The item is an audio recording of an interview with Alexander Harris in 1976.
T0345:0003: No content documentation available for this tape.

T0345:0004 track 1: Mr. Harris describes C.C.F. leaders, including Woodsworth, Coldwell and Dr. Telford, visiting J.C. Harris' ranch in New Denver; J.C. Harris running unsuccessfully in a provincial election; J.C. Harris' attitude towards unionism. Discusses personal background of A.L. Harris' mother, who was a very capable and adaptable person. Domestic details about J.C. Harris' ranch: Chinese cook, English maid, wash day, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, household appointments, flower gardens, wood gathering, small sawmill on Harris ranch. English source of J.C. Harris income. J.C. Harris a generous man. J.C. Harris' socialist philosophy. A.L. Harris takes over management of New Denver water system, 1929. Japanese live on ranch during WW II. Japanese gardens on ranch. Views on the Japanese deportation.
T0345:0004 track 2: Quick acceptance of Japanese in New Denver. Poor housing conditions for Japanese. Arrival of Japanese at Harris ranch, 1942. Description of Japanese housing. Anecdotes about Japanese. Anecdote about William Davidson, MLA. Stories about Mr. Tanaka. Description of Japanese gardens on Harris ranch. Death of J.C. Harris, 1951.

T0345:0005-0011: No content documentation available for these seven tapes.

CALL NUMBER: T0345:0001 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1965-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Alexander Harris describes prospecting and mining in the Arrow and Kootenay Lakes area in the 1890s. His father, Joseph Harris, came to Slocan in 1896, established a ranch or farm that supplied vegetables and fruit to the mining camps. Alexander Harris' account includes stories about mining camp life, Orientals, travel on Arrow Lakes, and individual miners: Carpenter, Seighton, Monty; Davis, Martin Fry and Johnny Harris.

TRACK 2: He tells about the naming of mining towns in the area: New Denver, Three Forks, etc. The high school for the area was located on his father's ranch. He describes local culture, social activities, sports, as well as mining techniques, locating ore and equipment.

CALL NUMBER: T0345:0002 RECORDED: New Denver (B.C.), 1965-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rock drilling techniques and competitions are discussed. Mr. Harris continues his description of mining methods, ore extraction, transportation to the mills, such as aerial trams, use of horses, processing of ore at the mills, shipping and tailings. A Welsh choir on tour in Canada went bankrupt in the Slocan area and the men worked in the mines at Silverton and New Denver area to earn some money.

TRACK 2: This tape continues with discussions of the New Denver town site, buildings, water transportation, early roads, the Japanese evacuation, Slocan Lake, also known as Lucerne, the Valhalla Range, and New Denver's growth. Wildlife was depleted during the early years of these communities. Mr. Harris speaks about an early trip to the Kokanee Glacier, 1919; Theo Rankin, a local teacher; and his father and mother.

CALL NUMBER: T1147:0002 [and T2744:0001]
RECORDED: Sandon (B.C.), 1972
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: (1) ALEXANDER (SANDY) HARRIS of New Denver discusses the town of Sandon. His father came to Sandon in 1897 to mine silver/lead. Harris discusses the area's geology; Eli Carpenter, who pioneered mining in the area; and a dispute between Carpenter and his partner, Jack Seaton. He discusses the geography around Sandon; life there after the First World War; a murder; the town's organization; and why Sandon was abandoned in 1955, after a flood. There was no gold at Sandon, but there was a boom in mining silver and lead there. He discusses Gene Peterson, the only resident of Sandon as of 1972. Harris claims that organized ice hockey originated there in 1904.
TRACK 2: Mr. Harris discusses the Japanese people who lived in Sandon. During World War II, there was a heavy demand for the mine's resources. The government's role in moving the Japanese to the Slocan, and the character of the Japanese. After the war, the Japanese were moved east by the government. He discusses the effects of the 1955 flood. He discusses his life in the area; he eventually became the owner of the New Denver water works and power plant. The Sandon hydro plant was built in 1898 by Johnny Harris, a major contributor to the town's development. He describes the layout of Sandon, including its opera house and entertainments. (2) EUGENE (GENE) PETERSEN is interviewed. Peterson is one of the few people still living in Sandon. He discusses the other people who live there; the population of 5000 who lived there in the late 1800s; a fire which caused the town to be rebuilt; Sandon's founding in 1892, and the staking rush shortly thereafter. He discusses his father (who came from Norway to Sandon in 1923) and describes life in Sandon in the 1920s. He recalls the town being well organized, but with no highway connection; its dependence on the railway; the orderly conduct of its residents; and the local prostitutes, known for helping out miners who were broke. [Interview continued on next tape.]

CALL NUMBER: T1147:0001 [and T2744:0002]
RECORDED: Sandon (B.C.), 1972
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: EUGENE PETERSEN recalls the history of Sandon through various mining booms, up until its present condition as a ghost town. He discusses the 1929 murder of miner Sigvald Myklebost [Petersen says "1927"]; the killer was never convicted. An anecdote about how little law-breaking there was in Sandon. The “exodus” started during the depression in the 1930s. In the 1940s there were only 40 people. There was a slight increase in population in the 1950s, when 700 people lived in the town. The town emptied out again in the fall of 1953, when the population went down to 100. The flood of June 1955, in which half of the town was destroyed. The local power plant, built in 1896. He discusses what would be involved in the preservation of Sandon. He describes the silver-lead ore found at Sandon. Petersen still finds ore in the area, but it is not a big money maker. He plans on staying in Sandon until he works out his mining claim. (4) HAL WRIGHT, formerly of Saltspring Island, discusses his efforts to establish a museum at Sandon in the summer of 1972, working under an OFY grant. The museum displays local relics, along with photographs he acquired from the BC Archives. Wright is staying in Sandon through the winter. He plans on working for a carpenter and finishing school by correspondence. (5) EUGENE PETERSEN then discusses ghosts in the town. One of the remaining houses caught on fire, and he heard knocking on his door; no one was there, but there was a fire down the street.
[TRACK 2 is described separately; see AAAB1272.]

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews recorded in the Arrow Lakes, Big Bend, Lardeau and Slocan regions of B.C., 1962-1965, mainly dealing with the history of those regions.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-?] SUMMARY: In an interview with a CBC interviewer [possibly Bert Nelson], Herbert Wilfred (Bert) Herridge recalls life in the Arrow Lakes region in the early 20th century. His family came out from England and settled in the Nakusp area in 1906. Mr. Herridge served in World War One and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme. From 1948 to 1971, he was the CCF (and later NDP) Member of Parliament for Kootenay West. [No detailed content summary available for this interview.]

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews and sounds about Sandon, B.C. -- once an active mining town in the Slocan, toda;y a ghost town.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Steamboating on BC interior lakes PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1963 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979 SUMMARY: Captain Walter H. Spiller recalls his service with the CPR's BC Lake and River Service on the interior lakes from 1917 to 1963. Beginning as a youthful general duty hand he rose to command paddlewheelers and tugs. These tapes provide "a comprehensive and chronological coverage of the development and decline of steamboating on the interior lakes, with details of vessels and the names of personnel involved. [NOTE: Captain Spiller's reminiscences were first prepared for a talk given to members of the Thermopylae Club of Victoria in 1979. The original talk was retaped, with further details added, later in 1979. The revised tapes and the original taped talk were loaned to the Maritime Museum of B.C. for copying.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-10-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Catherine J. O'Neail moved from Calgary to Slocan, B.C., in 1897 with her family. She recalls some first impressions of Slocan City, the lake transportation, the hotels, Main Street, and the mining activity of the area. Mention is made of early residents Anthony Madden, Billy Clements, and Tom Mulvey. She discusses the town's incorporation, the first mayor and the possibility that it may have been called the "Fletcher Town Site". Her first husband was the secretary-treasurer for the Miner's Union, and this position took him to many mining stakes. She recalls the early churches, Dr. Foran, Mr. Shooke, Eli Carpenter, social activities and Myrtlebee Landing.

TRACK 2: Mrs. O'Neail continues with a description of Slocan, which was undergoing economic decline. Her description of Slocan includes its schools, the emerging lumber industry, the Doukhobor settlers, the lake boats, Sandon, Slocan Lake, Captain Jeffrey, the position of mines on the east side of the lake, G. Aylard, Judge Harris and Bill Harris.

The series consists of four reels of amateur film footage taken between 1937 and 1944. They show scenes and people in Slocan City and vicinity, on the Clough Ranch, in the Slocan Valley and at Halcyon Hot Springs. They depict Clough and Cooper family activities and includes footage of a sports day at the Japanese internment camp of Bay Farm, just south of Slocan City.

