Author: TAYLOR-MORELL, MARJORIE
Title: Of Mines and Men: Local History of Minto, New Brunswick, and District
Description: Canada: Self-Published, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 165 pages. Glossary and index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "An account of coal mining in the Grand Lake coal basin and the growth of the village of Minto, New Brunswick." - Introduction. Chapters include: Early History; The French; English Settlers and Loyalists; The Birth of a Province and an Industry; Wagons and Woodboats; Mining Reports, Methods and Locations; Schools, Churches and Post Offices; Medicine Men, Midwives and M.D.'s; The Country Doctor; The Coming of the Railroad; The Mines and the Men (King Lumber Company, The Weltons, Rothwell Coal Company, Sir Thomas Tait (Minto Coal), Avon Coal Company, A.D. Taylor (Miramichi Lumber Company), Labour Relations), How the Community Grew 1904-1929, The "Thirties", 1939-1969. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is slightly shorter than book and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this informative and important New Brunswick local history.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Minto, New Brunswick, Local History, Coal Mining, Mining Fatalities, Grand Lake Coal Basin , Edwin (Eddie) Ryan, Welton, King Lumber Company, Rothwell Coal Company, Sir Thomas Tait, Minto Coal, Avon Coal Company, A.D. Taylor, Miramichi Lumber company, Joh. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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