Photograph depicts Darren DeCecco wearing coveralls and hard hat while sitting on a Pacific truck. (Pacifics were used to supply water to mine, remove snow, and supplement ore haul by tramline).
Photograph depicts unidentified man standing in change house located at the new Mine Dry building. This change house utilized baskets which could be lowered under hinged covers, while the previous change house used baskets which could be raised by chains.
Photograph depicts unidentified man operating forklift on right. Pallets of asbestos fibre sit on trailer in background. Two men with clipboard stand in left foreground (David Pewsey on left, Chris Tates on right, see also item 2000.1.1.3.19.212).
Photograph depicts group of seven men in the Engineering/Survey building (former location of old mine dry). Photo believed to have been taken during the weekly meeting in which strategies were discussed for open pit operations (blasting, haulroad, ore and waste zones). Left to right: Danny Demitri, Roger Borsato, Tim Carew, Don Loverin (behind), Tim Williams (seated), Paul Clarke, Paul McRae.
Photograph depicts group of six men in upper meeting room of Engineering/Survey building (former location of old mine dry). Left to right: Tim Carew, Stefan Dyk, Mike Pennock, Paul Clarke, John Oughtred, [unknown].
Photograph depicts kitchen area, serving counter in foreground. Supplies and equipment visible throughout.
Photograph depicts unidentified man seated at one of many dining tables lining large room. Windows visible in background.
Photograph depicts large building behind power lines, car in right foreground.
Photograph depicts woman in right foreground with shopping cart, selecting an item from shelf. Unidentified men, women and child can be seen in background. Store appears to be stocked with groceries and general supplies. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "RIGHT MARG MCKENZIE".
Photograph depicts large trailer truck parked at what is believed to be the loading station on the Cassiar plant (possibly in mill building).
File contains photographs depicting individuals at Cassiar on strike in the winter time, marching down roads, holding picket signs, carrying small children who hold signs, and driving cars covered with strike slogans. Many of the signs read "U.S.W.A. LOCAL 6536" (United Steel Workers of America).
- Two photographs depict a man with a video recorder. Some photos feature plant buildings, two were taken at night. One photograph depicts a note that reads: "THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON SHIFT THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5th 1970."
- Many photos depict areas in the mine showing snow impacts, fissures in the mountain, asbestos evidence and other environmental activity. The picket signs contain protests regarding contracts, safety, environment, and ethics.
- Handwritten annotation on original envelope containing photographs: "Pictures 1970 Strike."
- Integrated into file are fourteen photos from file marked "Mr. B. Pewsey" that depict an area where a large rock fell, measuring tape, and protest sign.
Photograph depicts a worker holding "On Strike for a Decent Contract" sign during the 1970 U.S.W.A. Local 6536 strike at Cassiar.
Photograph depicts William (Bill) Storie at location known as Limestone Mountain, southwest of Cassiar, B.C. Photo features profile of Bill, hands in pocket, Cassiar valley and mountains in background. Storie was a renowned prospector in the Cassiar area, and the new school at Cassiar was named for him in 1992.
Photograph depicts unidentified individual and cars on street in foreground, snow banks, trees, and power poles on either side. Buildings can be seen on far right, mountains visible in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "townsite Looking East".
File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.
Typed annotation on caption below photograph: "General Superintendent A.C. Beguin receiving 1965 Safety Award for Open Pits and Quarries in British Columbia from Mr. R.B. Bonar, Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Resources." Photograph depicts A.C. Beguin shaking hands with Mr. Bonar as he accepts a large plaque. Counter bar and curtains in background.
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 group of eleven men standing in line in the Cassiar valley. Left to right: Jack Christian, Charles Rainforth Elliot, John Drybrough, John E. Kennedy, Fred Martin Connell, W. Harold Connell, Ken A. Creery, George Washington Smith, Tam Zimmermann, [Fred Murray]?, Nick Gritzuk. Power lines and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors. Photograph was originally framed with note "Summer 1961" written on cardboard backing.
Photograph depicts group of eight men standing on lawn in front of building known as "House 130" or "Director's Lodge". Left to right: Nick Gritzuk, Charles Rainforth Elliot, Jack Christian, W. Harold Connell, Plato Malezemoff (from Newmont Mining), Tam Zimmermann, Ken A. Creery, Fred Martin Connell. Elliot appears to be comparing height with Gritzuk. Trees and mountains in background. Most men featured in photo are believed to be members of Cassiar's Board of Directors.
Photograph depicts three men fishing from shore. Water and trees in background. Left to right: Jack Christian, Plato Malezemoff, Tam Zimmermann.
