2009. Earliest history of coal mining and grindstone quarrying at Joggins, Nova Scotia, and its implications for the meaning of the place name "Joggins". Atlantic Geology, 45, pp. 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4138/ atlgeol.2009.001
The rich history of coal mining and grindstone quarrying at Joggins, Nova Scotia, prior to Lyell's visit in 1842 is less well known than its subsequent history. Franquelin first observed coal there in 1686, and within little more than a decade Acadian coal mines had s...
In 1826, Frederick, Duke of York, was granted sole right by the Crown to all coal resources of Nova Scotia. The Duke subleased these rights to a syndicate of British investors called the General Mining Association who then sunk shafts mainly at Sydney Mines. The Association built workshops, ...
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of Toronto, Ontario and the explosion at their Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia; Safety violations at Westray; Frame's business background; His interest in Greenfields' rights to recover waste coal at a West Virginia mine site.年份: 1997 ...
Though local industry was declining, growth continued throughout the decade as the bank found opportunities in financing coal mining, iron, and steel businesses serving the railway and steamship lines. These improvements in transportation stimulated manufacturing throughout Canada, which also served to ...
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Bodie, California started out pretty much like most mining towns. In 1859, a prospecting group that included former New York State resident, W.S. Bodey, found gold in the desolate California wastelands east of Tioga Pass. By 1876, 30 miners were living in the Bodie mining camp. Four years...
Nova Scotia. James MacGregor from Perthshire answered the call for an English and Gaelic preacher for the Scottish community at Pictou and departed there in 1786. He was a fervent advocate of the Presbyterian church until his death in 1830. His son Peter was a Presbyterian minister in Halifax...