Photograph depicts wood houses behind stand of trees in Cassiar valley. Truck, power poles, and road in foreground, mountains in background. Typed caption below photo in original duotang album: "Two Bedroom Pan-Abode Houses - Cassiar Townsite". Handwritten annotation on verso: "Sept 1954".
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".
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”.
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Erection of steel framework of Building". Red rectangular equipment stands enclosed in wood frame, which is also being enclosed in the much larger steel frame of the crusher building. Men are working on site, and boom of traveler crane can be seen on right. Other buildings at crusher plant are visible at top of mountain in background.
File contains portraits and sample photographs of exposed asbestos fibre: in veins of rock outcrops, and loose in talus on McDame Mountain (location of Cassiar mine). Some photographs were printed in Cassiar's Annual Reports, with labels and descriptions.
Photograph of lab equipment at plantsite. It is believed the equipment depicted was involved in fibre testing.
Photograph collection of early mill construction. Various annotations note retaining ribs, pouring ribs, pouring retaining walls, the west wall, steel work, transformer house, and furnace pad.
Photograph collection of various foothills around Cassiar.
Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "FORMING FOOTING FOR TRANSFORMER HOUSE AUG 20/64." Photograph depicts construction workers standing in forms made of wood and rebar for cement footings. Lumber scattered throughout, mountain range in background.
Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "FORMING FOOTING RETAINING WALL JULY 4/64." Photograph depicts construction workers
standing in forms for cement laid against mountain wall on high elevation of construction site. A retaining structure made with wood planks and rebar separates mountainside dirt from cement forms. A front end loader can be seen in midground, near unidentified building. Mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts two men standing to left of Fred Murray on balcony of large building or structure speculated to be in the Cassiar valley. Portion of log structure in left foreground, man and hauling trucks on road 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.
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.
File includes six aggregations of photographs which have been assembled in this file in order to maintain the integrity of each group by keeping the photos arranged together, though each group features operations pertaining to multiple files in this subseries. Includes groups featuring photos from 1961, 1965 1971, a helicopter trip, a community album, and a workplace album. Photographs depict images pertaining to the following operations at Cassiar, B.C.: mining, milling, maintenance, labratory tests, and tramline and town operations. Images featuring operations of the company town include the grocery store, bank, churches, school, library, lounge, pool, theater, community center, outdoor recreation, hospital, dentist, cafeteria, bus route, residences, air strip, firehall, laundromat, park, police, and newspaper.
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."
Photograph depicts close up view of gravel pit, ruler displayed for scale. Photograph speculated to have been taken at the plant or near the Cassiar airstrip. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "JUN. 1987".
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 the West Peak of the Cassiar mine on McDame Mountain. Pit area visible between West Peak and road in foreground. Mine valley and north mountain range in background. Photo speculated to have been taken from a point on or near the South or North Peak.
Photograph depicts mine valley and road in foreground. Cassiar plant and tailings pile visible in left midground, townsite in right midground. Mountainside of McDame Mountain in foreground, southern mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts plant buildings in front of tailings pile in midground. Forest, power line, and tramline in foreground; south mountains 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 two unidentified men entering building with the sign "THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA" above main entrance. Photographer with tripod in foreground.
Photograph depicts row of houses behind trees. Power line, road, and vehicles in foreground; mountain in background.
Photograph depicts row of houses behind trees. Road, front yards, and vehicle in foreground, mountains in background.
File contains photographs of a report completed in 1980 depicting the ambulance garage, as well as the interior and exterior of the hospital building in Cassiar, B.C. Each room is captured, as well as medical equipment such as the X-ray, audiometer, lung function apparatus, and autoclave. A doctor, two nurses, and several patients are shown. Accompanying report contains a description of the medical facilities in Cassiar including a detailed budget, description of staffing and utility requirements, and a floor plan of the facilities.
In addition there are two albums of Cassiar Hospital and Pharmacy Staff engaging in social functions. These photographs appear to be informal and depict staff parties, people at work and some of the patients, including their thank you notes to the Cassiar Hospital staff.
File contains images depicting room by room view of a house in Cassiar identified as house 288. Handwritten annotation on verso of photographs: "288 June-9-1992". Photographs originally found in file labeled "TOWN ADMINISTRATION Small Business 1981"; it is likely that these images form part of the process documentation for a small business license.
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".
Two large black and white prints of infrared dryers annotated on recto "Thompson Pipe and Steel Company Bulk Material Dryers Van Dorn Iron Works Company" and bearing on verso the ink stamp of a photographer from Cleveland, Ohio.
File contains 4 sheets of microfiche depicting a parts and service manual, wiring diagrams and schematics for a GAF Print Vac 190 printing machine that was used in the Engineering Department.
Photograph depicts ore haul truck on road in mine area, mountain wall in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Int. Harvester Payhauler Model 95", on verso: "1961".
Photograph depicts ore haul truck at dump in mine, mountain range in background. Photo also features driver and a second unidentified man standing in front of truck. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Int. Harvester Payhauler Model 95 dumping stripping waste at 6565 Elevation", on verso: "1961".
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Cassiar Asbestos chef Al Keim holding a platter of food.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Cassiar Community Club staff, from left to right, Eric Glynn-Jones, Garry Periard, Iona Campagnolo, Barb Riordin, Carl Lefebvre, and either Debra Wolfe or Deborah Hawkey.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo, wearing a Schmoo Daze t-shirt, and Evely Rattray in her kitchen with a Liberal campaign poster on the table.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo serving a young girl at a pancake breakfast at the Cassiar curling rink while Martha Wallenborn works the grill. Photograph was taken as part of Campagnolo's Skeena Riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and possibly Cary Anne Conder (Bucar) dressed as Princess Leia speaking with a group at the grand opening of the Cassiar theatre.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo holding a plaque and standing beside Brian Pewsey, General Manager of the Cassiar operation, at the grand opening of the Cassiar theatre.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo holding a "Cassiar Bums" sign with teacher Ken Maddson, Carol Fugere, Ghislaine Berube, Anil Kaul, and Atul Kaul representing the Cassiar student badminton team at the Northern BC Winter Games. A crowd sitting on bleachers at the Cassiar Centennial Arena is in the background. Likely taken in January or February 1978, around the 1978 Northern BC Winter Games in Prince George.
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.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking at a podium at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opeining of the Cassiar threatre while two unknown men sit nearby. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking at a podium at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opeining of the Cassiar threatre while two unknown men sit nearby. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
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.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo cutting the ribbon at the ceremony for the grand opeining of the Cassiar threatre while two unknown men sit nearby. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo on stage holding a boy behind the podium at the grand opeining of the Cassiar threatre. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo on stage receiving flowers from a boy at the grand opening of the Cassiar threatre. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo performing exercises onstage with three unidentified men. Several more unidentified people are in the background. Capagnolo is wearing a Tahltan coat made in Good Hope Lake. Likely taken during or prior to the Northern BC Winter Games in 1978.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo leaning over a shuffleboard table, having just released a puck. Mirrors and lamps light the table. An unidentified man is in the shadows in the background. Likely taken during during Capagnolo's visit to Cassiar during or prior to the 1978 Northern BC Olympics.
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 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 working the grill at a pancake breakfast at the Cassiar curling rink. Photograph was taken as part of Campagnolo's Skeena Riding tour.