RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1983-07-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Started work at Cominco in 1934. Met Evans at Douglas Hotel. Given union dues book and paid dues to Evans. About five people at meeting. Dues book #20 or less; hid book from father who was a shift boss. Scared of being fired. Meetings in Doukhobor block. CIO written on window a work. Gop good organizer. Evans car burned. Steel raids in 1950. Stayed with Mine/Mill. Reasons for raid. Good steel contract. Poor Mine/Mill contract. Impressions of Evans. Reasons for joining the union. Work history on the hiill. Father scared he would be fired for union activity. Cost of union membership. Impressions of Murphy-Merger and Executive. Lower wages with Mine/Mill 1974 strike. Company and bargaining tactics. Communists and Mine/Mill. Red-baiting. Fighting company meant you were radical. Lots of jobs during 1940s. Al King well thought of. Belenger blacklisted. Belenger outspoken. Talk of black list. Bank owning cars. Workmen's Committee pictures in scrap yard. TRACK 2: Half time in 1930's. Tried Maple Leaf union. Tried to get trades union in. Wage differences between trades and labourers.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lindsay Carter : Slocan Valley, 1918-1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Carter discusses his childhood: born in Kimberley, B.C. in 1906; moved to Silverton in 1918 with family; effects of influenza epidemic of 1918 on town of Silverton; father worked in mines; silicosis and other lung problems with mining; Mr. Carter's father affected by silicosis, 1943; poor attitude on the part of companies and Workmen's Compensation Board; anecdote about silicosis; family moved to Summit Lake logging camp, 1920. Details about camp life: housing; school; description of logging operations -- pole cutting, railroad, chutes; description of log chute, logging camp, bunkhouse, cookhouse. Forest fire of July, 1925; reports of major early fire, ca. 1870. Most loggers were Scandinavians. Location of other sawmills in Slocan Valley. TRACK 2: Moved to Sandon, 1922. Train and boat schedules, ca. 1925. Railroad accident near Sandon. CPR operated boats on Slocan Lake. Description of S.S. "Slocan", S.S. "Sandon", S.S. "Roseberry". Transportation into Sandon. Stores in Sandon. Trip down Slocan Lake in winter of 1929. Carter ended formal education after grade 8. Mining and mines near Sandon in 1920s and 1930s. Depression in Sandon: Carter on relief during Depression. Origin of miners: eastern Canada, Norway, Italy, Finland and others. Anti-Orientalism in Sandon. Japanese lived in Sandon during WW II. Bunkhouse conditions and anecdotes; cookhouse work and anecdotes.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Slocan Mines, 1920s and 1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Carter's work history, 1920s: description of a concentrator and its operation especially the Noble Five concentrator, Cody, B.C; the jobs in a concentrator plant; shifts and hours of work; a major breakdown described, 1930; more on hours of work. TRACK 2: More on Carter's work history: attitudes towards work in a concentrator mill; unpleasant and unhealthy environment in concentrator mill and mines; more on work attitudes; long hours and lack of holidays; social life of miners -- drinking, prostitutes, pool halls, movies, fraternal orders, clubs; Carter a member of Orange Lodge in Sandon; operation of Orange Lodge; role of churches in Sandon; differences between miners and merchants; local government in Sandon; 1929 murder [of miner Sigvald Myklebost] described.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The Great Depression of the 1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-01-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sandon continues the story about the 1929 [Myklebost] murder. Describes Johnny Harris: businessman, character of Sandon. Anecdotes about Johnny Harris. White family described. Silversmith Mine. Sandon prospectors described. Grub stake arrangements. Prospecting. Permanence of Sandon. TRACK 2: Demise of the Sandon Hospital in the 1930s. Questionable practices of the B.C. Security Commission during WW II. The Depression in Sandon and Carter's experiences on relief. "On the tramp" in southeastern B.C.

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mining in the West Kootenays and the Great Depression of the 1930s RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The Great Depression of the 1930s and its effect on Sandon, B.C. The sluggish economic recovery of Sandon during and after WW II. Description of poor working conditions underground. Sandon's hotels. Prostitutes in Sandon. Anecdote about "Big Al" Holmquist. Problems with alcohol among miners. Economic problems of living in Sandon. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview.]

