“THE CASSIAR STORY”

Maintenance

Peter C. Jones, Plant Superintendent,
Cassiar Asbestes Corporation Limited,
Cassiar, B.C.

Abstract

The paper gives a broad view of the maintenance proce-
dures at the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation property. Com-
parisons are drawn to indicate the changes in facilities and
approach that have evolved over the last 25 years while
coping with the northern British Columbia climatic conditions.
Special emphasis has been placed on the importance of the
support groups providing services for both the mine site and
the town.

Maintenance

THE STEADY GROWTH OF CASSIAR over the last
25 years has left us with a mixture of old and new.
The shops are widely spaced out, which leads to super-
visory problems. Add to this the normal problems of
supply delivery and shortage of skilled manpower and
one can imagine the problems that supervisors are
faced with in order to maintain continuity. The super-
visory force is strong, as indicated by the organization
chart (Fig. 1).

PLANT

The snow-capped peaks provide a scenic background for
these large haulage trucks.

Keywords: Cassiar Mine, Asbestos, Maintenance, Con-
centrators, Power plants, Electrical systems, Plumbing.

SUPERINTENDENT

ASSISTANT PLANT
SUPERINTENDENT
MECHANICAL
SUPERINTENDENT

EQUIPMENT
SUPERINTENDENT

GENERAL
EQUIPMENT
FOREMAN

GENERAL MECHANICAL
FOREMAN

SURFACE
SUPERINTENDENT

TOWNSITE
FOREMAN

SHOVEL &
DRILL
FOREMAN

MACHINE SHOP
FOREMAN
EQUIPMENT
FOREMAN
POWERHOUSE
FOREMAN

UTILITIES
FOREMAN

CARPENTER
FOREMAN

SHOP.
EQUIPMENT
FOREMAN

FIGURE 1— Organization chart at Cassiar.

ELECTRICAL
SUPERINTENDENT

GENERAL MILL
FOREMAN

PLANNED MAINTENANCE
ENGINEER

PLANNED MAINTENANCE
COORDINATORS

MINE
ELECTRICAL
FOREMAN

MILL
ELECTRICAL
FOREMAN

PLANT

ELECTRICAL
MILL MAINTENANCE FOREMAN
FOREMAN
SHEET METAL
FOREMAN
TRAMLINE MAINTENANCE
FOREMAN

PROJECTS
FOREMAN

SABES