topic:"Mining" found 97 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, chur…

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1967]

Reference Code: V180 / V / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 84

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Part Of: Ron Duke fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M175 / V180

Series: V.B. Later material / prints

Sous-Fonds: V180

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V180 / V / B / i / PA - 01 to PA - 84

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print

Date Range: [ca. 1959-1967]

Physical Description: 84 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.1 x 20.1 cm or smaller

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Sub-series pertains to 84 b&w and colour prints depicting assorted activities and events around Banff National Park. Includes pack trips, skiing, backcountry huts [Abbot Pass Hut and Bow Hut], community events, shops, a Canada Day Parade, the Canadian Centennial in 1967, a Royal visit in 1959, churches, school programs, the 1967 Mount Royal Hotel fire, Banff Indian Days, high altitude mountaineering, conferences, boating on the Bow River, and rodeos.

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Automobiles; Banff Indian Days; Boats; Boy Scouts of Canada; Buildings; Children; Churches; Community events; Construction; Fire; Girl Guides of Canada; Helicopters; Hiking; Horses; Horse packing; Huts; Mines and mineral resources; Mining; Mount Royal Hotel; Pack trains; Parade; Portrait; Rodeo; Royal tours; Royal Visit; Rundle Mountain; School; Skiing; Skoki Lodge

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Banff National Park; Assiniboine; British Columbia

Language: NA

Creator: Duke, Ron

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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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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Annual report of the Department of the Interior

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

Published Date: 1875-1936

Author: Canada. Department of the Interior

Call Number: 02.4 C16i

Author: Canada. Department of the Interior

Published Date: 1875-1936

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

Series: Sessional papers

Subjects: Banff (townsite); Businesses; Government; Hot springs; Indians; Mining; National parks; Roads; Surveys; Tourism; Utilities

Notes: Holdings: 1875-1936 [some photocopies; some Part V or Part III only]. Photocopies only for: 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1903/04, 1905/06, 1906/07, 1908 Dept of Interior & Part III only, 1911/12, 1914/15, 1916/17, 1918/19;; Fiscal year Jan-Dec until 1899 - changed with 6 month gap between 1899 (dated Feb 28, 1900) and 1901 (June 1900-Jun30, 1901) [re: change of fiscal year?]; fiscal year change again 1906/07 (April to Mar 31)[ This second change caused there to be an annual report for 1905 of which we have original]; Also referred to as "The Department of the Interior Report"

Accession Number: 334; 1000; 12548; 2416; 2691; 7830

Call Number: 02.4 C16i

Collection: Archives Library

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The ante-room

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

Published Date: 1959

Author: Dickson, Lovat

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Call Number: 08 D56

Author: Dickson, Lovat

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Published Date: 1959

Physical Description: 270p

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

Subjects: Coal; Mining

Notes: Relevant pages include: p.196-268

Accession Number: 19500

Call Number: 08 D56

Collection: Archives Library

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Bankhead : ghost town in Banff National Park

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Kelly, Ellen

Call Number: P

Author: Kelly, Ellen

Physical Description: p.60-62 : ill

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Coal; Mining

Notes: In Legacy, vol.13, no.1 (Spring 2008). Article also includes reference to Billy Ross who died in an accident in 1913

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Bankhead Mine Site and Operations

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Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to the mine at Bankhead, its buildings and operations.

Date Range: [ca. 1906]

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 220 to 234, 490, 491

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

17 images

Part Of: Elliott Barnes fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V48

Series: I.A. Negatives : Film

Sous-Fonds: V48

Accession Number: .

Reference Code: V48 / I / A / NA - 220 to 234, 490, 491

GMD: Film; Negative; Transparency

Date Range: [ca. 1906]

Physical Description: 17 photographs : negatives, film

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to the mine at Bankhead, its buildings and operations.

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?]