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Cominco, Ltd., selected records, 1896-1985, 1987

INVENTOR NAME: Various

REPOSITORY:
British Columbia Archives
PO Box 9419, Stn. PROV GOVT
Victoria, BC
V8W 9V1www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm


PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
50 m; microfilm (neg.), 1898-1975, 16 mm, 119 reels [A01502-A01622]; microfilm (neg.), ca. 1910-1960 and 1987, 35 mm, 1 reel [A01285(7)]
SUMMARY:
An extensive collection of records selected by Cominco, from officesin Vancouver, Trail, and elsewhere.  The collection includes annualreports, early correspondence, financial and legal records, researchand development records, records of metallurgical, smoke, chemical andfertilizer operations, diverse records of Cominco's various mines,subsidiaries, and affiliates, smoke control records, public relationsrecords, histories of Cominco, and personnel records.  Soundrecordings transferred to Sound and Moving Images (F1988:  17/1-16);photographs to Visual Records accession, 199105-001, and maps to theMap collection. Includes information about the French Process litigation, andpatents, 1911-1924
ACCESS:
FINDING AID: http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-3526A7C/view/TextualRecords/find-adv%2B%20alltext%3D(patents)%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/9
SUBJECTS:  Mining & drillingPatents and Trademarks
 
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