Photograph of the South Portal main entrance to Bell Mines.
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Photograph of the South Portal main entrance to Bell Mines.
The fonds contains of research done by W. Gillies Ross on the following subjects: the mines at Eustis, Capelton and Albert Mines, asbestos mining at Asbestos, the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, the Stanstead granite industry, and covered bridges in the Eastern Townships and surrounding areas. It consists largely of research notes, research documents, photographs, and oral histories. The fonds is organized i the following series: Interviews (1944-1996), Harvard’s Baker Library Trip and Research (1887-1996), Jo Cooper (1977-1987), Newspaper Index (1971-1975), National Archive of Canada Research (1903-1921), Publications (1890-1938), Granite Project (1898-1900, 1976), Copper / Pyrite Mining Studies (1867 [Photocopied] -1996), Asbestos Mining and Landscape Research (1897 [Photocopied]-1965), Spanish Flu Research (1918 [Photocopied] -2006), Photographs (1888-1972), Maps and Plans (1767 [Photocopied] - 1979), Asbestos Mining (1950-2004), Mining Study – Correspondence (1883 [Photocopied]-2005), Book Translation (1995), Cookshire (1979), Research on covered bridges ([ca. 1990?]).
Ross, W. Gillies (1931-2019)The item is a reproduced album showing the relocation of houses, businesses, services, and the Quebec Central Railway tracks to accommodate the expansion of the open-pit asbestos mines in Thetford Mines from 1953 to 1956.
Item is a photograph of the Quebec Asbestos Corportation mining operations, showing Plants No. 1 & No. 2, in East Broughton around 1920. (Photographer: Sears Studio, Sherbrooke)
Item is a photograph of part of East Broughton, formerly East Broughton Station, (presently 10e avenue nord), with the mining installations of Quebec Asbestos Corporation visible in the distance, taken around 1910.
Item is a letter from Jean Marc Roberge (notary) in Thetford Mines to Doris Peterson-Ward in Montreal, dated September 15, 1966. The letter was enclosed with a copy of a Deed of Sale in favor of Flintkote Mines Limited (Thetford Mines).
Item is a plan showing the minining facilities of Plant No. 2 of the Quebec Asbestos Corporation in East Broughton, dated 20 September 1926. Prepared by W.S. Dresser & Co., Sherbrooke.
The item is a postcard with aerial views of Thetford Mines and Johnston's Asbestos Company from 1907
Photograph of the construction of a trestle in Bell Asbestos Mines in Thetford Mines.
Photograph of nine employees (mechanics) of Bell Asbestos Mines in 1912. They are in front of a building.
Photograph of the Bell Asbestos mines in Thetford Mines.
Photograph of the Bell Asbestos mines in Thetford Mines.
Photograph of female mine workers.
Item s a photograph of a log drive crew in Leeds.
Item s a photograph of a log drive crew in Leeds.
Item is a photograph of a building and bridge in front of the dam located in Kinnear's Mills.
Item is a postcard of the Jacobs Mines Company, taken from the railroad tracks in Thetford Mines West.
Item is a postcard of the Jacobs Mines Company, located in Thetford Mines West.