This series consists of mine development assessment process files for coal and metal mine projects from 1974-1986. The records relate to the review and approval of proposed mining projects in BC. They document the determination of legal conditions under which companies may build and operate major mines. This process was called the mine development review process. The records show the ways that different projects were treated and provide evidence of a company’s level of compliance with their agreed development conditions.

Some of the early records were created by the Environmental and Land Use Committee (ELUC) of Cabinet. After around 1979, the majority of records are created by either the Coal Guidelines Steering Committee (CGSC) or the Metal Mines Steering Committee (MMSC). These committees were primarily part of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, but worked with the ELUC and other ministries to approve projects.

Projects may be reviewed by the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Ministry of the Provincial Secretary, Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Health and federal bodies such as Environment Canada.

Companies may have been required to conduct research and provide reports on potential impacts of the project in compliance with the guidelines for coal development or procedures for obtaining approval of metal mine development

The assessment process involved consideration of many factors in developing a mine. Potential issues include: water management; acid generation; fish and wildlife impacts; air pollution; air monitoring; waste management; geotechnical impacts; ground and surface water impacts; pollution control; permit acquisition; radioactivity assessment; reclamation plans; road construction; heritage impact assessments; public opinions; and socioeconomic impacts on nearby communities.

Records include correspondence, policy, procedures, meeting minutes, reports, maps, newspaper clippings, photos, reports and technical data. Many records are copies of originals which were provided to multiple committee members for reference.

The records are divided into several groups: Metal Mines Steering Committee files, coal files, southeast coal projects, northeast coal projects and Coal Guidelines Steering Committee records. Within these groupings, files are arranged alphabetically by the name of project.

The records are scheduled under one time schedule 880049.

This series consists of administrative records related to the Mineral Development Agreement. Records were created or used by the Mineral Policy Branch and Geological Survey Branch of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources from 1984-1990.

The Mineral Development Agreement was a subsidiary agreement part of a larger Economic and Regional Development Agreement made between the BC government and Canadian government. The agreement was intended to coordinate the two government’s efforts to strengthen and diversify the mineral industry in BC. The agreement outlined what programs and responsibilities each government had for managing and developing mineral resources in the province, including surveying and exploration. Records relate to the creation, implementation, administration and evaluation of this agreement.

Records include minutes, correspondence, financial records, forms, reports, and final and draft agreements.

Records selected for permanent retention under the Administrative Records Classification Schedule.

The item consists of an industrial film created by Lew Parry Productions for the Mining Association of British Columbia in 1971. It was shot at mines site throughout BC and show current and projected activities in the field of pollution control and land reclamation.

Out-takes. "Current and projected activities in the field of pollution control and land reclamation . . . a factual presentation of the mining industry's concern for the environment and the methods it adopts to prevent pollution and to reclaim mining areas." Shot at mine sites throughout B.C. These outs include operations of Bethlehem Copper, Brenda Mines, Endako Mines, Giant Mascot, Kaiser, and Lornex, at such locations as Brenda, Granisle, Highland Valley, Ioco, LeRoi mine, Phoenix, Trail, etc.

Footage. A selection of miscellaneous footage from various films produced by Parry for the Mining Association and some of its member companies. Includes footage of Boyles Brothers (manufacture of diamond drills); BC Research labs; Cominco labs and smelter; geological surveys; "Kimberley smelter" (?); Nickel Plate mine at Hedley (abandoned buildings); oil refineries and tank farms; Phoenix mine; Pine Point; Similkameen Mining Company operations; Sullivan Mine; Trail; various unidentified mills and mine operations; Western Canada Rolling Mines (steel mill); Western Mines (construction of mill and other facilities).

The item is an industrial film demonstrating the integrated nature of the various Cominco operations. Cominco's operations in Trail and Kimberley are discussed from the viewpoint of various Cominco employees. Includes footage of: Sullivan Mine; refining and smelting processes for lead, zinc, silver; power plant on Kootenay River; research and development; use of metals refined; manufacture of fertilizer from smelter emissions; mine exploration and prospecting across Canada; facilities, accommodations and recreational activities [e.g. hockey, Kimberley Dynamiters, etc.] in communities around the plants. Also includes sequences on a fertilizer plant in Calgary (Alberta Nitrogen Dept.) and mining at Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Industrial film. A comprehensive look at mining in B.C., made to attract employees to the industry. Shows prospecting, core sampling; mine interiors, including the Sullivan mine (with electric trains); train (with steam locomotives) taking ore to smelter; smelter operations (including lead and zinc refining and production of fertilizer from smelter by-products); Bralorne mine; open-pit coal mine at Corbin; discussion of safety and health care for miners; amenities provided for the comfort of miners in mining camps, and for their families at larger camps.

CALL NUMBER: T4101:0005 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1983 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Born 27 Aug 1914 in Nelson. Started work at Cominco in 1935 on labour gang. Company had lots of employee programs. No security. Pension plan. Fee milk; free seed potatoes. Work wasn't hard; heat, dust, fumes were bad. Company store; Cominco dairy. No security that benefits would stay. Wages fluctuated monthly. Efficiency bonus fluctuated without regard to anything. Fear of joining union and being fired. Evans faced a lot of difficulties getting union organised. Evans red-baited. Evans tried to break fear and intimidation. Romaine believed in preamble to IYUMMSW constitution. Joined union for health and wages. Men talked about union before. Talked of fear amongst workers. Organizing on the job. Fear was rampant. Whole way of life threatened. Very grassroots. Organising in IUMMSW. Physical description of Slim Evans. Singed into union #12; was scared he would get fired. Man in his department was fired for organising on the job. TRACK 2: Evans had a good sense of humour. Evans tells funny story of S.G. Blaylock. Trail Ad News only place to print union bulletins. Evans car destroyed. Workmen's Committee elections were influenced by company. Funny story about running a plumbers helper in election. Union dues were strictly voluntary in the beginning. Dues were half days wages. First contract provision. Straw bosses could fire without cause before contract. Company cut hours of work during Depression to ¾ time. "Pie Time" [i.e., coffee breaks] not recognized by company. Anecdote about pie time and war bond drive. CALL NUMBER: T4101:0006 PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1983 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anecdote about pie-time and war bond drive. Belenger was fired for passing out leaflets. CIO was organiser. CIO and its successes help the union organise. Romaine's philosophy of history. [T;RACK 2: blank.]

The item consists of an industrial film made in 1968. It depicts mining activity in BC's Highland Valley by the Alwin Mining Company. Includes every step, from the planning and construction phase to domestic life of the miners. The item also includes a separate magnetic sound track and titles.

CALL NUMBER: T4101:0022 PERIOD COVERED: 1927-1945 RECORDED: Nelson (B.C.), 1983-10-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Biographical information. Coalhurst Altain 1927. United Mineworkers of Canada and Harvey Murphy. Executive jailed. President's name was Sloan. UMWC breakaway from American union. Worker's unity league. A.E. Smith from Nelson was prominent communist. Early union activities. United Mine Workers of America too over UMSC. Lost 3 brothers and father-in-law in mine explosion in 1935. Mines shut down in late 1929. Worked one day a week in 1930. Moved to Kimberly in 1931. Signs up in prairies saying, "Stay Away from Trail". City of Lethbridge paid to move his family to Kimberly to get them off relief. Elected to WCC. Hardrock mining less dangerous that coal mining. Union activity during the Depression. Met secretary and president of 1917 strike. Workmen's cooperative committee. WCC members always got promoted WCC destroyed. Members destroy WCC. Company refused to recognize Silicosis. "No Silicosis in Sullivan Mine" Meeting with Blaylock, Mr. Prince (IUMMSW) had an office in Vancouver in the late 1930's. Arthur Evans in Kimberly. Contacting Mr. Price. United for a complete defeat of fascism. All union members were Progressive. Evans holds open air meetings in Kimberly. No independent unions in Kimberly. Organised in units of five. Sit down strike in Bralorne and Pioneer. Kimberly raised money for them before they were certified. [TRACK 2: blank.] CALL NUMBER: T4101:0023 RECORDED: Nelson (B.C.), 1983-10-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: First bargaining with Blaylock. First contract. Anecdote about Murphy. Negotiating with Blaylock. WCS negotiations. OBU property in Kimberly. 1917 strike with Cominco. CMS officials with guns. Blaylock threatens Fred Henne. Fred Henne as organiser. Henne was a gambler. Henne blamed Drake for everything. John (Noisy) McPeake machinist on the hill. Loud talker. Reminiscences about Murphy. Born in Paris Ontario. Had a heart condition. Hard workers for CP. Anecdote about Murphy speaking. Murphy refused entry to BC. Murphy had to cataract operations. Coal miners to go to Moscow. Murphy fear CMS. Suspicions about Murphy. Bob Kever. Reid Robinson taking bribes. Bob Kever president of Labour Council. Garfield Belenger hard worker. John Osborne, Murphy and him on payroll. LPP members used him. [TRACK 2: blank.]

