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The Louis Frost Notes 1685 to 1962
NOVA SCOTIA STEEL & COAL COMPANY LIMITED
Marsh Mine (Abandoned)
This mine, belonging to the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal
Company Limited, worked in the MacKay Seam at Coalburn, which is
halfway between New Glasgow and Thorburn. The slope was driven in
the year 1900 and continued to work until 1909, by which time 150,000
tons of coal had been produced.
The coal was of fair quality, 4 feet 6 inches in height
and was worked on a pillar and room system.
The mine was abandoned because coal could be obtained more
cheaply from the Intercolonial and Acadia Coal Companies.
In 1915 a sub-lease of parts of this area was granted to
the Milford Mining Company, who in 1917 opened a mine on the Captain
Seam which continued to produce coal on a small scale until 1920,
when the mining rights of the Milford Mining Company were purchased
by the Acadia Coal Company Limited, who then called this mine Acadia
No. 4, and continued to operate it until 1921, when the mine was
closed due to depression in trade. It was allowed to fill with
water and has remained so ever since.
The Captain Seam, in this part, averages about 4 feet in
thickness and is of medium quality. The coal was worked on the pillar
and room system.
In 1920 the Milford Mining Company had opened a small mine
on the crop of the MacKay Seam but on the opposite dip to the Marsh
Mine. This also became the property of the Acadia Coal Company
Limited, when the rights were purchased and it was then named the
Acadia No. 6 Mine.
This mine was also closed in the beginning of 1921 and
allowed to fill with water. The surface works have been dismantled
at all these mines.
In 1931 a sub-lease of part of this area was granted to
the Greenwood Coal Company. The Acadia No. 6 Slopes were reopened
by them and development started on both sides of the slope. The output was 120 tons per day.
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