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 JamesSeries consists of one binder containing documents which outline the early history of coal mining and the coal trade in Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia. Included in the binder is a detailed timeline of coal mining on the Island, documents related to the Duke of York’s lease on all coal resources in Nova Scotia, copies of official correspondence, reports, memoranda, legal acts, union memos and an 1876 Memo of Strike by miners at the General Mining Association (GMA) in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.
The 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monopoly was rescinded in 1857, but operations continued until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 photographic portrait of Dr. Thomas E. Jeans, the first G.M.A. doctor from 1829-1867.
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 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.
Umlah StudiosItem is a photograph of the Victoria Gypsum Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. pier with ships at anchor.
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 Glace Bay Mining Co. Engine, featuring E.P. Archibal and three employees.
Item is a photograph showing nurses going down into the shaft at IB Colliery, Glace Bay.
Item is a photograph of a group of persons inspecting the #20 colliery in Glace Bay. The individuals are identified in the front row from left to right as Ernie Beaton, Tommy Hay, Unidentified, Lawrence Doucet, and Unidentified. The individuals in the back from left to right are Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, and Neil Coldwell.
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 taken in the early years at Dominion No. 1 Colliery. Man second from left was Joe Hall, father of Charlie and Ralph Hall who came here in 1900; the man next to Mr. Hall is reported to be Gilbert Watson who later moved to New Waterford and was shot and seriously injured during the Davis Day Riot at Waterford Lake Power Plant when William Davis was killed. The big man on the extreme right was Big Frank Boutilier from Gardiner Mines, the engine operator. The young man, third from the right was blacksmith Neil Graham, son of Dominion's first Deputy Mayor Dan Graham, and father of Walter Graham who was killed at No. 26 surface railroad on 2 December 1972.
Item is a photograph of the Caledonia #4 Colliery being demolished.
Item is a photograph of a coal shipping pier in Sydney N.S, situated north of Falmouth St.
Item is a photograph of the generator for the Dominion #6 mine.
Item is a photograph of Harold Gordon who was the general manager of the coal company.
Item is a photograph of the Dominion Coal shipping pier in Louisbourg.
Item is a photograph of a coal shipping pier in Sydney N.S, situated north of Falmouth St.
Item is a photograph of Richard Henry Brown who replaced his father as manager of the G.M.A.C.
Item is a photograph of the bankhead and colliery buildings at Inverness Railway and Coal. Co..
Item is a photograph of workers opening Dominion #3 slope at Wabana, Newfoundland.
Item is a photograph of W.L. Libbey, the president of the Mining Society from 1899 to 1901.
Item is a photograph of the low coal piers in North Sydney.
Item is a photograph of the high coal piers in North Sydney.
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 photograph of Cornelius Shields, president of the Mining Society from 1902 to 1903.
Item is a photograph of C.H. Dimick, president of the Mining Society from 1903 to 1904.
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 group of miners, horses and carts, and boxcars at the St. Ann's Gypsum Quarry.
Item is a photographic postcard of a miner operating a long wall machine.
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 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 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 the limestone quarries and plant of the Dominion Iron and Steel Corporation (DISCO) in Marble Mountain, Cape Breton.
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 members of the Dominion Coal Company Staff. The names of the people featured in the photographs are listed on the back.
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 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 Caledonia Company Store and its employees.
Item is a photograph of Jubilee Colliery, during the sinking of shaft in 1912.
Item is a panoramic photograph of a coal mine. At left are Sydney & Louisbourg Railway coal cars and coal conveyors; at right is a power plant.
Dodge, H. O.Item is a photograph of the Coal Company office staff in Glace Bay, showing the interior of the office building. The names of the staff members are included on the reverse of the photograph: Alex T. Mc Lellan, William Hodges, A.D. Mc Cuish, A.S. Mc Neil, Fred Simonson, Peter Nicholson, Jas. D. Maxwell, Thomas Farrell (back), John Mc Eachern (back), John Mc Dougall, Ernie Beaton, Chas. Compton, Theo J. Cribb.
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 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 photographic postcard of the coal washing plant in Sydney, Cape Breton.
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.