Subject: Coal Mining
Coal Creek, BC
Unused B&W printed postcard of mining operation at Coal Creek, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0295 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Coal Creek, BC
Unused B&W printed postcard of mining operation at Coal Creek, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0296 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Coal Creek Mines Near Fernie, BC
Unused colour printed postcard of the Coal Creek Mines near Fernie, BC. Handwritten note on back. Made in Germany.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0297 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Coal Creek Mines Near Fernie, BC
Unused colour printed postcard of the Coal Creek Mines near Fernie, BC. Handwritten note on back. Made in Germany.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0298 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1910 |
Michel, B.C.
Mouth of coal mine tunnel at Michel, B.C
| Internal ID: | 0039.0433 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Michel, B.C.
Mouth of coal mine tunnel at Michel, B.C
| Internal ID: | 0039.0434 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Steel Tipple, Hosmer, B.C.
A postcard view from the Hosmer Drug and Book Store, showing the new steel tipple for the Hosmer coal mine owned and developed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0445 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Steel Tipple, Hosmer, B.C.
A postcard view from the Hosmer Drug and Book Store, showing the new steel tipple for the Hosmer coal mine owned and developed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0446 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Michel. B.C.
Part of the residential section of Michel, B.C., an early coal mining town near the Alberta/B/C. border in the Crowsnest Pass. The writing on the back says "This is where all the foreigners live."
| Internal ID: | 0039.0447 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Michel. B.C.
Part of the residential section of Michel, B.C., an early coal mining town near the Alberta/B/C. border in the Crowsnest Pass. The writing on the back says "This is where all the foreigners live."
| Internal ID: | 0039.0448 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Michel, B.C.
Coal tipple and works, Michel, B.C., located in the Crowsnest Pass.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0449 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1906 |
Michel, B.C.
Coal tipple and works, Michel, B.C., located in the Crowsnest Pass.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0450 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1906 |
Michel, B.C
Coal tipple and coke ovens at Michel, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0453 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Michel, B.C
Coal tipple and coke ovens at Michel, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0454 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Michel. B.C.
Compressor building, rail spurs and coal processing plant at Michel. B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0455 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Michel. B.C.
Compressor building, rail spurs and coal processing plant at Michel. B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0456 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Balmer Mine
Westar Mining's open pit operation, Balmer Mine, near Sparwood in the Crowsnest Pass.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0459 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Balmer Mine
Westar Mining's open pit operation, Balmer Mine, near Sparwood in the Crowsnest Pass.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0460 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
East Kootenay Power Improves its position
East Kootenay Power annual reports
| Internal ID: | 0042.0066 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1926 |
Chinese Miners
Newspaper article certificate on competency required of each coal miner proving he is sufficiently conversant with the English language to ensure he is a safe employee.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0035 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 29th 1908 |
Chinese Exclusion
Newspaper article Ottawa dispatch states British Columbians white laborers excited over government refusal to adopt legislation restricting the immigration of Chinese laborers.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0093 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 14th 1891 |
First Coal Assays
Newspaper article coal deposits in Crow's Nest pass analysed in San Francisco proved to be valuable.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0094 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 21st 1891 |
Chinese Miners
Newspaper excerpt Vancouver Province - the danger of employing Chinese labour is abundantly shown in the cause of an explosion at Cumberland. The discovery of matches and smoking materials on the Chinamen killed is suffient proof of their use during the hours of employment.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0495 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 22nd 1903 |
Edwards Remembers 1885
An interesting outlook on progress in our area over the last 14 years by one of the first settlers in the area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0300 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 21st 1899 |
Crow's Nest Coal
Reporting Crow's Nest Coal of better quality than Grand Coulee Coal, enabling engine men to use less coal.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0309 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 7th 1900 |
Crows Nest Coal Fields
Tax rate on acres owned by Crows Nest Coal Company and their estimated output in the billions.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0439 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 20th 1900 |
Route Surveying
Describing the trials and tribulations of two men travelling from Lethbridge to Fort Steele, report also gives distances and descriptions of places encountered along the way.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0551 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
Underground Law Struck Down
Law against Chinese working underground declared illegal.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0816 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 22nd 1904 |
Potential of East Kootenay
Newspaper excerpt Vancouver World - describing the rich mining and farming available in East Kootenay, as well as the natural geography of the land.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0868 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 6th 1893 |
Dewdney Trail
Newspaper excerpt Spokane Review - interviews ex-Governor George Dewdney on the reasoning behind and blazing of Dewdney trail through southern B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0437 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 10th 1901 |
William Fernie and Coal Co.