CALL NUMBER: T4195:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in Sandon, 1917-1920 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ed Vipond recalls his first impressions of Sandon, B.C. Personal background. Working for CPR in Sandon. Prominent citzens, including Johnny Harris, Clarence Cunningham. Sandon fire of 1900. A;.W. McCune; Mark McCune. TRACK 2: Johnny Harris -- poker game. Social life in Sandon. Bootleggers -- Scotty Donaldson. Madames. The Noble Five and other mines.

CALL NUMBER: T4195:0002 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-03-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fanny Pickett. Booteleggers -- "moonshine" on the train. The red light district. "One Big Union" strike. Working conditions in the mines. Automobiles in Sandon. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Edith, Mrs. J.A. Greer, had lived in New Denver for her entire life except for a period of ten years when she lived in Sandon. She came from Manitoba as an infant. Her father, Samuel Burgess, was a labourer at the local lumber mills who came to New Denver because of the booming economy. She discusses some early settlers of New Denver: William Crop, Charlie Cook, J.C. Harris, fruit farmers; Dr. Jacob E. Brouse who built the hospital, 1898; and Tom Hoban, J.D. Smith, Tricket and C.F. Nelson, storekeepers. Recollections of Sandon in its boom days are included, with stories of Johnny Harris, one of the earliest residents, who staked the town and ran the Reco Hotel, owned mines, the light plant, and the waterworks, and had gardens. Trueman's photos of Sandon prior to the fire and after the fire of 1900 are discussed. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-09 SUMMARY: Mrs. Edgar recalls early Nakusp, Slocan and Nelson. Her father, Denis St. Denis, who died in 1962, came from Ontario to Nakusp and worked as a bookkeeper for the mills. The family later moved to Slocan, where her father was city clerk, and agent for a lumber company. In 1910 they moved to Nelson, and lived in Fairview (Bogustown). Her father was the Trustee of Bankruptcy, a member of the BC Rifle Association, had a "wonderful memory", and wrote local history articles.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972 SUMMARY: Ghosts: Gene Petersen tells of the ghosts of Sandon, B.C. Spelunking: Robert Keziere talks about a caving expedition near Horne Lake on Vancouver Island.;

CALL NUMBER: T2566:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: BC Ghost Towns: Ghosts in Sandon BC, various residents of Bralorne talk about the mining town from 1932 to 1971 and 1975; mines, miners, town life and local characters. TRACK 2: New prospects for Bralorne; Bralorne in the boom days, at present and in the future. [edited program] CALL NUMBER: T2566:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ghost Towns; various residents comment on the history of Quesnel Forks as a mining community and ghost town; Quesnel Forks in the 1940s, the 1850s, and the 1920s; buildings; anecdote about Chinese residents; good times past and present; story about Cedar Creek and John Likely; mining methods; derivation of name Quesnel Forks; prospects for the restoration of Quesnel Forks; gold panning today. TRACK 2: Story of original staker at Sandon; appearance of Sandon; present residents recall the history of the town; the silver rush of the 1890s; Sandon in the 1920s; dances; booming town; a rare crime; ownership of Sandon today; Sandon museum OFY project; Sandon in the 1920s; Japanese internment camp at Sandon; the 1955 flood; why the town died; prospects for preserving Sandon's old buildings. [edited program] CALL NUMBER: T2566:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Original interview material for ghost town programs; Bralorne residents talk about the town in the mining era from 1932 to 1971, and in 1972; mines, miners, town life and local characters, boom days and present prospects. TRACK 2: Original interview material for ghost town programs; Quesnel Forks residents recall mining days in the region in the 1850s and 1920s; future prospects for Quesnel Forks; bits of material on Sandon's original settlers and a museum project. CALL NUMBER: T2566:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Repeat of Bralorne ghost town program; social life; mining and mining conditions; present activities; anecdotes about nicknames and local characters and of Bralorne as a mining town. TRACK; 2: Sandon material; appearance of the town in 1972; origins of Sandon; social life and crime; flood of 1955; preservation of the town; OFY person on museum project; bits of Quesnel Forks Material; more Bralorne material; town activities; the end of the mine; social life; prospects for renovation of the town. CALL NUMBER: T2566:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972 SUMMARY: Repeats of Sandon material with a few additional stories: the Sandon fire; a Norwegian immigrant; floods; the town and social life at the turn of the century; A.L. Harris talks about his childhood; Gene Petersen talks about the 1920s boom and a murder; Harris describes an early power plant and the local opera house. CALL NUMBER: T2566:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1972 SUMMARY: Repeats of Sandon material, with some new items: Sandon flood of 1955; preserving buildings and dealing with tourists; discovery of silver lead at Sandon; internment of Japanese at Sandon; ghosts in Sandon today.

