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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 the coke ovens at the Steel Plant in Sydney; the coal is being shipped to the coke ovens.

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 coal engine passing under Charlotte Street. Originally the Glasgow & Cape Breton Railway, by 1893 the Fairlie narrow-gauge locomotive was operated by the Sydney & Louisbourg Railway.

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 Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine, featuring E.P. Archibal and three employees.

Item is a photograph of the employees of the #4 Colliery, Bras d'Or, Cape Breton. Robert Dickson, manager, is highlighted in the photograph.

Item is a photograph of railcars, tracks, and miners at the limestone quarry in Point Edward.

Item is a photograph showing nurses going down into the shaft at IB Colliery, Glace Bay.

Item is a photograph of a stack at #4 Colliery being demolished.

Item is a postcard of the coal colliery in Dominion, Cape Breton during the wintertime. There are train cars filled with coal on the tracks in the postcard as well.

Item is a photograph of miners and coal cars at the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia Company Store and its employees.

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 Victoria Gypsum Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. pier with ships at anchor.

Item 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 photograph of the surface plant at Mabou Coal Mines.

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.

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.

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery in operation, Glace Bay.

Item is a photograph of coal being shipped to coke ovens at the Sydney Steel Plant.

Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery being demolished.

Item is a photograph of the coal office on George Street in Sydney.

Item is a photograph of the weighing office for haulers, where sleighs would be weighed before and after being loaded with coal.

Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.

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 a photograph of the coal shipping pier in Sydney N.S, situated north of Falmouth St.

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of a view of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.

Item is a photograph of the surface plant at Inverness Mines.

Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal Company's #12 Colliery.

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.

Item is a photograph of several men working in an iron ore mine near Port Hood, Cape Breton.

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 coal yard workers in Sydney.