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Harsh times in Vancouver Island's coal mining past

MINING.com Editor | August 07, 2011 | 9:50 pm Energy Canada Europe Coal 

The Times Colonist has a look at the history of coal mining on Vancouver Island starting in 1912 and writing that the troubles started in Extension, a small mining community a few kilometres south of Nanaimo (pictured). Two coal miners...

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