Collection dates, Series #1 of 4 1899 - 1968
Scope
and Contents
The books in this Record Group are books that are mainly mine related.
Series 1:
Contains periodicals and books pertaining to mining.
In
this Series:
1. = Industrial Catalogues
1. INDUSTRIAL CATALOGUES
(3) Marshall-Wells, BC Limited - complete
product late
‘30’s, 1940, 1953,
line catalogues
(1) Grinnell Sales Ltd. - this company carries pipes of 1965
all kinds as well as heating and air conditioning
and
fire protection systems.
(1) C&H Specialties Tools and Equipment for the 1950
plumbing, heating, electrical and sheet metal trades
(W.H. Cunningham and Hill, Limited )
(1) Clarke & Stuart Co. Ltd., Engineering Division 1964
Catalogues are mainly from the Dietzgen Co.
(1) JMG Manufacturing Ltd.- mainly carries drills and 1966
drill parts.
(1) Evans, Coleman and Evans Limited - Catalogue No date
of general commercial building supplies
(1) RAE Industrial Electronics - electrical supplies
(2) Boyles Bros. Drilling Company Ltd. - Diamond 1965
Drilling Contractors and Manufacturers
-Price List 1964
(1) MSA (Mine Safety Appliances of Canada Ltd.) 1949
General Catalogue of Safety Equipment
(1) BF Goodrich Rubber Company - Industrial Rubber 1954
Products
(2) Goodall Rubber Company - Industrial Rubber 1962 Products
Series
2:
This Series contains a continuation of catalogues for mining
In
this Series:
1.= Industrial Catalogues
1. INDUSTRIAL CATALOGUES
(5) The Mining Catalogues - Published by McGraw-Hill 1944/45 - 1948
New York, publishers of Coal Age and Engineering
and Mining Journal. “The looking-up place for the
essential Mining Industries”. The 1948 one is titled
Pre-filed Mining Catalogues for Metal and Non-Metal
Export
(1) Wrights’ Ropes (Birmingham) - Wrights’ Canadian Ropes Copyright 1927
Specialist-Constructors of Highest Quality Steel Ropes
in Keystone Strand, Oval Strand, Flattened Strand, Locked
Coil and other Special constructions for Mining, Engineering
and Marine Purposes
(3) Blue Strand Wire Rope Price List - British Ropes 1953
Canadian Factory (1963) Ltd.
(1) Canadian Liquid Air Company - Welding Equipment 1962
and Supplies
(2) Canox - Canadian Oxygen Limited 1964
(1) Ethicon - Descriptive Suture Catalogue 1957
Ethicon is a division of Johnson and Johnson
(1) Sullivan
- Michigan City, Indianna 1945-46
Builders of Quality Machinery
(1) Fawcett - Sackville, New Brunswick 1958
Enamel and Heating Products Ltd.
(1) Johns-Manville Engineers’ Handbook on Power Products 1944
Selected Data Sheets describing JM Materials and giving
information for specific applications
(1) British Columbia Classified Buyers’ Guide - Published 1937
by Sun Directories Ltd., Vancouver, BC
(1) Catalogue of Barnhary’s Steam Shovels - manufactured 1899
by the Marion Steam Shovel Company, Marion , Ohio
(1) J.T. Baker Chemical Company - Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Specific Catalogue and Price List for laboratory Chemicals
(1) The Slater Catalogue, No. 55 - Hamilton, Ontario Copyright 1956 Pole line Hardware, cutouts, fuse links
(1) The L.S. Starrett Company - Athol, Mass. Copyright 1938
Precision tools, steel tapes, dial indicators, hack saws
Distributed by Gordon & Belyea, Ltd.
(1) Card Rope Haulage Equipment - Denver, Colorado
Sheaves, rollers Etc.