This series consists of the records of the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Mineral Resource Division from 1990-1993. At this time, the position was held by Bruce McRae and was part of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

There are files related to the impact of and issues with individual mines across the province. This includes the ministry's involvement in high profile and controversial mining and mineral resource development projects such Westar, Iskut Valley, and Windy Craggy (Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Wilderness Park).

Most records relate to the Protected Area Strategy (PAS) Assistant Deputy Ministers' Committee, of which the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM), Mineral Resources Division was co-chair. British Columbia's Protected Areas Strategy was the result of Canada's commitment at the 1992 Earth Summit to establish 12% of its land base as protected areas. British Columbia identified new areas for protection through community-based land use planning that involved industry, environmental groups, First Nations, communities, and government. Many records related to the creation and implementation of Protected Areas Strategies and their relation to mining.

Other types of records include correspondence, presentations, studies, annual reports, cabinet submissions, minutes, organizational charts, the Minister’s appointment calendar, and briefing notes. Briefing notes regard approval of mines, such as the Mount Polley mine; other mineral resource management; meetings with mining companies and other governments; and changes to legislation and policies.

Records were selected for permanent retention under the executive records schedule number 102906.

CALL NUMBER: T4101:0020 PERIOD COVERED: 1942-1970 RECORDED: Cranbrook (B.C.), 1983-10-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Biographical information. Started work at Cominco in 1942. Work shortage on Hill. Involvement in Union. 1950 Steel raid. Anecdote about "s--thouse" Executive. Italians in Mine/Mill. Steel workers bring in Italians. Recruited for financial secretary. Bitter union split. Canadian autonomy in Mine/Mill. 1954 St. Louis convention started Canadian autonomy talks. 1955 Spokane convention finalised it. Local 480 members barred from entering U.S. United Steelworkers get him permission to re-enter after merger. Trip to Cuba in 1965. Reactions from local. Touring Cuba. Not member of Labour Progressive Party. Steel arranging his barring from U.S. Anecdote about being barred. Women's Auxiliary member barred. Questions at border. TRACK 2: 1950 union split. Pressed to join LPP. LPP on executive. Union members run to get rid of communists. Norm Gabana. Hilliard York. Bob Kever. CCF loses election. Bert Herridge, MP, refuses to take stand. Sudbury and Port Colbourne raid. 1958 negotiations. Solski, president of local 598, goes out on strike. Pension benefits. Three month strike in Sudbury. 1964 Cominco strike. Company causes strike. Murphy and Morandini negotiate contract. Couldn't call off the strike without vote. Early labour relations with Cominco. Executives lived in Trail. Mine/Mill dead after Sudbury lost. International unionism. Loss of democracy in Steel. Steelworkers 1968 Chicago convention. Morandini on resolutions committee.
CALL NUMBER: T4101:0021 PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1970 RECORDED: Cranbrook (B.C.), 1983-10-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Steelworker's Resolution Committee. Chicago Convention. Staff reps. Problems with convention. Contrasted to Mine/Mill convention. Union splits. Re-elected in 1970. Reasons for quitting. Worker's lack of commitment to union. Applied to Workmen's Compensation Board for job. Interview with director. Hired by WCB. Previous problems with worker's compensation legislation. First unionist ever hired by WCB. Reasons for quitting the board. Tried to get back on at Cominco. Hired as shop assistant at East Kootenay Community College. Job at EKCC. His pension possibilities. Retirement plans. Reminiscences about Harvey Murphy. Murphy and bargaining. TRACK 2: Harvey Murphy. Organising and logistics. Anecdotes about raid and Murphy. Anecdote about sharing a room with Murphy. Murphy and family life. Murphy and news. Murphy and company negotiator. Nation executive IYMMSW. Local leadership. Murphy and integrity. Steelworkers spread rumours. Murphy and bargaining. Murphy bargains for Steelworkers. Difference of bargaining between steel and Mine/Mill. Responsibility of committee during negotiations. Strikes. Murphy and media manipulation. Murphy and Women's' Auxiliaries. Theory of Women's Auxiliaries. Murphy takes lumps. Murphy's detractors. Merger terms. Reasons for merger. Pete Seeger comes to Trail. Anecdote about Seeger. Resurrection of Commentator.

