topic:"Mining" found 2 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: Identifications provided by Archives LIST OF NEGATIVES :; 220 Mine office at Bankhead; 221 View of Bankhead town site; 222 Construction of mine building; 223 Carpenters at Bankhead eating lunch; 224 to 226 Breaker at Bankhead Mines; 227 Breaker, mine buildings and spurline; 228 Men on steam motors at Bankhead Mines; 229, 230 Turbines in power plant; 231 Interior of power plant; 232, 233 Interior of miners' washhouse; 234 Mess hall; 490 Interior of miners' washroom at Bankhead mines; 491 [Blacksmith at work with child looking on, Bankhead?]

Subject Access: Bankhead; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Landscapes; Mine; Mining

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Scope & Content: Item consists of two 16 mm motion pictures. Reel 1 pertaining to various scenes from around the Yukon, mostly focused around Dawson City. Includes shots of the townsite, a ferry carrying cars across the river, a historic paddlewheel boat being repaired on shore, large-scale and small-scale gold pan…

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Physical Description: 2 motion pictures (2 film reels: ca. 400'): 16 mm, original, col., silent

Scope & Content: Item consists of two 16 mm motion pictures. Reel 1 pertaining to various scenes from around the Yukon, mostly focused around Dawson City. Includes shots of the townsite, a ferry carrying cars across the river, a historic paddlewheel boat being repaired on shore, large-scale and small-scale gold panning, historic trains [possibly a museum], military graveyard, a local theatre play, and a parade. Reel 2 includes shots of a boat docking, street scenes [presumably Dawson City], and a train ride along the White Pass to Whitehorse - scenes here also include people getting on/off the train, scenic views from along the tracks, river boats, the interior of train cars, and arriving in Whitehorse. The original label on the first case reads "White Pass - Yukon Route, Date: 1960, Camera: B. Engler, Footage: 200ft, Time: 5 min." The label on the second case reads "White Pass - Yukon Route - Railway, Camera: B. Engler, Date: 1961, Footage: 200 ft, Time 5 min."

Subject Access: Airplanes; Boats; Buildings; Gold; Mines and mineral resources; Mining; Mountains; Museums; Parades; Period costume; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Scenery; scenic; Theatre; Tours; Tourism; Trains; Women

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