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The #Pictou Coalfield played an important role in #NovaScotia’s industrial history.
Check out this history of #coal mining in Pictou!
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Check out this history of #coal mining in Pictou!
#nspoli #cdnpoli #nshistory @ns_moi @NS_Museum
@karla_macf_pc @TimHoustonNS @SeanFraserMP
The #Pictou Coalfield's 15 major coal seams in the #Westville, #Stellarton, and #Thorburn-Greenwood areas hosted many mines that created jobs and provided fuel for #NovaScotians.
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#nspoli #cdnpoli #NovaScotia
We are proud of our heritage as an industry but we are also proud of how different #mining is today from the past. The Drummond #coal mine in #Westville, #Pictou County, is an example of how mining has changed over the years.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton @TimHoustonNS
Drummond was mined from 1868-1984 when underground mining ended. A surface mine operated in the 1980s and 1990s to complete extraction of the #coal and reclaim the site. It also recovered coal from the historical mine’s waste dumps as part of the environmental clean up.
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Today the former mine is acres of greenspace and parkland which includes a playground, pond, gazebo, baseball field and heritage signage. The reclamation also fixed subsidence issues so land left unusable by historical mining could be developed.
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We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology!
We were recently asked about historical #coal mining in #Thorburn, #NovaScotia. Here’s our answer:
#nspoli #NS #Pictou #PictouCounty @ns_moi @NS_Museum
We were recently asked about historical #coal mining in #Thorburn, #NovaScotia. Here’s our answer:
#nspoli #NS #Pictou #PictouCounty @ns_moi @NS_Museum
@ns_moi @NS_Museum The #Pictou coalfield is roughly 18x6 km and comprises 15 major coal seams in the #Westville, #Stellarton, and #Thorburn-Greenwood areas. Although small, the coalfield has produced about 55 million tonnes in the last two centuries.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
@ns_moi @NS_Museum #Coal was discovered in the #Pictou coalfield around 1790 by Scottish settlers. The first substantive #mining operation was Collier John MacKay’s mine, sunk in 1809 on the west side of #EastRiver.
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#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS
