RECORDED: Cumberland (B.C.), 1979-08-14 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Christmas turkeys; young man into mines; origins; strike; riot; Chinese; union; blacklisting; No. 6 Cumberland explosion; football; bosses; wages; ticket; Tsable River; pension; "Cellar Gang"; tipple; police; telephone shifts; No. 4 Cumberland; later strike; the Depression; doctor; funds; No. 5 Cumberland; No. 8 Cumberland; Japanese; picking coal.

RECORDED: Cumberland (B.C.), 1979-08-13 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Born in Northfield; blacklisting; school in Cumberland; wages; 1909 explosion; open No. 1; powder works explosion; living conditions; Jingle Pot with Joe Mair; working conditions; strike; medical coverage; scabs; union; Japanese, Chinese; militia; entertainment; Cumberland; Extension riot; red light district; 1919 No. 1.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscence of Cumberland RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02 SUMMARY: Interviewee is anonymous by request. Story of the Chinese digging up their dead; Chinatown, and how many dams there were; Chinee Creek; "Japtown" haircuts; mine explosion; the Chinese moved out of Cumberland; where the Japanese worked; Japanese sawmill at Royston; Chinese gardens; Mr. White, the negro; collecting coal for your family; starting working in the mine at the age of 13; wages of a winch man in 1929 were $2.25 per day; dangers working in the mine; bringing the coal out of the mine; father was a stable boss; story about Queenie the mule; retired the mule and left the mines; mules were worth more money than men; the Union came to Cumberland, Shakey Robertson was the main man; around 1929, #4 and #5 working at one time; testing the air; height of the mines; mules were injured because of the height, and they became mean; horses were also used; accidents with animals; mine cave in took three or four days to dig it out; stable vet; #5 mine shut down during the hungry '30s; worked clearing land to be able to buy it; story about pigs coming in by rail; story about Chinese; story about the undertaker and his son.

RECORDED: Courtenay (B.C.), 1979-08-14 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Origins of family in Wales; union; safety; mine closes; housing; Cumberland area; entertainment; mules; strikes; Cumberland; working conditions; food; washing; medical clothing; WWII; pay; compensation; church; Chinese; heating; Japanese; No. 8 Courtenay; Tsable River mine; danger of mining; unions; tickets.

RECORDED: Cumberland (B.C.), 1979-08-14 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Stove; red light district; Cumberland museum; Christmas; Chinese; early Cumberland; Japanese; church; Cumberland explosions; entertainment; wife worries; childhood; the Depression; union; No. 6 Cumberland; flu; miners' fears; young men into mines; child sees mine; widow; transportation.