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Until 1915 the camp on Jane Creek Flat was the base for mine
operations. It was crowded. The mine was developing rapidly, and
this small flat was home for several hundred miners. The camp
consisted of four bunkhouses, and a cookhouse, a Japanese
bunkhouse, warehouse, stable, tram terminal, crusher house,
office, compressor and power house, blacksmith shop, candle
house, and powder magazine. There were numerous single family
dwellings, a small school and also a tennis court. All the
buildings were connected by wooden covered walkways -- even the
track. The area joining the Jane and Mammoth Bluff mines to the
crusher tram terminal was roofed in. This was necessary because
of the very heavy snowfall.
- Almost all these supplies were brought up on the aerial tram. The horse trail from the Beach was pretty rugged, particularly the last mile and a half, which climbed 1,200 feet. It was this horse trail which the miners and their wives walked, carrying their babies, on the few occasions they traveled to Vancouver. Another deterrent to "trips out" was was the fact that the mine worked seven days a week -- three shifts a day at this time -- and continued to do so, until legislation, the Hours of Work Act, in 1934, necessitated a change. (Photo from Britannia Story of a Mine)
