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Photograph depicts various buildings in plantsite, vehicles and electricity lines throughout. Equipment garage stands in left background behind tank farm, carpenter shop in right background, machine and electrical shop in building semi-visible on far right. Mine road can be seen at foot of mountain in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts a gravel road passing under crossing. Sign posted to pole reads "CAUTION TRAMLINE CROSSING CAUTION AVIOD PASSING UNDER MOVING BUCKETS". Garage stands in left midground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts interior of mill. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts fan-driven air system used to transport fibre throughout the mill system. It is believed that this photograph was taken on the top floor of the mill. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts a man near the diesel-fired burners of the ore dryers. The large pipes and valves above were part of the fuel supply system fed by Cassiar's fuel tank farm which also supplied the power house generators. The dryer section of the mill received ore from the crushing plant by tramline and truck. These burners blasted the ore with hot air, and dried ore to desired moisture content before it was sent to the dry rock storage building and stored for mill use. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts long wood building speculated to be the Community Centre at Cassiar, B.C. Sports net stands in right foreground. Flag pole, barrel, and stand of trees can be seen in front of building. Mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts four houses in line behind trees and steel drums. Road in foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".

Photograph depicts unidentified man lifting package of asbestos bags with forklift in large building. Truck in background, ready for loading. Tires and wood flats against wall in background.

Photograph depicts women, men, and children standing in store, some pushing grocery carts. Two women stand near till, one wearing long white professional jacket. Young man named Lobbes stands behind counter on far right, wearing white shirt. Store appears to be stocked with groceries and general supplies. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "RIGHT TOMMY LOBBES".

Photograph depicts priest wearing black cassock on front steps of Cassiar Catholic Church. Bell tower and trees in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "FATHER POULET".

Photograph depicts man with badminton racket playing to right of net in gymnasium. Stage, doors, chairs, and basketball hoops visible in background. Door to right of stage led to squash court and upper balcony.

Photograph depicts woman with badminton racket playing to right of net in gymnasium. Stage, doors, chairs, and basketball hoops visible in background. Door to right of stage led to squash court and upper balcony.

Photograph depicts two men with badminton rackets in foreground of gymnasium, net visible on far right. Doors, tables, and chairs visible in background.

Photograph depicts men seated at tables in snack bar, counter and shelves in background, fluorescent lights hanging from ceiling. Women believed to be Hilde Voss semi-visible behind counter. Two men are circled with pen. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "BACK MORRIS[sic?] BISSON / FRONT PETE VOSS".

Photograph depicts long bunkhouse buildings located between the Cassiar plant and townsite. They were originally used seasonally by university students, or by new employees on waiting lists for the more accommodating panabode "Winter Bunkhouses" (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.113). These buildings are speculated to be bunkhouses number 86, 87, and 88. Trees cross midground; new mill building, tailings pile, and mountains visible in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Cassiar June 15 71".

Photograph depicts a Chevrolet pickup truck on highway to right of Mud Lake, at Km 632 on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. Forest on hillside in background.

Photograph depicts unidentified young man at clothes dryers. Wall of cubby compartments in background; washing machines and piles of laundry in foreground. Clothes in pile appear to be all coveralls or denim, possibly work clothes.

Photograph depicts ore cars on cables running between tramline towers. Flowers in foreground, mine valley and McDame mountain in background. Tramline ran through mine valley, between loading station (2000.1.13.19.197) in mine and dump station at mill on plantsite (2000.1.1.3.19.124)

Photograph depicts palletizer machinery, where bags of asbestos fibre were shrink-wrapped and made ready for shipping pallets. Palletizer was located near shipping (believed to be in mill building). Unidentified man visible in machinery on far left.

Photograph depicts trees and pickup trucks in front of long building speculated to be an apartment residence.

Photograph depicts a bridge at Blue River taken from shore.

Photograph depicts a dirt roadway in wooded area. Snow capped mountains in background.

Photograph depicts a pile of industrial material in a wooded area. Pile includes what is believed to be cardboard boxes and lumber planks. Trees in background, mountains barely visible behind trees.

Photograph depicts a rocky clearing in a wooded area, snow-capped mountain in background. Outline of mountaintop is sketched on photograph in pencil, projected mining area is outlined in blue ink.

Photograph depicts snow-covered Asbestos Valley, taken from mountain road looking northwest.

Photograph depicts the caboose office: a small wooden structure with flat roof and one door. Snow pathways and power pole in foreground, trees and hills in background.

Photograph depicts man with axe believed to be Ed Livingstone breaking ice over weir on Troutline Creek, ice is 8 inches deep. Snow in foreground and background, trees in background.

Photograph depicts snow-covered mountain north of townsite, partially covered in shadow. Photo taken from north road in plant site, snow-covered road in foreground, trees behind road.

Photograph depicts hill, trees in foreground.

Photograph depicts man believed to be Matt Bell at recently excavated wall of serpentinite with cross fracturing filled with asbestos fibre. Photograph speculated to have been taken at Clinton Creek, Y.T.

Photograph depicts Cassiar's Chief Geologist Bill Plumb and unidentified man standing on shore by yellow Cassiar supervisor's truck. A third man stands on Airplane parked on lake behind them, and miscellaneous equipment lies on shore at Bill's feet. Photograph speculated to have been taken at Aeroplane Lake, approximately 35 miles east of Cassiar. Bill Plumb led many expeditions for the purposes of Cassiar's outside exploration endeavours.

Photograph depicts the Cassiar valley, showing the east end of town in foreground. Plant and tailings pile can be seen in right midground. Photograph speculated to have been taken during the plane ride of an outside exploration trip.

Photograph depicts a cinnamon bear and Andre Beguin with camera on a rocky hill. Mountains in background.

Photograph depicts crushed vehicle in wooded area.

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 minerals in ore gravity chute on McDame Mountain, view facing up mountain.

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 building foundation, trees in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "April 7th: 9. Laundry foundations completed and strating on floor."

Photograph depicts man with shovel on ice in wooded area. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 1. First glacier east of Joe Reeds' on McDame road. Mr. Little."

Photograph depicts man near unfinished cabin in snow, trees and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 2. Bartle's cabin on Aeroplane Lake."

Photograph depicts ice on snow covered road, trees on either side, mountains in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 15th, 1953: 3. Second glacier east of Joe Reeds' on McDame road."

Photograph depicts scaffolding on machine shop, roof under construction. Snow in foreground, one man on scaffolding, one man on roof. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 23rd: 7. Installing truss rafters on new machine shop. Looking east."

Photograph depicts scaffolding around building under construction, snow in foreground, tanks and mountain in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Feb. 27th: 12. Roof on machine shop. Looking N.W."

Photograph depicts three men in snow at high altitude in mountain range.

Photograph depicts mill building and covered conveyor, mountains in background.

Photograph depicts close perspective of equipment believed to be in the concentrator, dryer, or mill building. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "View of Denovan screen with feed chute at upper left and vacuum hood at lower right."

Photograph depicts equipment believed to be in the concentrator, dryer, or mill building. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "View of Denovan screen with feed chute at upper left and vacuum hood at lower right."

Photograph depicts three men in front of tarp-covered truck. Dog, ladder, building, and mountains in background.

Photograph depicts mill building and covered conveyor. Trees and mountains in background. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photograph: "View of mill building looking south-east, showing covered conveyor - way from truck dump at left, and tailings' bins at right."

Photograph depicts a mill with scaffolding on the left side of the building. A second scaffolding structure is in the foreground with trees and mountains in background. Typed annotation taped to verso of page stapled to photographs: "View of mill building looking west."