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Photograph depicts bucket hanging from tramline in foreground. Support tower stands in midground in front of station building. Another building can be seen at top of mountain in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "INCOMING BUCKET #1 STATION". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

Photograph depicts a car and two dump trucks near a small garage by road in mine. One man stands at garage site among tires and miscellaneous tools. Blasthole drills, shovels, and dump trucks visible in distance. Rocks in foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts men standing near two Atlas Copco Drillmasters (blasthole drills). These are precision hammer drills which had their own power source. Large bags of ammonium nitrate in foreground, mountaintops in background. The men depicted here were likely members of the explosive crew. It is believed that this photo was taken on the North ridge, near the cirque dump. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts tower and bucket tram in left foreground, plantsite in midground, mountains across valley in background. Dry rock storage building, mill, tailings pile, and many other buildings visible in plantsite. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts group of ten men standing and kneeling in front of BE 40R blasthole drill in mine area. For names of individuals, see similar image, item 2000.1.1.3.19.72.

Photograph depicts group of ten men standing and kneeling in unknown location at the Cassiar mine. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "APPROX 1965 / BACK L-R / 1.- / 2. Don Erwin [i.e Irwin] / 3. MAC MAcCLOUD DIED 1979 / 4. JIM MURDOCK MINE SUPER / 5. RUPERT McKENZIE CAPT / 6. DANNY DEMETRI / 7. VIC SARAKOSKI / FRONT. L-R / 1. DON HUDGEON / 2. MIKE CLARK / 3. - [Adrian VanHill Sr.]". Information in above annotation supplemented with insight from individuals who contributed to Northern BC Archives Facebook Photo ID Project, contact archivist for more information in research file pertaining to this photograph.

Photograph depicts crusher plant in centre foreground. Shifter shack and vehicles can be seen in front of pit area. West Peak semi-visible in right midground. Mine valley an northwestern mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts plant buildings below, tailings pile in foreground. Valley and mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "CASSIAR".

Photograph depicts plant buildings in front of tailings pile in midground. Forest, power line, and tramline in foreground; south mountains in background.

Photograph depicts mine area. Switchback road and higher benches in background. Blasthole drills, track shovels, and ore haulage trucks can be seen on level in foreground and higher bench in background. Mountains visible in distance. Benches in background speculated to be located on the mine's West Peak.

Photograph depicts machinery in snowy area of mine. Euclid ore haulage truck in foreground, cassiar pickup truck visible in lower area in midground. Blasthole drill in front of track shovel in left background, Wabco ore haulage truck visible behind other machinery in right background.

Photograph depicts part of the vacuum dust control and removal system in the Cassiar mill building. Unidentified man can be seen at rotary air-lock, in which heavy blown dust would collect before dropping to plenum conveyor resting just above floor. From here, the dust would eventually be expelled at the tailings pile outside of the mill. Second unidentified man can be seen climbing steps in background. This section of the mill was located above the lab.

Photograph depicts Zora Ivanovska in safety gear, vaccuming asbestos dust from "hall screen" in mill (slanted vibrating tables with varying mesh sizes, used to separate different lengths of fibre). Mill General Foreman Tony Pinto is visible on far right, with unidentified man.

Photograph depicts three women wearing white aprons while conducting tests on asbestos fibre in lab area, miscellaneous equipment throughout room.

Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine on McDame Mountain. West peak semi-visible in foreground. Drills and ore haulage trucks visible below in pit and on switchback roads.

Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine on McDame Mountain. Blasthole drills and ore haulage trucks visible below in open pit and on switchback road.

Photograph depicts blasthole drill on left, bulldozer in centre, and shovel loading ore haulage truck in background. Second haul truck is semi-visible on far right. Hose equipment can be seen in foreground.

Photograph depicts a shovel loading what appears to be a Euclid ore haulage truck in excavation area of mine.

Photograph depicts a Euclid ore haulage truck dumping material on pile in left foreground.

Photograph depicts crusher buildings in left foreground, located west of mine on McDame Mountain. Southeast mountain range in background.

Photograph depicts what appears to be a Euclid ore haulage truck at entrance of building speculated to be the truck dumping station at crusher plant in mine.

Photograph depicts ore cars on cables running between tramline towers on left. Road in right foreground, building and McDame mountain in background. Tramline ran through mine valley, between loading station in mine and dump station at mill on plantsite.

Plant buildings stand in midground. Conveyor believed to be leading to tailings pile can be seen in foreground. Valley and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts pallets of fibre bags in shipping area (believed to be in mill building).

Photograph depicts unidentified man operating forklift. Pallets of asbestos fibre sit on trailer in background. Believed to have been taken in shipping area of mill building.

A black and white photographic print of Iona Campagnolo in the Cassiar mill wearing a ‘VISITOR’ hard hat and overalls. Two unidentified workers provide a tour of the mill and show sample of the asbestos fibres.

Item is a photograph of two men swede sawing a log.

Item is a photograph of from left, Ralph Robbins and Jack Paine of the BC Forest Service, Ray Williston, Chief Forester for Canadian Forest Products Tom Wright, Deputy Minister of Forests Finley McKinnon, Canadian Forest Products Vice-President in Charge of Development John Liersch, and BC Chief Forester John Stokes investigating small wood in an area near Prince George.

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston and John Liersch in a small wood area southwest of Prince George.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Caption describing photograph: "Bark habit at mid-bole."

Caption describing photograph: "Small area of transplants on West side of clearing, established Spring 1966. Note thrifty stand of aspend with Spruce understory, typical of stands on this soil type and history of burning."

Caption describing photograph: "Foreground cultivated in readiness for establishment of seed or transplant beds. Backgroun is transplant area est. Spring 1966."

Caption describing photograph: "Condition after hand pulling, piling and burning, and rough clearing. Note roots in soil. Northwest Cor of present clearing."

No caption provided with photograph. Similar photograph has the following caption: "View of transplant and seed bed areas, established Spring 1966. Buildings moved from Forest Service warehouse site on 15 Ave."

Caption describing photograph: "Female flowers of White Spruce. Davie Lake, prior to pollenation. June 16/1968."

Caption describing photograph: "First year female strobilus on Lodgepole Pine."

Caption describing photograph: "Top Pruning of 1 1/2 + 1 1/2 Lodgepole Pine at Red Rock Nursery. Block No. 3. Pruned to 8". Control."