Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal shipping pier in Louisbourg.
Item is a photograph of the Dominion Colliery No. 2 in Glace Bay from the souvenir album "Souvenir of Cape Breton." The colliery is seen across water.
Item is a photograph of miners in rail cars, waiting to descend into the Donkin Mine.
Item is a photograph of the first draeger crew formed in North America; the crew was formed at the No. 2 and No. 9 collieries, Glace Bay.
Front row: John Joe MacNeil, Mr. Fergie, Norman MacKenzie. Middle row: Dan "Storey" MacDonald, Joe Campbell, Thomas Turner, James MacMahon, Unknown, Roddie "Heenan" MacDonald, Matt MacAdam, Dan MacGillivary, Gilbert Darroch, Alex T. MacNeil, Mick Steele.
Back row: Harry Miller, Vannie Nicholson, John MacLean, John Robinson, Dan W. "Kink" McDonald, Unknown, Unknown Evan Prothero, Unknown.
Item is a photograph of Fraser, the last of the No. 1-B pit ponies. Fraser spent more of his life-time at the service of the coal company than any other horse in the company's history. He is shown here on the occasion of his retirement.
Shedden, LeslieThe General Mining Association, a Branch of the London
firm of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, was granted a monopoly on
the Nova Scotian coal reserves by the Duke of York in 1827. The
monopoly was rescinded in 1857, but operations continued until
- The mines on the southern side of the Sydney Coalfield
were taken over between 1893 and 1900 by the Dominion Coal
Company. Operations on the northern side of the Sydney
Coalfield were purchased by the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal
Company in 1900. This documentation includes an extensive
collection: workmen
Item is a photograph of the generating plant of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay #2 Colliery which is the oldest mine in North America.
Report concerned with the Glace Bay, Nova Scotia miners' check-off form used for the payment of medical services and how it compared to medical insurance in a historical context.
Item is a photograph of the Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine, featuring E.P. Archibal and three employees.
Item is a photograph of the Gowrie Shipping Piers and Breakwater in Port Morien, Nova Scotia. There are several ships and small boats in the harbour.
Item is a photograph of a group of miners, horses and carts, and boxcars at the St. Ann's Gypsum Quarry.
Item is a photograph of pit horses on vacation during the miners' vacation at no. 20 colliery. The only time the pit ponies were brought to the surface was during the miners' three week vacation period. The vacation period was also used to maintain the mines.
Shedden, LeslieItem is a photograph of the surface plant at Inverness Mines.
Item is a photograph of the bankhead and colliery buildings at Inverness Railway and Coal. Co..
Item is a photograph of several men working in an iron ore mine near Port Hood, Cape Breton.
Item is a photograph of the Jamesville Pump, brought from England by G.M.A. Princess Pit, Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of a miner with the last pit pony at the #26 Colliery.
Fitzgerald, OwenItem is a photograph of railcars, tracks, and miners at the limestone quarry in Point Edward.
Item is a photograph showing the limestone quarries and plant of the Dominion Iron and Steel Corporation (DISCO) in Marble Mountain, Cape Breton.
Item is an aerial photograph of the mine in Lingan.
Item is a photograph of the loading pier and general mining office at Mabou Coal Mines. There is text written on the reverse, "J.G.S. Hudson Cape Breton Series."
Item is a photograph of the surface plant at Mabou Coal Mines.
Item is a photograph of the Mabou Coal Mines shipping pier. There is text written on the reverse, "J.G.S. Hudson Cape Breton Series."
Item is a hand-coloured postcard of Main Street, Glace Bay. The general warehouse of the Dominion Coal Company is marked with an "x."
Item is a photograph of Marble Mountain, showing mine workings.
Messervey, J.P.Item is a photograph of three men holding shovels at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Two of the men have been identified as follows:
Myron Cohen (at left), and Jack Morrison (middle).
Item is a photograph showing nurses going down into the shaft at IB Colliery, Glace Bay.
Item is a brochure for Nova Scotia mining records held at the Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management (Nova Scotia Archives).
Government of Nova ScotiaItem is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin. Two men are standing on wooden scaffolding repairing steam pipes.
Shedden StudioItem is a photograph of miners and coal cars at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of boy miners at Caledonia, taken after their shift had finished and they had changed into casual wear.
Standing in the second row, left to right: Jim Wadden, Peter Jobes and Tim Wadden
In the front row, left to right: (seated) Tius Tutty, Fred Wadden, Bill MacKenzie, (standing) F.K. Wadden.
Off to the left is Allie MacKenzie, and behind him Tom Wadden.
Item is a postcard is of miners sitting in cars ready to go into the pit.
Caption: "Miners Entering the Pit, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia - 10."
Reverse caption: "Photogelatine Engraving Co Ltd Ottawa, Dominion Crest, (Picture of Crest), Made in Canada."
Item is a photograph of miners at #14, New Waterford, with new lamps.
Fonds consists of papers related to coal mining and other business activities of Henry Mitchell and sons as well as family records documenting life in Bridgeport (now Dominion) Nova Scotia and various locations in Pennsylvania. Correspondence between Henry and his children provide a detailed account of social, economic and political life in North America between the mid-19th and early 20th century.
Members of the Mitchell family were impacted by the American Civil War which is documented among the letters, along with various events of note in Canada including Confederation.
Mitchell, HenryItem is a photograph of miners with the first load of coal from No. 18 Colliery, 18 March, 1938. The men are identified on the back of the photograph.
Item is a reproduction of a photograph of the general offices and laboratory of the Dominion Iron and Coal Company in Glace Bay.
Item is a photograph of a horse hauling coal in a pit with driver John Bennett, who was reported to be an expert in the care of horses.
Shedden, LeslieItem is a photograph of the Victoria Gypsum Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. pier with ships at anchor.
Item is a photograph of two men standing in front of the powder storage building at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of the "Princess" Colliery, Sydney Mines. The "Princess" Colliery operated from 1875-1975, and the mine produced more than 22 million tons of coal during its 100 years of operation.
Item is a photograph of the coal office on George Street in Sydney.
Item is a photograph of a group of coal yard workers in Sydney.
Fonds consists of Brown’s collection of mining documents, the manuscript for his book, Place Names of Nova Scotia as well as an undated mining manuscript. Also included is a copy of the poem The Mayflower, the book Gaelic Lessons for Beginners, a scroll addressed to E.G. McKay, a leather nameplate, newspaper clippings and correspondence.
Brown, Thomas James