Developments in the Crows Nest coal fields.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0010 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 19th 1897 |
Fernie Coal Strike
Newspaper excerpt Cranbrook Herald re issues of strike.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0275 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 5th 1902 |
Mining News
Promoting East kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0281 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 12th 1902 |
Coal Strike
Newspaper
| Internal ID: | 0054.0284 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 19th 1902 |
Coal Strike
Coal strike heats up with legal action.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0286 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 26th 1902 |
Fernie Typhoid
Newspaper
| Internal ID: | 0054.0290 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 23rd 1902 |
Coal Railcar Derailment
Coal railcar derailment in a creek.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0148 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1987 |
Coal Railcar Derailment
Coal railcar derailment in a small creek.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0149 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1987 |
Coal Railcar Derailment
Coal railcar derailment in a small creek.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0150 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1987 |
Lethbridge Collieries
An overview of the Lethbridge Collieries, Shaft #3 - 1923-1926.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0034 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1926 |
Fassiferne Train Wreck
One of the wrecked gondola cars of coal involved in the Fassiferne accident.
| Internal ID: | 0219.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
Michel, B.C.
An early view of coal miners' houses at Michel, B.C. Postcard front, linked to 0457.0150
| Internal ID: | 0457.0149 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Michel, B.C.
An early view of coal miners' houses at Michel, B.C. Postcard front, linked to 0457.0150
| Internal ID: | 0457.0150 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Corbin Coal Ad
A newspaper ad for Corbin's Coal, Ltd. coal mine at Corbin, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0482.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Greenhills Mining Operations c.1981
Greenhills Mining Operations Sign unveiling c.1981
| Internal ID: | 2290.0063 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1981 |
Roberts Bank Coal Delta BC c.1981
Roberts Bank Coal c.1981 Delta, BC Roberts Bank is home to a twin-terminal port facility located on the mainland coastline of the Strait of Georgia in Delta, British Columbia. Opened in 1970 with Westshore Terminals as its only tenant, Roberts Bank was expanded in 1983รข??84, and in June 1997 opened a second terminal, the GCT Deltaport container facility.
| Internal ID: | 2290.0217 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1981 |
Coal Mine Haul Trucks
Sparwood, B.C. trucks used to haul at the Fording Coal open pit coal mine; Ca. unknown
| Internal ID: | 0336.0028 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 2000 |
Michel, B.C., postcard
Michel, Mining Section Michel, B.C., postcard front, linked to 0457.0148
| Internal ID: | 0457.0147 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Hosmer Industrial Pl;ant, 1909
Hosmer, B.C. "Shop with Boiler and Power House Construction, Hosmer, B.C." Front of postcard Post Marked Feb. 1 1909
| Internal ID: | 2040.0414 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1909 |
Corbin, B.C. Old Mining Town in the Crowsnest Pass
Corbin, B.C. old coal mining town, railroad known as the S.I. (Spokane International).
| Internal ID: | 0336.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Coke Ovens at Michel, B.C.
Good view of the many coke ovens at Michel, a value-added part of coal mining, c. 1905
| Internal ID: | 2040.0578 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Overview of Michel and Coke Ovens, c. 1905
A view of Michel, B.C., with rows of coke ovens in the foreground and the town in the background. Certainly shows how hard the women had to work to keep things clean in their houses,
| Internal ID: | 2040.0580 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Winter at Michel, B.C.
Michel B.C. with the bunkhouses featured, and railway just in front of them. Front of postcard Post Marked Nov. 9 1904.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0582 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Area Known as Middletown at Michel, B.C.
Michel B.C. "New Town, Michel B.C." Front postcard. The new area developing after 1905 between Michel and Natal, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0586 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Michel, B.C. - The Business Area c. 1905
Michel B.C. "Mining Section, Michel B.C." on front of postcard. This shows the tipple, power plant and railway layout at Michel, all designed to process and ship the coal from the mines.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0588 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Miners' Houses, Michel, B.C. c. 1905
Michel B.C. "Coal Miner's Houses, Michel B.C." on front of postcard. Michel Creek in the background and outhouses down the middle of the street.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0590 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Michel, B.C., Overview
An overview of the miners' houses at Michel constructed by the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0594 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Miners' Houses at Michel, B.C.
An overview of Michel's housing area, with the coal tipple in the background, c. 1910
| Internal ID: | 2040.0596 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Michel, B.C. Townsite, c. 1905
The company store and back of some of the boarding houses at Michel, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0598 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Fording River Mine c.1981
Fording River Mine Operations c.1981. One of the two 30 cubic yard shovels ordered as part of Fording's $115 million expansion program is already in operation. Fording River Operations is one of our four steel-making coal operations located in the Elk Valley of British Columbia.
| Internal ID: | 2290.0214 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1981 |
Fording River Mine 1980
Fording River Mine Operations 1980
| Internal ID: | 2290.0034 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Fording River Mine 1980
Fording River Mine 1980 Do you recognize these men? If you do please let us know
| Internal ID: | 2290.0062 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Fording River Mine c.1981
Fording River Mine Operations c.1981 A multi-million dollar concrete silo, which became operational in October, improves coal handling at the computerized load-out site.
| Internal ID: | 2290.0215 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1981 |
Fording River Mine c.1981
Fording River Mine c.1981 170-ton trucks comprise part of Fording's rolling stock. Some of Fording's inventory includes a 60-cubic yard drag-line, electric shovels, 120-ton trucks, front-end loaders, bulldozers, graders and scrapers.
| Internal ID: | 2290.0216 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1981 |
