vious winter had been unbelievable.

MED WHEL 40 feet to get through. Those
NO YOU REMEPOCR MHIEN switchbacks, well, it just had to be
$ '
Cassrar 195? seen to believe!

Rupert and George went mountain-
eering, and Oscar went to work in
the Sheetmetal Shop. Now he is tn

Look down, look down that weary | the Machine Shop as Group Leader.
road before you travel on ..... George injured his ankle and was

Like it or not this Cassiar sent to the lower regions. He be-
Road is the only one for those that | Came a fireman. He worked up to an
may wish to arrive or leave. More Operator then Mechanic and is now
than once the return trip to Watson | the Senior Group Leader. Rupert

Lake took three, maybe four days. A | Stayed up among the clouds and Is
short trip was once-in-awhile four- | OW the "Governor of the Lions". It

teen hours. Power wagons were used takes perserverance to travel these

for the trips in and out. Later a trails and rise. Time will tell.
Yellow Bus was put on the run. ’ aE Biot s ee :

This writer came in March,

1953 when the bus was running. Time
to Cassiar that day was seven hours.
Three families lived in the

immediate area before asbestos was
discovered in them thar mountains.
Some prospectors found and staked
this Green Gold and sold their rights
to Con-West Company in Toronto.

Bill Storie was one of the fan
ilies living in the area at that
time. The Company contracted Bill eee eee SRN Sins oe
to put up the buildings in the t and Marg McKenzie's first
campsite. Bill along with his help- meer Nei g . 730 ,
ers built all the log buildings and | 70m. One of the first buildings in

d
apie ine aiar’ Se < OS. BIT

a number of frame ones. This was in | Cassvar.

1951 and part of 1952. When Bill

finished his contract with the Comp-

any, the mill was ready for Mech- The cookhouse was where you
anics so he went to work for the ate your three meals per day, watch-
Company as a mechanic for a number ed the shows and held parties too
of years. Bill now works for him large for your own house. That was
self. the year everyone ate their Xmas

dinner at the cookhouse. The

dinner was served by the staff, Army
style. Everything from soup to nuts
along with cigars and beer. Every-
one means right down to the smallest
child.

The Company brought in staff
and men from their Central Patricia
Mine in Ontario. The only ones
still working for the Company are
T. Taggert, (Toronto), J. Ward and
K. Scrimger, (Vancouver) and R.
McKenzie, Cassiar. Only two other Married staff lived in pre-fabs
men remain with the Company that to the East, of the office and cook-
were hired in 1952. These are house; in the area where the garbage
George Hanley and Oscar Daum. disposal is now. Single staff liv-

the Nine did net:spas une) ed in two bunkhouses and a tentline.

| Non-staff marrieds lived below
July, because the snowfall the pre where the tailings pile Is now.

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