(1) S.C. Johnson and Son Ltd. - Brantford, Ontario
How to Care for Your Floors
(1) McLennan, McFeely & Prior, Steel from Stock 1939
Vancouver, BC
(1) Motor-vehicle Drivers Manual - Victoria BC 1952
(1) Pacific Coast Plumbing & Heating Price List 1944
(1) Anthes-Tait Foundry Ltd. - Vancouver, BC 1942
Soil Pipe and Fittings
(1) Mineralight - Manufactured by Ultra-violet Copyright 1943
Products Inc., Los Angeles California
For mining minerology and laboratories
(1) The British Drug Houses (Canada) Ltd. - Toronto, No date
Canada, Catalogue of BDH Indicators and
accessories for the determination of Hydrogen ion
concentration
(1) Autolite Spark Plugs distributed by Fred Walls No date
& Son Ltd. “Want book” blank pages
(1) Canadian SKF Company Ltd. -
(1) Canadian
SKF Company - Catalogue No. 275 Copyright 1953
Bearings
(1) Hendryx Cyanide Machinery Company No date
“Descriptive of Apparatus for Cyaniding of Gold and
Silver Ores and the Treatment of Copper Ores”
(2) Valdura Improved Asphalt Paint - Chicago No date
-3-fold pamphlet with colour chips
Machinery and Floor Enamel
-5-fold pamphlet with colour chips
(1) Canadian Tube and Steel Products - Montreal No date
Manufacturers of Nipples and Couplings
(2) The A.R. Williams Machinery Company - Vancouver No date
Machinery and Supplies - Catalogues 48 and 50
(1) CIL Price List - No. 63, High Explosives, Blasting Agents 1958
(1) Fagersta Steels Ltd., Vancouver, BC 1966
(1) Karvin Industrial Supply Ltd., Montrreal, Quebec
(1) General Electric , Hot Tips on the Use and Maintaince
of GE Calrod Soldering Irons
(1) Dominion Bridge Warehouse Division, Nanaimo, BC 1965
(1) Hard Metals (Canada) Ltd., Percussion Carbide Specialists, 1961
Clarkson, Ontario
(1) McLennan, McFeely & Prior Ltd., Hand Tools Section 1965
(1) Edward Lipsett Ltd., Industrial Supplies 1960
Series 3:
This Series
contains industrial catalogues
In
this Series:
1. = Industrial Catalogues
1. INDUSTRIAL CATALOGUES
(2) Northern Electric - a national electrical service No date
Electrical Supplies
Illumination Manual (Northern Electric)- first 42 pages describes 1936
lighting and tecniques for finding appropriate lighting
(1) Crane - Montreal, Canada No date
Valves, Fittings, Pipe and Fabricated Piping
(1) Canadian General Electric Company Limited - Toronto Copyright 1937
Wiring Materials - Catalogue 37W
(1) BC Equipment Co. Ltd. -Vancouver and Prince George, BC No date
“Complete Outfitters for Contractors, Mines, Railways, Logging
and Industrial Plants”
(2) The Engineering Catalogue - Published annually by Canadian 1940 and 1953
Engineering Publications - Montreal, Canada
(1) The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Limited - No date
Machinery, Tools, Supplies, Catalogue No. 36
(1) Crouse-Hinds Products - Toronto, Ontario - Condulets, Groundulets, 1929
Plugs and Receptacles, Catalogue
2200
(1) Jenkins Valves and Mechanical Rubber Goods Copyright 1936
Catalogue No. 10
(1) Engineers Small Tools - The Brooke Tool Mfg. Co. Ltd. 1928
Birmingham, England - Catalogue of Engineers small Tools
(3) Jones Tent and Awning (Pioneer Brand), Vancouver 1965, 1967
(1) Skil, Power Tools 1960
(1) Foster, Track Materials and Accessories
(1) The Mine and Smelter Supply Co., Assay Laboratory Supplies
(2) Fleck Bros. Ltd., Bolt and Nut Price List, Safety and Fire Equipment 1957, 1965
(1) Galbraith and Sulley Ltd., Elevating and Conveying Hoists 1961
(1) Wolf, Electric Tools, Toronto, Ontario 1963
(2) Pacific Plastics of Canada Ltd., Vancouver, BC 1962, 1965
(1) Skookum Blocks and Forgings, Portland, Oregon
(1) Micro Switch, a division of Honeywell, Toronto, Ontario
(1) Black & Decker, Quality Power Tools 1962
(1) Hazet, Chrom-vanadium Tools 1958
(1) Canada Sand Papers Limited, Scott-Foster, Vancouver
(1) Martindale Equipment (Electric) Co., 1966
Series
3A - ***Not packed in Acid-Free boxes***
This Series contains the remainder of the
mining industrial catalogues.
