Gold mines and mining

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

Barkerville - Williams Creek, Cariboo, "Gold Mines"

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Placer gold mining on the Fraser River]

AM54-S4-: Out P177
Item
[189-?]

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Workers at the Seymour Creek Gold Mine]

AM54-S4-: Out P520
Item
1888

Part of Major Matthews collection

Group portrait showing Mr. Eaton, William Jordan, William Francis and others

[View of a placer mine]

AM54-S4-: Out P732
Item
[ca. 1890]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows "Hangman's Tree"

[Gold dredge "Bliss No. 1" at Horse Beef Bar on the Fraser River near Lillooet]

AM54-S4-: Out P736
Item
1900

Part of Major Matthews collection

Chinamen Washing for Gold near North Bend

AM54-S4-: Out P803
Item
1891

Part of Major Matthews collection

[The "Stemwinder" gold mine building]

AM54-S4-: Out P897
Item
1897 ; reproduced 1958

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

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

Washing Gold

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

Aurora Claim

AM54-S4-: Out P907.1
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

Stoats Gulch Claim

AM54-S4-: Out P907.3
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 panner at work]

AM54-S4-: Out P1201
Item
[ca. 1906]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Chinamen Washing for Gold near North Bend

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

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[Waterfall at placer gold mine]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-1410
Item
[192-]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Sluice at placer gold mine]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-1411
Item
[192-]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

[Waterfall and water jet at placer gold mine]

AM1477-1-S5-: CVA 1477-1412
Item
[192-]

Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds

Men sampling ore during the Klondike Gold Rush

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

Placer mining during the Klondike Gold Rush

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

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Hydraulic gold mining at Lillooet Bridge]

AM54-S4-: Out P723
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of Major Matthews collection

Photograph shows William Cumming and others

[A gold assay certificate issued to A.A. Logan, J. McConville and J. Danaker and ore and quartz samples]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-546
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

[Three men (possibly A.A. Logan, J. McConville and J. Danaker) with an assay certificate and ore and quartz samples]

AM1376-: CVA 1376-547
Item
[ca. 1913]

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Group portrait

Buildings and mine on Douglas Island as seen from steamer

AM1376-: CVA 3-43
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Interior of stamp mill

AM1376-: CVA 3-48
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

Mine as seen from the Stamp Mill on Douglas Island

AM1376-: CVA 3-44
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

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

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

AM1376-: CVA 3-45
Item
1886

Part of City of Vancouver Archives photograph collection

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.

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

AM615-: CVA 190-02
Item
1903

Part of William Olsen fonds

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.

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

AM615-: CVA 190-04
Item
1903

Part of William Olsen fonds

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"

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

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

The switchback, Vidette Mine

AM427-S4-F4-: CVA 289-004.387
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

Vidette Mine

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

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

Mill building, Vidette Mine

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

Part of William Orson Banfield fonds

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

Gold

AM54-S17-M3579
File
1941-1974

Part of Major Matthews collection

[Seated studio portrait of] Peter O'Reilly, H. M. Ball, and Thomas Elwyn

AM336-S3-2-: CVA 677-683
Item
[186-?]

Part of Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association 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

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

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.

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