Industrial video. Discusses a mining company's efforts to reclaim old mine sites as required under provincial legislation.
Consists of still images with music and narration

PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1967 RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1983-06-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Background to organising in BC and Trail. He join the union in 1939; was a charter member. His birth date, 27 Oct 1905; first union bargaining with Blaylock; Blaylock's tactics. Harvey Murphy's tactics, opinion of Blaylock; Blaylock bargains on sick bed. Union gets men on Women's Cooperative Committee; Gop on Workmen's Committee. Union negotiates a dollar increase in first contract. Company store; company gave credit to men on job; organising union on job. Union go to court to get dues check-off. Opinion of Harvey Murphy. First steelworkers paid; Mine/Mill wins jurisdiction vote. Murphy sells out for a pension. Murphy one of the best. Explains shop steward system. Steel brings in several organizers for raid. Murphy was a communist. Union and Communists. TRACK 2: Anecdote about Goodwin's shooting. Union afraid of going out on strike because company might break union. Good for workers to join steelworkers. Steelworkers picnic; women's auxiliary meetings. Organising women into union; Belanger's were communists. Tillie Belanger ran for M.P. as a communist. Union was nicknamed Red Union and called Communist Union. Couldn't blame low membership on communist leaders. Murphy was a good orator and hard worker. Gop's wife leaves him over union work. Diamond took over after Blaylock but his style was to leave things to loggers. More opinions about Blaylock. Working conditions on the hill.

CALL NUMBER: T4101:0008 PERIOD COVERED: 1945-1974 RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1983-07-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Lawrence Kever; born 19 March 1919. Started work in Cominco in June 1945. worked there for 19 years. Joined both Independent Smelter Workers Union and IUMMSW. Became shop steward and became more active during 1950 during steel raid. Clair Billingsly was president at the time. Large group came up to the plant and said they were now a steel local. No member ship meetings called to make decision. IUMMSW called special membership meetings held in old K.P. hall and elected new executive. Reminiscences about Al King. King expert in Worker's Compensation cases. Reminiscences about Harvey Murphy. Harvey Murphy and communism. Murphy and integrity. Anecdote about bargaining and Murphy. Murphy and Sal Rothman as adversaries in bargaining. Steel raid of 1950 - 1953. Mine/Mill won by 222 votes. Murphy had speech prepared for loss. Had to rewrite it. Steel raided again in 1965-66. Monty Alton was the big push to raid. Merger talks were underway in States. Al Skinner hinted of merger; talks in speech at Canadian convention in Trail in 1965. Decision by Local 480 to consider merger at special convention in Edmonton. TRACK 2: Executive realized the inevitability of merger. Kever made motion of have referendum on merger at special convention. Canadian autonomy was not a big issue in terms of merger. Had a lot of freedom under Steel-CLC-CIO affiliation; reasons for merger. Kever came to have a high regard for Steel reps. Mine/Mill democracy and referendum. Communism and its affect on unions. Personal politics and more on alleged communist domination. Democracy and referendum votes under Mine/Mill and steel machine control of Steel. Kever's election to President. Analysis of ten day strike in 1972. CALL NUMBER: T4101:0009 PERIOD COVERED: 1972-1975 RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1983-07-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: 1972 strike. Local 480 was not prepared for the 1972 strike. U.S.W.A. only allowed ten dollars per week strike pay. Lot of resentment over the way Steel handled the strike. After strike, Canadian Workers Union started to raid. Kever was pushing to have a vote "Steel or CWU". Negotiating committee to blame for raid. Kever quit after CWU was denied the vote. Division in bargaining committee; during 1972 strike. Kever explains his decision to quit. Bargaining tactics during strike. Bargaining tactics backfire. Shape of the union when Kever left. Impressions of CWU leader, Doug Swanson. Impressions on raids and CAIMAW. Kever explains democracy in unions. Local leadership is responsible to make sure democracy is maintained. TRACK 2: Local 480 did not lose autonomy under merger. Steel never did fulfill merger terms. Steel had better programs than Mine/Mill. Mine/Mill had to use resources to fight raids. Kever on leadership. His term of office saw stability in the community. Ladies Auxiliary was helpful. Some people resented auxiliary. Rank and file didn't understand the concept of auxiliaries. Trail auxiliary was criticized that Local 480 did not give them more support.

