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Mining Coal In The Queen Charlottes Forty Years Ago
Mr. Russell details the Queen Charlotte Coal Mining Company mine conditions with tramway collapses dangerous driving and reckless supervision. A key figure Trounce is criticized for unsafe practices while indians and workers suffer injuries as the car breaks barriers and a new roadway is cut. The Lulu ship's captain Knowles is condemned for distributing whiskey to natives before a small coal shipment, and by February the air shaft coal is nearly exhausted and unsafe to continue mining.
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