SUMMARY: This is presumably another copy or another version of Jurgen Hesse's radio documentary looking at the past and present of three B.C. "ghost towns" -- Bralorne, Quesnel Forks and Sandon.;

CALL NUMBER: T4135:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1890-1975 RECORDED: Robson (B.C.), 1983-10-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Biographical information; came to the Kootenays in 1906; money scare in Nova Scotia; harvest excursion from Pictou County and price; landed in Nelson; Parker Williams hiring hall; Paulsen logging camp; paid $1.00 for job; left Paulsen camp with filer; wages; Winlaw's camp; hand logging; gyppo logging explained; tie and pole camps; camp hours; hours on boats; room and board; food in Paulsen camp; mining and hazards; New Denver mine and conditions; anecdote about quitting New Denver mine; Silicosis; railroad work; Leary's pole yard; Sandon in 1915 and unemployment; labourer's work conditions; prospecting for molibdonite; working boats at Pingston Creek; forced enlistment into the army; lobster fishing off Nova Scotia; Molson Bank, Revelstoke, owned Pingston Creek; working for Leary's on boats; Waldie Lumber Co. in 1931; anecdote about writing exam for skippers ticket; anecdote about colour blindness test. TRACK 2: Colour blindness test; relief in Nakusp; anecdote about being hired by Waldie's; Waldie's mill shut down in winter; part time fork in winter; relief in Nakusp, conditions and pay; [tugboat] "Elco I" in 1916; marriage. [During last 20 minutes of this tape, Mr. Sutherland is referring to photo album.] Building the M.V. "G.O. Sutherland"; Arrow Lakes poles; Beaton; "Elco II"; fuel and drive train; 1914 trip back to Nova Scotia; in charge the "Irene" in 1914; skating on lakes; demise of the "Elco II"; One Big Union membership at Pingston Creek. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0003 RECORDED: Robson (B.C.), 1983-10-13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bunks in logging camps; furnished own blankets; One Big Union dues turned in to Trout Lake secretary; anecdote about Trout Lake OBU dues scandal; Seaman's Guild; white sheets in lumber camps; WWII effects on unions; joined union at Waldie's in 1931; Sammy Stewart returning officer; anecdote about Depression years; Waldie's "reasonably honest"; free lumber for community halls; Waldie's camp operations; gyppo logging; Imperial Bank buys Molson's Bank; houseboat on S.S. "Kootenay"; anecdote about selling home during Depression; more discussion of pictures in photo album; stable employment on the CPR; lumber and logging operations that went broke; pay in lumber and shingles one year. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Howard D. Dawson : Lardeau Valley 1920-1931 PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1931 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-02-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Howard D. Dawson established a surveying practice in Kaslo in 1920. Carried out surveys in the Lardeau-Duncan valleys as well as Kootenay Lake and Arrow Lakes regions. Made first surveys of Lardeau Valley for provincial government maps. Describes techniques for map-making. Worked as a mines surveyor from 1911-1920. Mining activity in Kaslo area during the 1920s. Carried out underground surveys. Describes Tom Coleman, cook and packer from Argenta. Describes general topography. Healy's Landing. Accident on way up the Duncan River. TRACK 2: Boating accident on way up the Duncan River. Burns feet. Land slides threatened mineral surveyors in alpine regions. Scaling difficult peak to make triangulation. Slocan. Worked in Sandon area.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Jack Mulholland remembers coming west to the Kootenays in the late nineteenth century. He describes the CPR/Great Northern competition; the Silver King Mine at Nelson; the driving team; the smelter; more about coming west; rawhiding; a description of ore; the first ore from Sandon; forming the Prospectors Protective Association in Nelson; forming the Chamber of Mines; conflict; a prospector's life; bears and the Slocan-Lardeau ore belt. TRACK 2: He continues with more stories about prospecting and people in the area.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-18 SUMMARY: John Black recalls early life in Sandon. His father John came from Ontario in 1895 to mine, settled in Sandon, and later opened a store. Black describes some of the early settlers, his childhood activities, the social life, and sports. He also discusses the area's mining activities, the region's railways, the fires at Sandon and Kaslo, saloons and the red light district of Sandon.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. John H. Jerome remembers the West Kootenay Power and Light Company, and the South Slocan region. He came to work for the company in 1916 at the age of eighteen. He describes the West Kootenay Power and Light Company from 1898; modern hydro and dam development; Mr. Jerome as an operator for forty-seven years; the past versus the present; the people of the South Slocan region; early roads and transportation; settlement around 1912; the eccentric British immigrants; the South Slocan Chalet; the Doukhobors; mines and the Nelson City Power Plant. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T0088:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Les Walker: Nelson and area, 1902-1920s, part I PERIOD COVERED: 1890-1929 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1963-01-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Les Walker remembers coming to Nelson as a child in 1903. The journey. Transportation in the West Kootenay region. Nelson, 1903. Recreation to 1929. Transportation: air, boat, rail, Trail to Rossland link, Kettle Valley line. Nelson smelter. Crescent Beach. C.P.R. steamers on Kootenay Lake. Wilfred Laurier. Nelson as distribution point. Silver King Mine. Nelson. Silver in the Slocan distr;ict. Mining. Rossland. Nelson's "Bogus Town". Bill Fernie. Memories of Nelson and local characters. Red light district. Opera house. TRACK 2: More about the red light district. Saloons. "Boomer" brakemen, 1910-1915. Steamboat men. Chakho Mika Carnival in Nelson. Steamboats. "The Gunner of Galloway". Incident in Rossland. Bill Murphy story. Labour strife -- mining, 1890s-1902. Strikes and unionism; Western Federation of Miners.

