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Sydney Mines (Mi'kmawi'simk: Klmuejuapskwe'katik; Scottish Gaelic: Mèinnean Shidni) is a community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1784 and incorporated as a town in 1889, Sydney Mines has a rich history in coal production although mining activity has now ceased. Prior to a permanent ...
A school of mines (or mining school) is an engineering school, often established in the 18th and 19th centuries, that originally focused on mining engineering and applied science. Most have been integrated within larger constructs such as mineral engineering , some no longer focusing primarily on mining subjects, while retaining the name.
Elaine Baker holds the UNESCO Chair in Marine Science at the University of Sydney. She was the director of the University of Sydney Marine Studies Institute from 2015 to 2020. [ 1 ] Her position is supported by GRID-Arendal, a centre collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Timothy Hierlihy (Heirlehy, Hirolyhy, Hierlehey) (1734–1797) was a British officer who protected the British coal mines at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia from attacks by American privateers. He also was the first British settler of Antigonish, known as the "founder of Antigonish."
Sydney Harbour Collieries (Limited) started the mine, however the company was wound up in 1896; [5] and the mine was bought by the Harbour Collieries Co. Two shafts, named Birthday and Jubilee, were sunk between 1897 and 1902. The mine produced coal from 1897 to 1915 and from 1924 to 1931, and methane (natural gas) from 1937 to 1950. [6]
Mines including Wheal Gawler and Wheal Watkins opened soon after. [25] The value of these mines was soon overshadowed by the discovery of copper at Kapunda (1842), [26] Burra (1845) [27] and in the Copper Triangle (Moonta, Kadina and Wallaroo) area at the top of Yorke Peninsula (1861). [28] A small amount of uranium ore was mined in 1906 from ...
Initially, DEVCO focused on operating the coal mines throughout the Sydney Coal Field that it had inherited from DOSCO, while attempting to invest in other initiatives such as establishing a post-secondary education institution in the area (what would become the University College of Cape Breton, now Cape Breton University), tourism ...
The Sydney and Louisburg Railway (S&L) was a Canadian railway. Built to transport coal from various mines to the ports of Sydney and Louisbourg, the S&L operated in the eastern part of Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia. The railway uses a slightly different spelling for the town of "Louisbourg".