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Neversweat Tunnel Co. Claim, Williams Creek

Subject: Gold mines and mining, Mine shafts, Miners, BC Parks, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Natural history, Mines and mineral resources, and Nature
Creator: Dally, Frederick
Language: eng
Date created: 1868?
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Identifier: Library and Archives Canada Item ID Number: 3624352 and BC Archives Number: A-00937
Extent: 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Cariboo Regional District--Williams Creek
Coordinates: 53.08322, -121.56949
Additional Physical Characteristics: Stamped with Victoria Daily Times on the verso.
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: photographs and black-and-white photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

Compressor room at one of the mines, Phoenix, B.C.

Subject: British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Industries, Natural history, Mining machinery, Nature, Mines and mineral resources, Ghost towns, Compressors, and BC Parks
Creator: Carpenter, W. J.
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: approximately 1898
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary--Phoenix and British Columbia--Kootenay Boundary
Coordinates: 49.09979, -118.58562
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

Early mines in Phoenix

Subject: Cities and towns, BC Parks, Ghost towns, Natural history, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Nature, Buildings, and Mines and mineral resources
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: approximately 1898
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Kootenay Boundary and British Columbia--Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary--Phoenix
Coordinates: 49.09979, -118.58562
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

No. 6 Cumberland Coal Mine

Subject: Nature, Natural history, Industries, Mines and mineral resources, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Mining machinery, Buildings, BC Parks, Coal mines and mining, and History
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: approximately 1898
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Cumberland
Coordinates: 49.62975, -125.04369
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

Phoenix, Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary

Subject: Nature, Mines and mineral resources, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Buildings, Ghost towns, BC Parks, Cities and towns, and Natural history
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: approximately 1898
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary--Phoenix and British Columbia--Kootenay Boundary
Coordinates: 49.09979, -118.58562
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: photographs and black-and-white photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

Granby Smelter in Grand Forks, Boundary Country of West Kootenay Region

Subject: History, BC Parks, Buildings, Smelting furnaces, Industries, Natural history, Mining machinery, Mines and mineral resources, Nature, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, and Railroads
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: 1900s
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Kootenay Boundary and British Columbia--Grand Forks
Coordinates: 49.03309, -118.4356
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: photographs and black-and-white photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

Old gold dredger

Subject: BC Parks, Dredges, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Gold mines and mining, Nature, Natural history, Gold mines and mining--Equipment and supplies, Gold dredging, Dredging, and Mines and mineral resources
Language: eng
Date created: 1900s
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia
Coordinates: 53.99983, -125.0032
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-01
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

Town of Phoenix at its peak, 1909-1919

Subject: Ghost towns, Nature, Natural history, BC Parks, Mines and mineral resources, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Cities and towns, and Buildings
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: 1909 to 1919
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Kootenay Boundary and British Columbia--Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary--Phoenix
Coordinates: 49.09979, -118.58562
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

Grandby Smelter in Grand Forks, 1914

Subject: Buildings, BC Parks, Mountains, Industries, Mining machinery, Mines and mineral resources, Natural history, Nature, British Columbia. Ministry of Forests, Railroads, History, and Smelting furnaces
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: approximately 1914
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 25 x 20.5cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia--Kootenay Boundary and British Columbia--Grand Forks
Coordinates: 49.03309, -118.4356
Additional Physical Characteristics: In a folder labelled "Historic picture Kootenays and miscellaneous [ca.1898]"
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: photographs and black-and-white photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.6
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-02-28/2025-03-04
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif LL). Metadata by KD.

Abandoned mine

Subject: Nature, BC Parks, Rivers, Mines and mineral resources, Historic sites, Abandoned mines, Natural history, and British Columbia. Ministry of Forests
Contributor: Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-
Language: eng
Date created: 1949 to 1998
Rights Statement: No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Resource Type: Still Image
Extent: 1 photograph ; 9 x 9 cm
Geographic Coverage: British Columbia
Coordinates: 53.99983, -125.0032
Physical Repository: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection: Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance: Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider: University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre: black-and-white photographs and photographs
Archival Item Identifier: Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
Fonds Title: Chester P. Lyons fonds
Fonds Identifier: AR409
Is Referenced By: Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds
Date Digitized: 2025-01/2025-02
Technical Note: Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

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