Item is a photograph of the ore sample (?) grinding room at the Nova Scotia Technical College. The photograph shows an unidentified person operating machinery. The photograph was taken by J. P. M.
File consists of a range of oral history, mining research and final copies of papers written by James Morrison in the 1970's. The file contains two typed copies of the paper "Indigenous Competition and Labour in the tin fields of Nigeria 1906-1921" written by James Morrison, one copy is marked "master copy". Both copies of the paper include maps of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria. The file contains notes written on index cards from a text written by historian Charles Van Onselen on mine labour in South Africa.
File contains hand-drawn and printed maps of coal fields and designated areas, including Pictou coal fields; the Mining Association area; Cape Breton Company's areas; Albion Mines; Stellar Mine; Fraser Oil-Coal Mines; Intercolonial Coal Mining Company property; East River Mining Company area; Acadian Coal Company areas; and the Halifax Company Ltd.
Fonds contains William McKenzie's notebook and several loose sheets detailing timber purchases; three memos to William McKenzie, including one from Jessie Hoyt, who managed the company; the second [1896] and third [1898] published annual reports of the Relief Fund Association of the Employees of the Acadia Colliery; a Fairbanks Standard Scales catalogue; and the Westville business directory [1897].
Item is a letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The letter makes reference to the mining strikes of the previous year, as well as correspondence with other family members in Moncton, New Brunswick, Boston, and Manila.
Fonds includes a membership dues ledger created by Pioneer Lodge No.1; a contract between the Canada Coal and Railroad Company Ltd and its employees; and receipts from members.
MS-2-587, SF Box 4, Folders 1-16; SF Box 45, Folders 25-32
Fonds
1901-1907
Fonds includes items dealing with the invention of and patenting of a hydraulic gold extractor first registered in 1887. Also involves setting up a company to use the machine and begin gold mining. The material covers a period of 1883 to 1905, and involves many individuals in the business and legal community of Halifax and the South Shore. It also includes the original patent with the specification and diagrams, other diagrams, a 31 page hand written report by Westhaver on his trip to Dawson City, Yukon in 1902 to test his separator. A very interesting collection of letters, documents, legal correspondence, governmental material, etc., etc., dealing with the starting of a company to use the gold separate and Westhaver's various difficulties with financing and control.
Fonds comprises two letters written to William Croft. The first refers to work in the gold mines, while the second is a request for Croft's permission to allow his sixteen-year-old son to go overseas with the Canadian Forces. There is also a note from James Heyson to John Croft containing a medicinal recipe.
Item is a notebook containing coordinates, calculations and notes regarding mineral sources and prospect claims in Western Australia. Inscribed on the first pages is "R.C.B.C. 1."
Fonds consists of documents relating to mining, primarily the Styles Mine in Cumberland County, NS. Records include correspondence, maps, geological surveys and reports. There is also a collection of prose and poetry by John Rutherford and personal family correspondence.
Item is a typed report written by Professor C.V. Douglas and N.R. Goodman from the Department of Geology at Dalhousie University based on field work carried out in 1940.
File contains the publication Coal reserves of Canada, a reprint of chapter 1 and appendix A of report of the royal commission on coal, 1946, and four supplementary maps relating to estimates of coal reserves.
Item is a statement regarding the closure of the A.V. Roe Company in Springhill, Nova Scotia, emphasizing the need to develop new industry, specifically gypsum processing.
Item is a press release from the Nova Scotia Liberal Association regarding the coal industry and federal -provincial fiscal arrangements - the Newfoundland Decision and the Atlantic Provinces Adjustment Grant.
