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 JamesThe 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monopoly was rescinded in 1857, but operations continued until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 Jamesville Pump, brought from England by G.M.A. Princess Pit, Sydney Mines.
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 washing plant in Sydney Mines.
Item is a photograph of the "Baum" coal washing plant of the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co., Sydney Mines, showing the washery and concrete settling tank.
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 showing men mining coal on the "Flats" near Main Street and Brown Street, Sydney Mines, during the Depression.
Item is a postcard of coal miners mining on the 'Flats' between Main Street and Brown Street in Sydney Mines.
Item consists of a painting of the Coal Wash Plant at Old Sydney Collieries in Sydney Mines. The painting features the coal preparation site with a man and dog sitting in the foreground.
Astephen, Georgina SchimaItem 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.