Item is a photograph of the Jamesville Pump, brought from England by G.M.A. Princess Pit, Sydney Mines.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of brick row, one of several coal miners' tenements in Sydney Mines, built by the General Mining Association. This was the only tenement still standing in 1977.
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.
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