CALL NUMBER: T1701:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A mining engineer : work with Anaconda PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1917 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-11-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Diamond discusses his personal background, beginning with his education and interest in geology. His early work in mining while at university. His decision to go west and his beginning employment with the Anaconda company. Moving to Montana. Initial work in the testing department and work in devising a good information retrieval system. Change to working with the early stages of the froth floatation process. Interest in this area and work with Anaconda. TRACK 2: In charge of all floatation research and testing for Anaconda. The importance of the floatation process to mining. The development of floatation processes for Anaconda Company. Early contact with Cominco about its problems with the Sullivan ore. Description of Trail in 1917. CALL NUMBER: T1701:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The beginnings of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-11-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Diamond discusses: the background development of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company; the importance of the Sullivan Mine to the company; the problem of making use of the ore from the Sullivan Mine; the problem of mineral separation created by the ore; the effort to solve the problem of the Sullivan ore. TRACK 2: Mr. Diamond talks about: the solution to the Sullivan ore separation process and the beginning of the differential flotation process developed by Mr. Diamond; the impact of the Sullivan Mine on the rest of Cominco; the growth of Cominco at Trail and in B.C., Alberta and elsewhere; the beginning of his involvement with the fertilizer business. (End of interview)

The item consists of a silent, 16 mm A-roll colour picture of an industrial film made in 1967. It depicts mining activity at the Wesfrob Mine and domestic life in the community of Tasu, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC. Wesfrob, owned by Falconbridge Nickel Mines, acquired the property in 1956, and in 1964 began construction of the mine, mill, townsite and shipping facilities. The mine produces black magnetite iron ore. In addition, the item includes two sound tracks.

The item consists of a colour picture of an industrial film made in 1967. It depicts mining activity at the Wesfrob Mine and domestic life in the community of Tasu, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC. The film shows opening ceremonies at Tasu including H.J. Fraser, the president of Falconbridge welcoming guests.

The item consists of outs and trims from the film "Salute to Tasu". Depicts operation of Wesfrob Mine at Tasu, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC.

The item is an industrial film print made ca. 1977 from footage originally shot between 1934 and 1936. The compilation shows the company's mining, smelting and related operations in southeastern British Columbia including: the Sullivan Mine and concentrator at Kimberley; a power plant on the Kootenay River; the Trail smelter; and the fertilizer plant at Warfield.

Industrial film. The mining industry of B.C. and its impact on the province's economic life. The film "pinpoints the intensive search for new ore bodies and the development of giant new mines in all areas of the province." The development of an open-pit mine is traced from initial surveys through construction to actual production. Also includes shots of various mines throughout B.C.; interior of Sullivan mine; scenes in smelter (Cominco at Trail) and steel mill; coal train en route and unloading at Roberts Bank; uses of metals made from B.C. minerals.

The item consists of an industrial film made by Lew Parry Productions for the Mining Association of British Columbia in 1970. It depicts the mining industry of B.C. and its impact on the province's economic life. The film "pinpoints the intensive search for new ore bodies and the development of giant new mines in all areas of the province." The development of an open-pit mine is traced from initial surveys through construction to actual production. Also includes shots of various mines throughout B.C.; interior of Sullivan mine; scenes in smelter (Cominco at Trail) and steel mill; coal train en route and unloading at Roberts Bank; uses of metals made from B.C. minerals.

