History
of Coal Mining and Other Related Industries in the Minto and Chipman
Areas 1783-1978 by Douglas H Higgins
Douglas H Higgins was born in 1905
Private Printing 1979. Hard Cover with Maroon cloth. Title is in gilt
print on front cover and on spine.
In addition to Coal mining and the names of companies that
operated in the area, there is much written on local families,
railways, and ownerships of land. The contents is not written as a
history but rather a compilation of notes made by the author on various
aspects pertaining to coal mining in the area. Much of the data comes
form discussions with elders of the area. Some photos. 240 pages.
For example: John Yeamans served as a member of the Legislative
Assembly for thirty-one years starting in 1785. Eight children
accompanied him to New Brunswick in 1783 after the Revolutionary War.
The O’Learys and the Coakleys mined coal along a small stream which ran
through their properties as early as 1870.
In 1834 and 1835 licenses to raise coal were issued to Andrew Fleming,
David Sypher, Patrick McHugh, Michael Dilton (or should it be Dillon),
T. Samuel Beauchant and William Robinson with Moses Perley and Peter
Yeomans each receiving fifty year leases to raise coal.
Very good condition - for this
thirty year old book that was privately
published in 1979 no markings - almost as new.
It seems
there are very few copies of this book available.
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