So fortunate.. ,I worked there July 68 till - May 69 .Inspecting and Walking the bagging area and the conveyor belt twice daily & working in the parts dept.. .... Praise My Holy Father in Heaven....... I am still Clear
the companies knew damn well the hazards, even back in the 20's they were dropping like flies. breaks my heart seeing these poor people exposed the that dust.
So did employees and unions. In those days you would have been a ‘girl’ if you chose to wear a mask. This is the era where builders of roads and buildings would work in shorts and topless getting a tan with a cigarette in the mouth.
Darn it boys! Now it's my job to take it out of your homes! At least I get to use a respirator. My heart goes out to those who were working in those days and those in India still processing the stuff without a clue of what they are doing.
Nice to see everything while it was up and running. I spent about a year and a half there and wouldn't have missed it for the world. A great experience. There's also a great group on Facebook with about 650 members. So far it's mostly the old timers dying off from normal old timer diseases. One has to remember that most of the workers there were heavy smokers and drinkers so asbestos exposure was the least of their worries.
@@RS-rw5zp a fact is still a fact even if it upsets your wokeness. If he said they are dying of old age; why would you even question that? Alert: People die of old age - no one lives forever.
I got this video lead from David Elliott who worked there in the 60's and who in turn got from Roger Craik who is on Cassiar Facebook. David passed away May 25th from non-Asbestos related issues and Roger just forwarded me the Facebook posting where he mentions David Elliott, if anyone knew him, I'm sure David's family would love to hear from them - they can contact myself Karen - a friend of the family or Roger Craik - Thanks
Basically it's safe in the ground. You have go through all the processing etc to achieve a pure substance that can create dust. Should've stayed in the ground
It would be interesting to know how many of the people who worked there for years died of cancer. I went to Cassiar many times as I sold the mine steel. I got to know several of the people who worked and lived there but I have lost touch with all of them when I moved to Alberta in the mid 1980's.
according to some study, only about 10% of people died of asbestos related disease. Im not sure whether or not it was this site but it was somwhere in Canada.. these workers were also working with crocydolite, which is much more dangerous for your pleura than chrystole.
@@violetsmith6632 Why do you people take everything so serious. Its a fucking youtube comment. No one is marginalizing anything. Please go be pissed at the world somewhere else. Leave my fill reels its the only genre I have left free of your type.
asbestos mining seems lucrative what's it take to get on board?.. My employer took much the same route. Now I'm out of work, yet have a better chance of survival for a while because of what was learned here, The lack of understanding was a tragedy.
In our world of tomorrow thats the last words right OMG! what have we done? Hope he see it now.....Were MESO and ASBES are the results on what u were u aiming for.
The music being played in the background makes it ok.
My dad worked there in the late 50's, still alive and well...the asbestos didn't scare him but the snow levels did!!!
Davvero?
So fortunate.. ,I worked there July 68 till - May 69 .Inspecting and Walking the bagging area and the conveyor belt twice daily & working in the parts dept.. .... Praise My Holy Father in Heaven....... I am still Clear
Lucky you
fortunately just less than one year.. but what about people who worked there for 5 years for example? :( poor lungs..
U ded?
@@thomasgotthecure5865 Even a year's worth of exposure is still a fuck ton of asbestos inhalation.
asbest is more danger when is in product with % and cutting mined hair its not the same
the companies knew damn well the hazards, even back in the 20's they were dropping like flies. breaks my heart seeing these poor people exposed the that dust.
So did employees and unions. In those days you would have been a ‘girl’ if you chose to wear a mask. This is the era where builders of roads and buildings would work in shorts and topless getting a tan with a cigarette in the mouth.
Same in Western Australia at Wittenoom, very sad stories.
People knew that it's dangerous from roman era
Darn it boys! Now it's my job to take it out of your homes! At least I get to use a respirator. My heart goes out to those who were working in those days and those in India still processing the stuff without a clue of what they are doing.
Whata difference a few decades makes. I was there in Cassiar BC a year after the Maynards auction of the town. Total destruction
05:10 "Safety..." what?