The item consists of three reels of promotional film.
Reel one: Captain Vancouver's monument, entrance to Vancouver harbour, the Lions, ship approaching, Siwash Rock, boathouse at harbour entrance, freighter passing, view of ships, piers and buildings. HMS "Hood" and HMS "Repulse" in the harbour. Pan over downtown section of Vancouver. Making hemp rope in factory. Woman making woolen products on loom. Huge herd of cattle on a flat prairie. Stockyards. Tank car unloading oil. Mattresses being made. Plants along the waterfront. Apple trees in the Okanagan; apples being picked, packed and stored. Cars on the Pacific Highway. Bathers on a crowded beach. Cars and people entering Stanley Park. Mine and ore cars; concentrators; milling of ore. Trail smelter, ore cars and silver ingot.
Reel two: Coal cars in freight yard. Waterfall and powerhouse. Sports fishermen. Fishermen hauling in salmon-filled seine nets. Dumping herring into ship's hold. Man sitting astride giant tuna. Shots of mountain goat, white-tailed deer, mountain sheep, and giant brown bear (dead with hunter atop it). Trapper and dog team in front of cabin. Seals diving and swimming. Douglas firs being cut, felled, topped and yarded. Dumping logs from train at mill. Tug towing log raft. Sawing logs into lumber. Making furniture. Loading lumber onto ships. Three-masted whaler in harbour. New freighter tied up. Shot of original Vancouver wharf and new Ballantyne Pier. Cargo cranes. Loading cargo onto ships. Cars lined up on pier for shipping.
Reel three: Workers completing CPR pier at Vancouver; tug hauling a section. Passenger ship "Empress of Asia" arriving in port . . . Steam engine ploughing prairie. Men seeding from horseback. . . .Threshing wheat. Horses haul wheat to elevators. Freight train crossing prairie, then in the Rockies. . . Vancouver freight yards and grain elevators; one elevator being built. Waterfront with ships tied up. . . . Loading wheat into ship's hold. Freighter and passenger ship leaving harbour. . ." (Colin Browne)

Industrial film. The life of the miner and the mining community at the Boss Mountain Mine. Miners and their wives talk about their background, their work and their feelings about living in a remote BC town. Shows the mining of molybdenite and the responsibilities of the mine superintendent, engineer, metallurgist, geochemist and other key personnel.

CALL NUMBER: T4101:0014 PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1945 RECORDED: Glenmerry (B.C.), 1983-08-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Biographical information. Started work at Cominco in 1925. Elected to Workmen's Cooperative Committee in 1934. General member for six months, then elected to Secretary. Elected from lead burners. List of full time positions. Benefits of WCC for workers on the hill; pension, coal, wood, Christmas turkey and bonus. Anecdote about Christmas bonus. Dealing with men was hard. Company shares. Company financed housing scheme. Rules of WCC. WCC never had any serious complaints. Lead poisoning. Company farm. Dealing with Blaylock. Blaylock and power. Delegate to War Prices and Trade Board. Anecdote about Blaylock's power. WCC lobbies anti-company union bill. Women on hill during the war. CIO comes to Trail. Slim Evans. Harvey Murphy good organiser. Murphy a "red rabble rouser". Dollar a day and got rid of bonus system. Blaylock would have gotten rid of union if he had lived. Campbell talked to CIO in Seattle. Tried to organise for CIO before he was elected to WCC. WCC met on company time to organise against Mine/Mill. WCC formed ISWU. Secretary of ISWU. TRACK 2: WCC bulletins printed by Trail Ad News. The Ad News owned by Elmer Hall. Anecdote about Hall. Campbell saved Hall's life. WCC intervened if men were fired. WCC on wage raises. Blaylock hated unions so paid good wages. WCC sets up ISWU. Jointed Mine Mill after they were certified. How he was elected to WCC. Mine Mill members on WCC. Turnover causes WCC decline. Anecdote about Blaylock and working conditions. Coal committee. Blaylock and WCC. 1917 strike. Profit sharing. WCC beginnings. Wage board. CALL NUMBER: T4101:0015 PERIOD COVERED: 1927-1945 RECORDED: Glenmerry (B.C.), 1983-08-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Workmen's Cooperative Committee on company wage board. Pension calculations. His wages and bonus. Satisfaction of men. Murphy tried to recruit him. Bulletins and Murphy. Elmer Hall and editorial comment. WCC and community chest. Patriotic and welfare society give money for Croatian relief. Blaylock offers company lawyers. Steelworkers organising in 1950. Billingsley remembered well. John ;McPeak took over as organiser. Meetings in Trail with Bert Herridge. Tom Uphill from Fernie. WCC lobbies for liquor law change. Uphill praises WCC. WCC lobbies for Workmen's Compensation changes. Silicosis in mines. Benevolent society payments. WCC medical committee and company medical care. Company helped with hospital maintenance. Work hours before the Depression. single men's hours. Company town. Steady work. Holidays lost during the Depression. Company store and West Kootenay Power's medical plan. [TRACK 2: blank.]