topic:"Mining" found 19 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

. . . Position statement . . . to outline the philosophy, concepts and principles around which legislation on surface reclamation will be developed . . .

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1971

Author: Alberta. Dept. of the Environment

Call Number: 03.6 Al1 Pam

Author: Alberta. Dept. of the Environment

Published Date: 1971

Physical Description: 8p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Mining; Man and nature

Accession Number: 3000

Call Number: 03.6 Al1 Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Alberta labour : a heritage untold

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1979

Author: Caragata, Warren

Publisher: Toronto : James Lorimer

Call Number: 08.2 Al1cl

Author: Caragata, Warren

Publisher: Toronto : James Lorimer

Published Date: 1979

Physical Description: x, 162p. : ill., ports., facsim

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Coal; Crowsnest Pass; Depression (1929-1935); Ethnic groups; Mining; Railways

Notes: Bibliography and index

ISBN: 0-88862-264-3

Accession Number: 13500

Call Number: 08.2 Al1cl

Collection: Archives Library

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Balance Scale

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Date: 1890 – 1920

Material: bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan

Catalogue Number: 104.48.0002 a,b

Description: A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts…

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Title: Balance Scale

Date: 1890 – 1920

Material: bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan

Dimensions: a) .5 (pan x b) 6.6 x a) 32 (bea cm

Description: A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts as a fulcrum to hang the rod. b) A violin-shaped case made of carved bamboo that is hinged with brass at the end of the stem. A braided rattan ring slides down the stem to secure it when closed. There are carved areas insidethe case to fit the pan, rod and weight. The case is marked with a symbol carved into the outside. There is also a red and white paper inside with Chinese characters and “Ex.B Harry Sam” handwritten.

Subject: households; currency; Philip Moore; law; mining; trade; F.O. “Pat” Brewster

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.48.0002 a,b

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Canada west magazine, vol. 2, no. 2, summer 1970

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: Summer 1970

Author: Barlee, N.L.

Publisher: Summerland, B.C. : N.L. Barlee

Call Number: 08.2 C16ca PAM

Author: Barlee, N.L.

Publisher: Summerland, B.C. : N.L. Barlee

Published Date: Summer 1970

Physical Description: 32 pages : illustrations, map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Volume 2 Number 2

Subjects: Kaslo; Railways; Mining; Crime; First Nations

Abstract: Pertains to the Kaslo area of British Columbia, with focus on a flood in 1894, sign language used by the Salish people as observed by James A. Teit, third installment of a synopsis about Allison Pass by Susan L. Allison, gold stolen from Camp McKinney in 1896, and a spotlight on the Arlington Hotel in Slocan.

Contents: Publishers Comments General Map Historic Kaslo The Collector’s Page Indian Sign Language Allison Pass Memoirs The Lost Gold of Camp McKinney Our Vanishing Heritage

Accession Number: 3069a

Call Number: 08.2 C16ca PAM

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada's energy opportunities

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: c1975

Author: Science Council of Canada

Call Number: 03.6 Sci2

Author: Science Council of Canada

Published Date: c1975

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Coal; Conservation; Environment; Mining

Notes: Summary report in pamphlet section

Call Number: 03.6 Sci2

Collection: Archives Library

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Coal (Roberts Bank), Alyth Yard Controls, Palliser Square Apts, Palliser Tower

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 209 negatives (colour, b&w) and 7 colour transparencies. Content pertains to coal exploration, mining and transportation; Alyth railway yards, Calgary; Palliser Square, Marathon Realty, Calgary, 1970; Mountain Creek bridge construction, BC, ca. 1982 (?)

Date Range: 1970; [1970 - ca. 1982]

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 11

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 4.2 / Sub-sub-sub series

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / I / A : Photography: Negatives and Transparencies

Accession Number: 7438

Reference Code: V500 / I / A7 / 11

GMD: Photograph; Negative; Transparency

Responsibility: Produced by Nicholas Morant

Date Range: 1970; [1970 - ca. 1982]

Physical Description: 216 Photographs: negatives and transparencies, colour and b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 209 negatives (colour, b&w) and 7 colour transparencies. Content pertains to coal exploration, mining and transportation; Alyth railway yards, Calgary; Palliser Square, Marathon Realty, Calgary, 1970; Mountain Creek bridge construction, BC, ca. 1982 (?)

Notes: Related to file V500 / A7 / GD-3 Negatives and transparencies stored separately

Subject Access: Coal; Mining; Transportation; Construction

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Calgary

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.