View of snow capped mountains in the distance, trees and river in mid ground. A Jeep type vehicle is on a bridge in the mid ground with river and sandbar in the foreground. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar Road. Cottonwood River crossing”
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing by the grill at a pancake breakfast held in the Cassiar curling rink. Photograph was taken as part of Campagnolo's Skeena Riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with two unknown women in the Cassiar lounge. Photograph was taken during Campagnolo's Skeena Riding tour
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with an unknown man and standing in front of a totem pole picture in the Cassiar lounge. Photograph was taken during Campagnolo's Skeena Riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo posing with Cassiar High School graduates Ann Marie Santos, Estelle Berube, and Bernd Guderjahn in the school library. photograph was taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking at a podium for the Cassiar High School graduation while the school principal sits nearby. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo holding flowers while speaking to a female reporter with a microphone, possibly Cary Anne Conder (Bucar) dressed as Princess Leia, at the grand opening of the Cassiar theatre where Star Wars was shown.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Barb Riordan, Garry Periard, and either Debra Wolfe or Deborah Hawkey at the grand opening of the Cassiar theatre.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Brian Pewsey, General Manager of the Cassiar operation, in front of a Trans North Plane in Cassiar
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Brian Pewsey, General Manager of the Cassiar operation, in front of a Trans North Plane in Cassiar
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo’s visit to Cassiar YCW project and visit to Telegraph Creek with Ross Knowles, Gabriel Szczurek, Glenn Billingsley, and Peter Jones.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with three unidentified teenage girls in the Cassiar Centennial Arena. Campagnolo is wearing a Tahltan coat made in Good Hope lake. Likely taken in January or February 1978, around the 1978 Northern BC Winter Games in Prince George.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing on stage and talking into a microphone at the Cassiar Centennial Arena. She is wearing a Tahltan coat made in Good Hope lake and standing in front of a group of unidentified people, all wearing pins from the Northern BC winter games. Likely taken in January or February 1978, around the 1978 Northern BC Winter Games in Prince George.
Six metal storage cases containing primarily slides depicting drill core sections in wooden storage trays. Cases contain inventories of slide images as well as annotations which document the year, drill hole number, and the length along the drill hole from which core sections are taken. In addition to the documentation of drill core sections, the cases contain slides depicting the following subjects: “Representative samples” of drill core fragments, drill core fragments in perspective, “physical characteristics” of the drill cores and the storage trays, the pit mine, a worker in a plaid shirt, close up shots of the geology of the working face, and images annotated “SHOTS OF JADE BOULDER CORE J5-J1”. Five slides originally filed separately and stamp dated “Jul. ‘73” depict what is speculated to be employees working on the diamond drilling project include 2 images annotated ‘R. Dickin Aug ‘72’, ‘I. Oliver Aug ‘73’, ‘S. Zimmer Aug ‘73’, and ‘core shack ’73’. The cases contain 234 7x7cm slides and at least 8 5x5 cm slides which are duplicates of the remaining images. The file also contains a slide strip containing several 7x7 cm slide images.
The file contains eight photographs depicting close up images of three rock samples, some photographed with a ruler for scale. One of the rock samples is speculated to be obsidian and the other two are likely serpentine. The images where originally found in an envelope titled "ROCKS" and are likely dated around 1991.
Included in this file are an five photographs of rocks on a shelf, which may be asbestos sample rocks. There are five accompanying negatives to these photographs and are likely dated around 1977. The photographs and negatives were found in an envelope labelled "Negatives - CIMM Photos."
Additionally two negative strips of geology maps of Canada. These negatives were found in an envelope labelled "Negatives - CIMM Papers, Mining, Planning, Geology."
One man can be seen on crusher building framework, unidentified equipment and long metal rods in foreground. Power lines, a large tank, and other small buildings are semi-visible on a level in the mountainside just above the crusher building. Sky can be seen in background.
Photograph depicts a round bucket attached to the main hook line of a crane and suspended over building framework in crusher construction site (crane not visible in image). Men stand around the bucket on high level of crusher building. A dirt road and long building believed to be housing conveyor "B" can be seen in background.
Men can be seen working on site. Crusher building in midground, chutes can be seen crossing the different levels of foundation. Lumber is leaning against excavated dirt wall in foreground, as well as a ladder which reaches up to the base level. Large tank can be seen in top level above building construction. Mountaintop and sky in background.
Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Completed Foundations for Crusher, with forms being stripped." Men can be seen working on site. Switchback road, power lines and tramline towers are believed to be in valley in background.
Photograph depicts two construction workers in far right sitting on edge above of excavation area, and two construction workers behind them standing at a higher level with construction of lumber walls behind them. The boom and stick of the "Northwest" excavator are semi-visible on left.
Switchback road, power lines and tramline towers are believed to be visible in the background valley. Construction of a long structure near the edge of the excavation area can be seen in midground; this is speculated to be the section of the crusher building which housed conveyor "B".
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "View of Pinion & three sections of Crusher". Red rectangular equipment stands enclosed in wood frame, which is also enclosed in the much larger steel frame of the crusher building. Traveler crane on right.
Handwritten caption above this photo reads: "Moving the sides of Bin into place. Weight nine tons" (see also item 2000.1.1.2.365). The bin side is not in view, but cable lines of crane can be seen lowering bin into building. Steel framework and sheeting in background, snow in foreground.
Photograph depicts the large 9 ton side of a bin for the crusher building. It is suspended by a crane which stands behind it, mostly out of picture. Pile of steel beams for framework in foreground, mountainside in background. See also item 2000.1.1.2.365.
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Conveyor 'B'." Conveyor sits on tall steel framework and encased in steel sheeting, elevated over gravel area and small bulldozer. Unidentified buildings in midground, snowy valley in background.
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.
Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "WEST WALL FOOTING AUG 8/64." Photograph depicts a construction worker standing on rebar in forms built for cement footings. A front end loader and backhoe tractor can be seen on wood platform above footings. Mountainside in background.
Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "FURNACE PAD AUG 25/64." Photograph depicts construction worker standing on elevated wood platform. Three other men can be seen working in construction area. This location is believed to be under the conveyor to crusher building, retaining wall in midground.
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 set on a platform in snowy area. Machinery modeled inside the structure is colour-coded. Mountain in background.
Subseries consists of photographic material pertaining to the following subject areas: mine operations; plant operations;labour strike 1970s images; townsite operations of the company towns of Cassiar and Clinton Creek (including community activities associated therein and townsite development); as well as, images of mines not owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, but which are believed to have been used for operational research purposes.