CASSIAR ENGINEERING DRAWINGS”.
Photograph depicts crane in Cassiar plant site, steel framework for dry rock storage building in background.
Photograph depicts top of framed building, mountain in background.
Photograph depicts foundation of building in Cassiar plant site. Dump truck on left, steel framed building on right, crane in background.
Photograph depicts corner of steel framed roof of building in Cassiar plant site, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts crane in Cassiar plant site, steel framework for dry rock storage building in background.
Photograph depicts steel materials for framework of dry rock storage building, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts numerous illegible sign posts on dirt road.
Photograph depicts valley and mountain range, speculated to be the Cassiar valley.
Photograph depicts crushed vehicle in wooded area.
Photograph depicts dump truck on hill believed to be in mine area, unknown structure on left.
Photograph depicts crushed vehicle in wooded area, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts wooden building believed to be bunkhouse in wooded area.
Photograph depicts river in wooded area, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts tarp-covered truck, two men on right, mountains in background.
Photograph depicts power poles along dirt road, truck in distance, trees on either side. Building on right of road speculated to be bunkhouse. Mountain slope in background.
Photograph depicts ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain, man walking uphill, mine valley in background.
Photograph depicts bridge crossing river, trees in background.
Photograph depicts a tarp-covered truck, man climbing on front. Dump truck and mountain in background.
Photograph depicts a man in long coat and hat on bridge over water, trees in background. Believed to be same bridge shown in item 2000.1.1.2.17.
Photograph depicts a man with ladder working on wooden building in trees.
Photograph depicts numerous wooden buildings under construction in wooded area, buildings speculated to be bunkhouses. Man and truck in foreground, mountain slope in background.
Photograph depicts rock outcrop on mountainside, two trees in background.
Photograph depicts minerals in ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain. View facing down mountain, mine valley in background.
Photograph depicts ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain, view facing up mountain.
Photograph depicts four unknown animals in distance on mountain slope, valley in background.
Photograph depicts minerals in ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain, view facing up mountain.
Photograph depicts four large trucks hauling miscellaneous material on road. Mountain in background, believed to be Cassiar area.
Photograph depicts side of building in Cassiar plant site, foreground shows what is believed to be mining operations equipment.
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.
Photographs depict electrical room.
Photographs depict electrical room.
Photograph depicts tanker truck overturned in snow, trees in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "March 29th: 1. Jack Ward's tanker over the bank at Centreville."
Photograph depicts bridge in snow landscape, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "March 29th: 2. Timber bridge at the Blue River."
Photograph depicts bridge in snow landscape, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "March 29th: 3. Timber bridge at the Blue River."
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 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."
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 pile of pan-abode materials in snow covered area. Bunkhouses, trees and mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 7. Street in front of bunkhouses showing stockpiles of Pan-abode building materials. Looking south."
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 building foundation, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 9. Laundry foundations completed and strating on floor."
Photograph depicts snow-cleared dirt area, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 10. Site for townsite well cleared and started excavating."
Photograph depicts digging area in front of large building. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 12. Excavation for Symons crusher foundation."