The happy jolly asbestos music 😅
Nice to see everything while it was up and running. I spent about a year and a half there and wouldn't have missed it for the world. A great experience. There's also a great group on Facebook with about 650 members. So far it's mostly the old timers dying off from normal old timer diseases. One has to remember that most of the workers there were heavy smokers and drinkers so asbestos exposure was the least of their worries.
"normal old-timer diseases" guess it's all ok then!
@@RS-rw5zp a fact is still a fact even if it upsets your wokeness. If he said they are dying of old age; why would you even question that? Alert: People die of old age - no one lives forever.
@A J Habitually stupid people as well. Obviously the truth hurts for you.
I got this video lead from David Elliott who worked there in the 60's and who in turn got from Roger Craik who is on Cassiar Facebook. David passed away May 25th from non-Asbestos related issues and Roger just forwarded me the Facebook posting where he mentions David Elliott, if anyone knew him, I'm sure David's family would love to hear from them - they can contact myself Karen - a friend of the family or Roger Craik - Thanks
@1.05 [upbeat incidental music] "Now lets dump the waste slag from an asbestos mine into this pristine glacial lake". Charming.
It's just rocks.
Flounder and then drink the water.
Interesting how many other TH-cam users have copied portions of this video for their accounts.
08:40 I'm probably looking at dead men. It's a bit haunting.
Did that job for a while, still here.
I worked there for 7 years. Great times. I met my first wife there.
Looks a hell of a lot safer and less dusty then Wittenoom
if only they knew..... r.i.p those who were killed by the evil dust
They did. It was known from before the war.
@@xr6lad too bad they didnt stop the mining at that time
I wonder how many of these featured workers are alive today.
Probably only few, because it is very old documentary... And it is not only because of asbestos.
Basically it's safe in the ground. You have go through all the processing etc to achieve a pure substance that can create dust. Should've stayed in the ground
I wonder how many people in this video ended up dying from exposure to asbestos?
Nature has given up this resource at a price .
i ve seen the ruins of whats left at the cassiar and its massive open pit. a beautiful ruin for many years to come
Same in Wittenoom in Westen Australia , our biggest environmental disaster.
It would be interesting to know how many of the people who worked there for years died of cancer. I went to Cassiar many times as I sold the mine steel. I got to know several of the people who worked and lived there but I have lost touch with all of them when I moved to Alberta in the mid 1980's.
according to some study, only about 10% of people died of asbestos related disease. Im not sure whether or not it was this site but it was somwhere in Canada.. these workers were also working with crocydolite, which is much more dangerous for your pleura than chrystole.
Rancid Rancidní [Citation needed] Are you marginalizing people who have died,or have gotten mesothelioma? I'd love to know where this study came from.
@@violetsmith6632 Why do you people take everything so serious. Its a fucking youtube comment. No one is marginalizing anything. Please go be pissed at the world somewhere else. Leave my fill reels its the only genre I have left free of your type.
8:44 D:
6:58 He's not even wearing a mask!
😱
asbestos mining seems lucrative what's it take to get on board?.. My employer took much the same route. Now I'm out of work, yet have a better chance of survival for a while because of what was learned here, The lack of understanding was a tragedy.
The working miners were oblivious to the microscopic killer.
I wonder if in the future people will look back on us and wonder why we ate McDonald's?
Carlo Perez without a mask
This is more than 8 Years old.
Poor people
everyone wants to get rid of this stuff and there wont be any items for history. there should be a museum
Sadly there won’t be a shortage. It’s everywhere.
You honestly think fiberglass is any better? Think again.
Oh no Asbestos is far better in almost any way, it’s just that fiberglass doesn’t kill you.
Dead men- walking ! At end of shift "Just air hose those clothes off! " It will be OK! You're kids & wife will never know!
How much yo wanna bet????? Most are still alive and kicking.
C. A. N. C. E. R.
In our world of tomorrow thats the last words right OMG! what have we done? Hope he see it now.....Were MESO and ASBES are the results on what u were u aiming for.
In this video I would bet that they are all dead and they died from Asbestos.
nope.. only about 10% died of asbestos-related diseases. Genetics, smoking, diet etc. play a huge role.
Nature has not been good to them lmao
Fools
The start of this video reminded me of a scene from Thunderbirds...