Archives Catalogue

Recording of an interview with Bill Chambers

MS-2-130, Box 11, Folder 11
File
[ca. 1962]

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Bill Chambers, a mining engineer in Dawson City, about gold mining.

Recording of an interview with Mike Bamblett

MS-2-130, Box 11, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
[1962?]

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

Item is a recording of Barbara Hinds' interview with Mike Bamblett, a bartender in Dawson City, Yukon. Bamblett talks about how he came to Dawson City, his past jobs, and drinking habits in Dawson City.

Recording of an interview with Alan Innes-Taylor

MS-2-130, Box 11, Folder 9
File
1962

Part of Barbara Hinds fonds

File contains a reel-to-reel recording of Barbara Hinds interviewing Alan Innes-Taylor. Innes-Taylor talks about how he came to Dawson City, his past employment as a police officer, gold mining, the Gold Rush Festival, and other topics.

Letter from W.E. Faulkner to his Aunt Jessie in Pictou, Nova Scotia

MS-2-140, SF Box 27, Folder 6
Item
1904

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.

Faulkner, W.E.

Chimney Corner coal field, Inverness Co., NS

MS-2-20, SF Box 14, Folder 3, Item 3
Item
1940

Part of George Vibert Douglas fonds

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.

Photograph of a gold-weighing scale used at the Whiteburn mine in Molega, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 1
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of a crucible beside a gold-weighing scale and weights at the Whiteburn mine

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 10
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The crucible was used to heat amalgam from the stamp mill in order to separate into quicksilver and gold.

Photograph of the concrete foundation for an ore crusher at the Molega mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 11
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne. The foundations were built in the 1930's, and are evidence of one of the last attempts at gold mining in the area.

Photograph of the remains of an ore-crusher at Molega

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 12
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The stamp mill at Molega that was last used in the 1930's. A mound of tailings is visible in the background.

Photograph of part of an ore-crusher at Johnson's Dump at the Molega mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 13
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne. The ore-crusher is in one of the last mines to be worked at Molega in the 1930's.

Photograph of the remains of a shaft house at one of the Molega gold mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 14
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of one of the many small shafts dug at Molega

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 15
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of the remains of a mine shaft at Molega

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 16
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of one of the small shafts dug at Molega

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 17
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of the remains of a substantial home built at the Molega gold mines in the 1880's

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 18
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The home was built during the gold rush days. A couple of stone steps from the house are visible in the foreground, while the well and an apple tree from the yard are visible in the background.

Photograph of the surface end of a 200-foot mine shaft

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 19
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne. The mine is located just behind Molega Beach.

Photograph of a scale and weights used at the Whiteburn mine at Molega, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 2
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is related to material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of a perforated stone at the Molega mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 20
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of a shack near the Molega mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 21
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of the remains of a stone wall near the Molega mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 22
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Photograph of fine quartz sand on Molega Beach, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 3
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The quartz sand on the beach results from ore crushed at Molega. The beach was once a busy steamboat landing, but was later used as a bathing beach.

Photograph of quartz sand at Molega Beach, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 4
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The quartz sand results from ore crushed at Molega. The beach was once a busy steamboat landing, but was later used as a bathing beach.

Photograph of the sand at Molega Beach, formed from crushed quartz caused by a gold stamp mill

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 5
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of the remains of a gold stamp mill at Molega Beach

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 6
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne. Ponhook Lake is visible in the background.

Photograph of a gravel road and tailings from the gold mine at Molega, Nova Scotia

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 7
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of a pile of tailings at the Molega gold mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 8
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne.

Photograph of a mound of tailings at the Molega gold mines

MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27, Item 9
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Item, a photograph, is a duplicate of material in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph was taken by Hugh Byrne. A few years after the photograph was taken, most of the tailings at the Molega mines were trucked away to help form part of a new motor road into Kejimkujik Park.

Photographic negatives of the Molega gold mines and surrounding areas

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 18
Item
1966

Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds

Items, negatives, are duplicates of and related to materials in MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 27 Items 1-22 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

John and Robert Rutherford fonds

MS-2-235
Fonds
1860-1932

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.

Rutherford, John

Colliery and mining maps

MS-2-235, OS Folder 1
File
[ca. 1870s]

Part of John and Robert Rutherford fonds

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.

Alan Emerson Cameron fonds

MS-2-350
Fonds
1920 - 1967, predominant 1959 - 1960

Fonds consists of records regarding Alan Emerson Cameron's activities related to the coal exploration in Canada, including his participation in the royal commission on coal, and his contribution in the voluntary economic planning for the new Nova Scotia. The fonds contains reports, manuscripts, minutes of meetings, correspondence, drafts of papers and other textual records.

Cameron, Alan Emerson

Records regarding the operating costs and revenues, production, man power and markets of the coal segment