RECORDED: Salmo (B.C.), 1980-07-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Father (who had exact same name) came into country in 1895 and 1896. Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark. Mined in Greenland and came to the U.S. in 1885-86; Philadelphia, then Minnesota, then mined in Idaho. Came to Lardeau region via Rossland and the Slocan. Mining interest near Argenta. Memories of Poplar Creek, Gerrard, and Lardeau people. Argenta Mine and abandoned equipment there. TRACK 2: Getting to the mine. Clint Creek. Prospector Jean Brochet and his pet martens. At the Argenta Mine, some of the ore was mined and sacked but never shipped. Hansen's experiences prospecting and developing mines. Childhood in Poplar Creek and Argenta. Local railroads. More about the history of the mine.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-05-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Billy Clark recalls early memories of the Lardeau Valley. He came to Saskatchewan from England in 1907, and later bought land in Duncan Lake, later changed to Howser, for fruit farming. He discusses early mining activities and prospecting, fruit ranching, lake transportation, Healy's Landing, Ferguson, remittance men, Matthews brothers, Red McLeod, and Sammy Luffman.

TRACK 2: Billy Clark and Dr. David Wilkinson recall the Lardeau Valley. Recollections include: fighting cocks at Poplar Creek, Joe Gallo, a mining promoter in Howser, Mrs. Hanson of Poplar Creek who ran the hotel, the red light district, and the naming of "Lardo" and "Lardeau".