Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.

The Cassiar story -- Asbestos: the wonder mineral -- Mining, milling and marketing -- Community life -- Asbestos and the working environment.

Introduction / Brian G. Pewsey -- Geology / Fred G. Hewett -- Mine planning / G. Scott Zimmer -- Mining / Gillyeard J. Leathley -- The tramline / Peter C. Jones -- Milling / David C. Cook -- Maintenance / Peter C. Jones -- The environment / Melvin S. Taylor.

The purpose of this brief is to introduce officials of the British Columbia Government to the concept of an alternative transport route for carrying asbestos fibre from Cassiar, B.C., to Vancouver for furtherance to world markets. Contents: Preamble -- Introduction and description of concept -- Existing routing comparison -- Economic impacts of proposed routing -- Summary of economic impacts.