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  2. List of mines in Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    Pioneer Coal Mine: 45°33′56.5″N 62°40′30.4″W Stellarton: Pioneer Coal Currently open Pioneer Coal is in the process of winding down mine operations at this site, which has been supplying coal to Nova Scotia Power. They are in search of new sources of coal in the province and have submitted a proposal in Pictou County [3] Donkin Mine ...

  3. Springhill Coal Mining National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Springhill Coal Mining is a National Historic Site of Canada located on the corner of Industrial Park Drive and Memorial Crescent in Springhill, Nova Scotia. [1] [2] [3] The Historic Site, designated in 1998, consists of a museum and the land that once contained the Springhill Coal Mines.

  4. List of coal mines in Canada - Wikipedia

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    According to the Coal Association of Canada, there are 24 permitted coal mines throughout Canada, 19 of which currently operate. The vast majority of the country's coal deposits can be found in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. [1] [2]

  5. Sydney Mines - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Stellarton Surface Coal Mine - Wikipedia

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    Coal mining has taken place in this area of Pictou County for more than 400 years, and until the Donkin Mine reopened in 2017, [1] the pit was the only operating coal mine in Nova Scotia. [2] Underground mining previously took place in the area where the Stellarton pit was located [3] and occasionally remnants of the abandoned tunnels from ...

  7. Westray Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Westray Mine was a Canadian coal mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia.Westray was owned and operated by Curragh Resources Incorporated (Curragh Inc.), which obtained both provincial and federal government money to open the mine, and supply the local electric power utility with coal.

  8. Industrial Cape Breton - Wikipedia

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    The GMA was transformed into Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company (SCOTIA) and developed mines on the north side of Sydney Harbour. In 1899, DOMCO financed the construction of a large integrated steel mill in Sydney's Whitney Pier neighbourhood, which was named Dominion Iron and Steel Company (DISCO); the DISCO mill smelted iron ore mined in Bell ...

  9. Pioneer Coal Limited - Wikipedia

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    Point Aconi Surface Coal Mine, located in Point Aconi, Nova Scotia; The open-pit mine is operated as a reclamation mine in an area that used to have underground mining operations. After surface mining has been completed, the land is reclaimed for other uses. In 2014 the company began a feasibility study to evaluate an additional surface coal ...