In 1927, Caledonia Mine received the first ever safety award in the mining industry. No doubt, thanks to J.R. Dinn (pictured below, holding the shield). Mr. Dinn was the Mine Manager at Caledonia. He was a stickler for safety and subjected his employees to safety courses. On … [Read more...] about First ever Mine Safety award presented to Caledonia in Glace Bay
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The French Connection
I was amazed this week by some information sent to me by Glen Brodie who did some research on the french connection to Glace Bay. Basically how Glace Bay received its name. What he found was that Glace Bay originated in the 1700's as a source of coal for Louisbourg. In the … [Read more...] about The French Connection