Gold mines and mining

"Lost" Gold Mine, Pitt River, a spurious story

AM54-S17-M5387
File
1947-1960

Part of Major Matthews collection

"Ne'er do well" claim, Cariboo

AM54-S4-: Out P903
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows a trestle bridge in the background

#2 - Lost mine ; The curse of the lost [Gold] mine ; Donnelly Rhode[s]

AM1553-8-S4-: MI-485
Item
Dec. 7, 1993

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Item is camera original raw footage for "Curse of the Lost Gold Mine." Includes various takes of Donnelly Rhodes as the Storyteller, in a log cabin setting next to a fireplace, telling tales of Slumach and his gold mine. Includes some miscellaneous scenes: Rhodes handling a large gold nugget and close-ups of the fire.

#3 - Lost mine ; The curse of the lost [gold] mine ; Donnelly Rhoden[Rhodes]

AM1553-8-S4-: MI-486
Item
Dec. 7, 1993

Part of Yaletown Productions Inc. fonds

Item is camera original raw footage for "Curse of the Lost Gold Mine." Includes various takes of Donnelly Rhodes as the Storyteller, smoking a pipe in a log cabin setting next to a fireplace, telling tales of Slumach and his gold mine. Focuses on the curse and those that lost their lives looking for the gold. Includes a few takes of a summary of the whole legend. Camera, Gibson; director, Collier; and sound, Dave.

Aurora Claim

AM54-S4-: Out P907.1
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Barkerville - Williams Creek, Cariboo, "Gold Mines"

AM54-S4-: Out P165
Item
[ca. 1865]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Bartlett Brothers pack train, Dawson

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-33
Item
1899

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association fonds

Photograph shows men loading packs onto donkeys on the street. Photo also shows some storefronts, and people on the sidewalk.

Buildings and mine on Douglas Island as seen from steamer

AM1376-: CVA 3-43
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine B[ui]ld[in]gs

AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.600
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining Company - Gold in Birks Window [at 710 Granville Street]

AM1535-: CVA 99-4334
Item
1933

Part of Stuart Thomson fonds

Chinamen Washing for Gold near North Bend

AM1376-: CVA 1376-375.24
Item
[1889 or 1890]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Chinamen Washing for Gold near North Bend

AM54-S4-: Out P803
Item
1891

Part of Major Matthews collection

Eldorado [Gold Mine]

AM54-S4-: PAN P81
Item
[1898 or 1899]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows Tommy Scouse on top of a ladder

Engine Room, Cherry Creek Gold Mining Co., Jackman, B.C. 1903

AM615-: CVA 190-03
Item
1903

Part of William Olsen fonds

Item is a photograph showing two men standing amidst machinery in the engine room at Cherry Creek Gold Mining Co.

Gold

AM54-S17-M3579
File
1941-1974

Part of Major Matthews collection

Gold Mine

AM54-S4-: Out P904
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows men at the entrance

Gold Washing

AM54-S4-: Out P905
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Gold diggings [on] Leach River, B.C.

AM54-S4-: Out P908
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Gold dredge in Fraser River

AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-2963
Item
July 1944

Part of Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

Hugh Matthews, son [of] Major Matthews, panning gold Similkameen River, near Princeton, 1919 or 1920

AM54-S11-4---: CVA 371-3071
Item
[1919 or 1920]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photo shows Hugh Matthews, son of Major Matthews, panning gold Similkameen River, near Princeton, 1919 or 1920, "whilst with his father erecting warehouses and tanks for Imperial Oil Limited (first storage tank erected there)". Hugh Matthews holds a pipe in his mouth while he stands in the river, working a gold pan.

Interior of stamp mill

AM1376-: CVA 3-48
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Machinery in Engine Room, Cherry Creek Gold Mining Co., Jackman, B.C. 1903

AM615-: CVA 190-04
Item
1903

Part of William Olsen fonds

Men sampling ore during the Klondike Gold Rush

AM54-S4-: Out P527.4
Item
[between 1900 and 1902]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Mill building, Vidette Mine

AM427-S4-F4-: CVA 289-004.391
Item
[ca. 1934]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Millers ranch - first discovery of gold on Island - Texada from J.J. Palmer for J.C.M. [Logan---]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-648
Item
Apr. 24, 1897

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Mine as seen from the Stamp Mill on Douglas Island

AM1376-: CVA 3-44
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Pack Horses, Cherry Creek Gold Mining Co. Jackman, B.C. 1903

AM615-: CVA 190-02
Item
1903

Part of William Olsen fonds

Peter O'Reilly : the rise of a reluctant immigrant.

FC 3824.1 .O74 S86 2010
2010

Part of City of Vancouver Archives library collection

Placer mining during the Klondike Gold Rush

AM54-S4-: Out P529.2
Item
[between 1898 and 1900]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Stamp Mill [on] Douglas Island as seen from the mine

AM1376-: CVA 3-45
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Stamp Mill and buildings [showing] Juneau on opposite shore in the distance

AM1376-: CVA 3-46
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Stamps in the interior of the mill

AM1376-: CVA 3-47
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Stoats Gulch Claim

AM54-S4-: Out P907.3
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

The Cameron C[ompanies?] claim "Camerouton" Williams Creek, B.C.

AM54-S4-: LP 169
Item
Aug. 20, 1863

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows John A. Cameron, known as "Cariboo Cameron", with mining equipment and structures.

The Rocky Mountains from Grouse Creek, Cariboo. "Gold Mines"

AM54-S4-: Out P157
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

The switchback, Vidette Mine

AM427-S4-F4-: CVA 289-004.387
Item
[ca. 1934]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Van Winkle Bar Gold Mine, Fraser River, near Lytton, B.C. on C.P.R.

AM753-S1-F2-: CVA 256-02.35
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of Elizabeth Abbott fonds

Van Winkle Bar Gold Mine, Fraser River, near Lytton, B.C. on C.P.R.

AM753-S1-F2-: CVA 256-02.34
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of Elizabeth Abbott fonds

Vidette Mine

AM427-S4-F4-: CVA 289-004.390
Item
[ca. 1934]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Vidette Mine and lake

AM427-S4-F4-: CVA 289-004.388
Item
[ca. 1934]

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Washing Gold

AM54-S4-: Out P906
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Williams Creek Claim

AM54-S4-: Out P907.2
Item
1868 ; reproduced 1958

Part of Major Matthews collection

Yankee steamboats on the Fraser River British Columbia

AM1519-: 2013-116.1
Item
[ca. 1940]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives pamphlet collection

"A story of yankee participation in building and operating paddlewheelers during the Cariboo gold rush 1858-1871"

Yukon adventure 1898, Vancouver, B.C.

AM1376-: CVA 45-1
Item
1898

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Item is a copy negative of a photograph of a group of six fur-hatted men, presumably associated with the Blackstone Mining Co., in front of the Klondike outfitting and trading company. Identified individuals: Rudolph [Hyman], J.H. [Meiers], Mr Coffee, Mr. Green.