Certificate from the Department of Mines, Nova Scotia, for Angus H. McDonald by Neil McKay and Neil McDonald in Thorburn, April 4th, 1914.

Regulations covering Nova Scotian mines, in this case wages. Published in Halifax in 1895.

Published in 1895 by the Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, Halifax. Details all the regulations of the mines, including an updated version of section 8.

Certificate for Neil MacDonald of Thorburn (January 2nd, 1900).

photo of a Bluff of Copper Ore.

Photo Of a sea side house being built.

Book used in Thorburn for mine examinations between 1891 and 1900

Summary of a meeting from Dec. 25, 1857 concerning the establishment of a coal mine in Middle River by members of the West River community.

Notebook used from 1860s-1870s for survey work throughout Pictou County by Ebenezer McLeod. Includes notes about jobs as well as maps.

Article from the May 16, 1968 edition of the Pictou Advocate about miners escaping the Drummond mine.

Photo of the opening of the Westray Coal Mine in Plymouth, 1991.

Photo of the opening of the Westray Coal Mine in Plymouth, NS in 1991.

Photo of Don MacIsaac visiting the Westray Coal Mine in Plymouth, NS, during its opening in 1991

Man standing at entrance to drift mine

Postcard of the boiler explosion at the Drummond Mine in Westville, 1914