Curator's note | Estevan is surrounded by deposits of lignite coal on three sides. These deposits were known and exploited from the earliest days of white settlement. Coal was in great demand for fuel in the immediate area of southeastern Saskatchewan which was virtually treeless. Many small mines were opened in those early days. The work was hard, dirty and dangerous as cave-ins were common. |
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Title | Coal Miners Near Estevan |
Date | 1914 |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm |
Scope and content | A group of coal miners (as well as a young child on a horse or pony)outside an unspecified mine entrance near Estevan, SK. Horses and ponies were used in coal mining to move coal filled carts to the mine entrance. One of these vehicles is shown in the photograph. |
Repository | University of Saskatchewan Archives |
Fonds/collection | W.O. Kupsch fonds |
Retrieval information | I. Research, Articles and Addresses, 74. History of Saskatchewan Geology. photograph 14 |
Occupation(s) |
Miners and mining - coal Miners and mining |
Theme(s) |
Mining |
Database ID | 36586 |