The file contains "Nothing Down": stories of hardrock mining. It is a collection of articles based on author Cyprian Douglas Taylor's experiences as a miner, mining engineer, and mine manager in B.C., the Yukon and Ontario.
1-6, "Nothing Down: the story of hardrock mining in the 1920s and 1930s
7, A contract leasing system for mining properties
8, A history of mining development in the Dawson Range
9, The saga of Jack Meloy
10, The construction of mining camps in the North
11, Kennecott, Alaska, a guide to high grade copper deposits
12, report on the Kootenay Florence Mine. Illustrated with photographs and with paintings by Margaret Taylor (Mrs. C.D.N. Taylor).
A revised version of parts II and III, with letters from Ralph Perry and Ralph Diamond, testifying to the accuracy of the stories was presented by the author in January 1986, and is included as folder 2.