Trail (B.C.)

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Challenge in the rock

The item consists of an industrial film made by Lew Parry Productions in 1966 for the Mining Association of British Columbia. It contains an overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

Challenge in the rock

The item is a composite print of an industrial film from 1966. It consists of an overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

Challenge in the rock

The item is a print of an industrial film by Lew Parry. It contains an overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

Challenge in the rock

Industrial film. An overview of the mining industry of British Columbia and the Yukon. Sequences include: prospecting; claim staking; the use of helicopters; core sampling; construction of mine access roads; planning the mining of an ore body; lead-zinc mining operations in the Sullivan Mine; processing of ore by crushers, ball mills and flotation cells; residential scenes in mining towns (Fraser Lake, Pine Point, Ashcroft); Cominco smelter at Trail; contribution to steel industry (pig iron and coke); training of mining technicians at BCIT; role of the BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, including its Prospectors' Mining School; Vancouver and Port Moody dockside scenes showing concentrates, coal and ingots being loaded.

Cominco sound recordings

The series consists of taped interviews and radio broadcasts, all relating to Cominco. The original recordings include audio cassettes, 3", 5", 7" and 10" reels and 8 track tapes.

T3135 to T3147 consists of thirteen oral history interviews with retired Cominco employees, recorded by students employed under the Young Canada Works Program in the summer of 1977.

Items T4217:1-2 consist of the proceedings of the annual general meetings for Cominco, 1978 and 1980.

T4245 consist of oral history history interviews, recorded from [197-] to 1982. Archives staff transcribed many of the interviews or kept content notes. Three of the interviews consist of notes or memoirs only, no taped recording. If a transcript of an oral history interview exists, it is noted in the file list. Documentation files containing notes on interviews are also indicated on the file list.

T4350 consists of oral history interviews with retired Cominco employees (1-42), recorded between 1977 and 1981, mainly by Dr. Joanne Pepper. It also contains recordings (43-88) of radio broadcasts and audio tracks for slide presentations, social events and pension rallies, all recorded between the 1950s and 1983. No transcripts exist for these recordings however some content notes exist in the accession file.

Garfield Belenger interview

CALL NUMBER: T4101:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1929-[no date] RECORDED: Kaslo (B.C.), 1983-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Started work for Cominco in 1929 on company docks. Went to Trail in 1930. Laid off in 1931 with other single men. Took freight across Canada; married in North Battleford and took wife on freights to Trail. Got work in 1932 as he was married. Met underground union people. Underground union formed into cells of about five men each. Man named MacDonald paid Evans to come to Trail. About 100 people were in the underground union. Evans had a couple of meetings and people decided to form a real union. Met in co-op garage. Organised on the job. Wore CIO button to break down fear. Relations with Italian workers. Company town. Old WFM men on hill. Anecdote about WFM organizer. Anecdote about Murphy. Observer at first negotiations. Was fired in 1949 for passing out leaflets about Ginger Goodwin's death. TRACK 2: Lost arbitration over firing. Blacklisted from work in Trail. Gets job at Reese-MacDonald mine. Anecdote about men threatening to go on strike if he is fired. Church prints leaflet to discourage Italians from joining Mine/Mill. Assessment of people working for union. Was demoted for organizing. Anecdote about discussion politics with General Manager. Called to general office; from bringing union papers on job. Communists in the Union. Red baiting on the job. Communists didn't hurt organizing. Communists resign thinking to help organizing drive; doesn't work. CALL NUMBER: T4101:0004 PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1983 RECORDED: Kaslo (B.C.), 1983-06-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Impression of Arthur Evans. Belenger talked to judge who sentence Evans. Burning of car. Belenger and Evans harassed by police. Burning Evans' car. Workmen's Committee implicated. Ladies Auxiliary organised as an appendage to the union. Impressions of Harvey Murphy. Impressions of Murphy. Organisation of Union Paper. Blaylock and Cominco; Blaylock's drive to dominate everything. Steel raid of 1950. Right wing for Steel. Mine/Mill and democracy. Mine/Mill workers elected to Workmen's Committee. Company gave pay raises to stop union organising. Downtown people talked about company benefits. Pollution in Trail. Company town and paternalism of the company. Anti-Mine/Mill people joined steel analysis of merger. TRACK 2: Steel fighting Mine/Mill/Steel arguments during raid. Strikes won by hearts and guts. Communist party and union decision. Murphy got in trouble once for making a decision without executive. Learned about unions by doing. Process of forming Local 480. Organizers knew about putting out leaflets and papers. Knew how to attack problems. Could see issues clearer than workers, i.e. health and safety. Some men had lead tests done in Spokane. Conditions on the hill. Dr. Endicott was a union sympathizer. Company doctors were not trusted. Company always looking out for shareholders. Workers never start battles (CIO) Evans car smashed. Company propaganda provoked fights. Took a long time for overcome company influence. Trail workers now give largest strike mandate in BC. Company store shuts down. Trail changed physically over time as did the workers.

No man is an island

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.

Of mines and men

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.