Seriously Moving Images

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Amateur footage of a gold mining operation near the mouth of Thibert Creek, Dease Lake, BC, by Three Js Placer Miners, Inc. It was filmed ca. 1933-35 by Joseph J. Jackson, source of the three Js in the company name.

The footage excerpted here shows the shipping of supplies up Dease Lake from Dease Landing to Porter Landing; the company’s property near the mouth of Thibert Creek; and Jackson’s crew of miners at work. One especially interesting feature of the footage is its depiction of the unique and often jerry-built equipment used on-site.

 

 

 

 

For more about Joe Jackson, and more of his fascinating footage, see:
Stikine River Travel (ca. 1933-1935)
The Tale of an Ill-Fated Fokker
Lil-Joe Lodge and Coquihalla, BC (ca. 1946-47)