CALL NUMBER: T0088:0009 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Les Walker: Nelson and area, 1902-1920s, part II PERIOD COVERED: 1902-1920s RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1963-01-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Les Walker continues to remember the Nelson area to 1920. Incidents in the Rossland Hall. Canada - U.S. relations -- the open border. Nez Perce Indians. More about the border. The Dewdney Trail. Nelson City Light and Mayor John Houston. Memories of Nelson people and incidents. More about "The Gunner of Galloway". "Old Jess". Nelson smelter burns, c.1910. Nelson smelters. Kootenay River. ;TRACK 2: Missionaries. Italian population. Kootenay Indians. Anecdote about mother and getting a drink of water. Strike of 1918 at Nelson smelter. Anecdote. The people. Opera house. Movies. News of the Titanic reaches Nelson. Changes in Nelson. Joy riding. School. Locomotives.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lila M. Frost recalls her early years in British Columbia. Her family came to Victoria from New Brunswick in 1897. Her father, John Coburn, was a railway worker, businessman, first mayor of Ladysmith and mayor of Nanaimo. She attended the Normal School in Vancouver and trained for teaching. Her first job at the age of 17 was teaching in Silverton. She relates her experiences in Silverton, the social life, the town, the hotel, the miners, remittance men and the teaching conditions. She then taught in Duncan and Ladysmith, where she met her husband, a doctor. She recalls the Wellington miner's strike of 1912.

TRACK 2: Lila Frost continues her discussion about the strikers, strike breakers, and incidents. She discusses her husband's medical duties, his education and associates. She relates a story about a niece of the Dunsmuirs, who married Dr. Wassen and later moved to Victoria. She also discusses the influenza epidemic that occurred after WWI.

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.]

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0005 [part 1 & 2] RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-01-07 SUMMARY: [No content summaries are available for this interview.];

CALL NUMBER: T1802:0006 [part 1 & 2] RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-01-07 SUMMARY: [No content summaries are available for this interview.];

Primarily mining claims of the Kootenay Land District.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Stewart's mother, Minnie Stewart, came to Sandon to join her stepfather who owned the Exchange Hotel. Sandon was rebuilding after the 1900 fire and was a very busy, active community at the turn of the century. Mrs. Stewart recounts a description of the town, mining activities, sawmills, breweries and recollections of Johnny Harris. Her son, George Stewart, continues this interview. Born in 1907 in Sandon, he went into mining work at eighteen. He recalls mining activity in the area, recollections about Johnny Harris, Ike Bernard, James Thompson, the town brewery, W.J. McDonald, ethnic groups, sports, childhood activities, Sandon City, the red light district, miners and their pastimes, railways and "Windy Bill".

TRACK 2: George Stewart continues with stories about Eli Carpenter, the Opera House, rawhiding, pack trains, mules, horses, local mines, Bear Lake, snow slides, Japanese, bears, newspapers, and Joe Atherton.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-18 SUMMARY: Neil Tattrie recalls early years mining in Sandon. He arrived in Sandon from Nova Scotia, via the prairies in 1905. He describes some of the early mining techniques, mines, miners and conditions. He also describes and compares mining techniques in 1905 and 1965. He recalls Sandon, the town, social activities, sports, weather, Johnny Harris, Bob Cunning, Red McLeod and rock drilling contests.