In
this Series:
1. =
Industrial Catalogues
1. catalogues
(1) Grinnell Company, Piping Supplies 1926
(1) Crane, Valves and Fittings 1923
(1) Donald, Prelubricated Wire Rope, 1943
(1) British Ropes (Canadian Factory) Ltd., (Name inside, S.J. Lawrence) 1955
(2) Butterfield, Union Twist Drill Co., The Better Tools No. 22 (name 1939
inside,
Pont Johnson, March 15, 1939), No. 23
(1) Pratt & Whitney, Small Tools No. 12 (name inside: Pont Johnson No date
Series 55, Wells, BC
(1) Supplies Canada Co.,Distributors of Industrial, Electrical, Machanical 1967
and Institutional Supplies, No. 7
(1) The Lidgerwood Mfg. Co.Cableway, for hoisting and conveying 1900
(1) Canada Wire and Cable Co. Ltd., Wire Rope and Fittings 1930
(1) Dietzgen, Surveying Equipment, No. 775 1958
(2) Hughes-Owens, No. 52, and No.
58 1955, 1958
Series
4:
This Series contains various mining periodicals from 1920’s to 1960’s. They are mostly Canadian in origin.
In
this Series:
1. =
Mining Periodicals
1.
MINING PERIODICALS
(14) Oil Bulletin - Los Angeles, California Apr., 1928 - Jan., 1931
Vol. XlV - 3,4,5,7,11; XV - 1,2,4,5;
Xvl -
1,2,3,(2 copies); Xvll - 1
natural gas, and allied industries.devoted
to the services of the oil
(5) The Miner( later changed to Western Miner) 1934 - 1961
Vancouver, BC
Vol. 7, No. 8; Vol. 10, No. 3; Vol. 11, No. 8;
Vol. 12, No. 9; Vol. 15, No. 11; Vol. 17, No. 12;
Vol. 18, No. 1,4,5; Vol. 33, No. 9; Vol. 34, No. 7;
Recognized Organ of the Western Mineral Industries
(11) Mining in Canada - Don Mills Ontario 1967
January - November, 1967 - The national monthly
for Canada’s mining industries.
(3) Engineering and Mining Journal Jan., 1945 - Apr. 1945
Vol. 146, No. 1,2,4
An international publication
(4) Canadian Copper - Toronto, Ontario 1966 - 1968
No. 27, 31, 32, 35
Quarterly bulletin of the Canadian Copper and Brass
Development Association
(1) 5th British Columbia Natural Resources Conference 1952
Published by the BC Natural Resources Conference
Victoria, BC
(2) World Mining - San Francisco California May, 1953
Mining World (Engineering and Mining World) January 1930
On the business reply card for this periodical it is
addressed to Mining World - World Mining so
perhaps these books have evolved from each other.
(12) The
Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin July, 1936 - Aug., 1942
Vol. 291, 292, 294, 295, 318,326, 329, 359,
361, 362, 364 (2 issues).
Published by: The Canadian Institute of
Mining and Metallurgy
(24) Explosives Bulletin published by the Explosives Mar., 1927 - Oct. 1933
Leather bound cover with copies of Explosive Mar. 1927 - July 1933
Bulletins inside. Name on outside of cover
is R.R. Rose
(1) Mines and Methods - Salt Lake City, Utah Feb., 1910
Vol. 1, No. 6
(1) Mining and Industrial Record - Vancouver, BC Nov. 1928
Formerly the Mining and Engineering Record
(1) Canadian Mining Journal - Gardenvale, Quebec Sept., 1935
(1) The Mining Library - McGraw-Hill, New York Copyright 1909, 1910
Volume 9 by James Ralph Findlay
Entitled “The Cost of Mining”
(1) The BC Mining Exchange and Engineering News Dec. 1910
Vancouver, BC, Vol. Xll, No. 12
(1) Notes on Placer Mining in British Columbia Copyright 1958
Bulletin No. 21
Series 6:
In
this Series:
Annual Reports to do with Departments of
Mining, Labour, Game and Marine
1. =
Annual Reports
1. Annual reports
1.1 (8 books)Annual Report of the Minister of Mines 1923 (2 copies), 1926, 1931, 1932 (2 copies),
1934, 1950
1.2 (1) Preliminary Report “The Barkerville Gold Belt 1937
on Island Mountain” by N.F.G. Davis
1.3 (2) Official Proceedings of the 48th Convention of the 1952, 1960
International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers
1.4 (1) Provincial Mining Association - 2nd Annual Convention 1904
1.5 (1) Annual Officers’ Report - International Union of 1960
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
1.6 (1) Annual Report on Wage Rates and Hours of Labour 1949
1.7 (2) Labour Relations Board 1950, 1951
1.8 (1) Provincial Game Commission 1942
1.9 (1) Department of Marine 1890