We Do ASBESTOS We Can

"Opinions expressed here are the writer's
oum and do not necessarily reflect the
policies of the Asbestos Sheet, or Casstar
Asbestos Corporation Limited".

Man has walked on the moon in the recent
past, and in the not too distant future, he
may be mining 0M it. We had some thoughts
on what a lunar mining operation may look
like. Shovels, trucks, drills, @c. would
have pressurized cabs and could be designed
much larger than those operating here due
to the’ moon's lower gravity. All units
would be electrically powered, either from
a nuclear or solar generator. We imagine
shovel oilers with guns of special lubricant
for an airless environment wearing press-
urized suits effortlessly moving power
cables, as their weight would be one-sixth
of that on earth. They would wear press-
urized suits, as would all personnel with
an outside job.

Such an operation would require experienced
equipment operators, mechanics, millwrights,
drillers, blasters, cooks, bullcooks - the
full compliment of any mine. These must be
persons used to living in isolation, as the
nearest civilization is almost a quarter of
a million miles away. Stick with the mining
industry and you may just qualify for a job
on the moon.

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Safety-thought-of-the-month:
Even if you feel you don't need a hardhat
for your particular job, its better to
wear it than to get clobbered over the
head by vour shifter for not wearing it.

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What Cassiar needs is a good seamstress, to
make minor repains and alterations to single
men's clothing. Anv af you wives out there
who are handy on the old Singer, and can
use some extra bread, let's hear from you.

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A special greeting to all the female

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employees who work on the bagging machines
in the mill.

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BOOK REVIEW:
"The Town that Got Lost'' by Pete Loudon is
the story of nostalgic journey to the site
of an extinct northern British Columbia
mining community where the author spent
his childhood during the 1930's. Anvyox,
B.C., was the typical company town - the
basic services and little else, especially
for single men-.- but lots of fond memories
for one who grew up there. Make a few
changes - substitute asbestos for copper,
Hidden Creek becomes Troutline Creek,

"Slag Heap'' becomes "Tailings Pile" and
one can almost believe that the story
happened here,

A few things have changed, however.
Labourers used to receive $2.50 a day or
you could apprentice in a trade starting
at $2.00 a day, working up to $6.00 a day
for a journeyman. Out of this you paid
$1.10 a day for bunkhouse and cookery.
More than half of your wages Gould go for
room and board. For entertainment, there
was a red light district, just off company
property. When Loudon returned to Anvox
site in 1t¥71, the path to the whorehouse
was still-discernable, even tnough all the
buildings had long gone.

"The Town that Got Lost" caused us to
realize that what Loudon lost, and tried

to regain is something we have had all

We can appreciate our community all
the more, even though we didn't grow up
here.

It is not a length book - it can easily be
read in a few hours and it should be on the
‘must read' list ot anvone who has lived

in a northern B.C. ining town. There's

a copy in the Cassiar Library. Perhaps one
of our vounger residents may write a
similar book, if someone invents a
synthetic asbestos. ;

WE DO ASBESTOS WE CAN

bv Dave Elev
Box 97, —
.Cassiar, B.C.