RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-05-24 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. First impressions; Granby; air shafts; strike; WWI; South Wellington flood; Reserve; Senini; Extension mine; Chinese; 1883 explosion No 1; mine smells; mules; into mine; lamps sulphur; Fiddicks; Morden; fun; the Depression; Cumberland; beer; bosses; Lewis dies.

RECORDED: Lake Cowichan (B.C.), 1979-12-08 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Family; strike; co-op; houses; companies; family history; Extension; Morden; South Wellington; widows; house burns; education; food; community feeling; explosion No. 1; Extension explosion; Southfield flood; mine conditions; scabs; unions; WeeToo.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-07-06 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Strike; goes into mine; mules and horses; South Wellington seams; rats; Protection; working conditions; first aid; inspections; jitneys; transportation; washing clothes; class; shopping; bootleggers; Fraser Street; Chinatown.

RECORDED: South Wellington (B.C.), 1979-02-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Mules; Brethren church; Negroes; scabs; Extension; Johnny Senini; wash house; church; education; meets wife; delivers milk; 1909 explosion; Fraser Street; South Wellington flood; strike.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-06-16 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. South Wellington; CCF Sam Guthrie; living on relief; clearing stumps; father's views; strike; union; medical coverage; tried to start in mines; effect of WWII.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-04 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Ida Clara mine; small mine; Southfield flood; Nanaimo; women working in the mine; farm; mail; inspectors; mules; lamp soot on clothes; husband's health; government royalty; recreation; the Depression; whistles; bath; South Wellington; family.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-03-26 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Father leaves England, travels by ship and train; freighter Miami; 1887 explosion; boat service on island; WeeToo; machine shop; conditions in mine; first home; water in Protection; Nicol and Haliburton Streets; barometer and explosions; swimming in baptizing tank; hole in Nicol Street; flood through the fire hall; Lantzville mine; South Wellington mine; rail gauges; locomotives; Nicol Street; Terminal Avenue fill and drainage; stream through the fire hall; Extension dump and other rock dumps; boilers; air pressure; Oscar; coal cars; Chinese man in boiler; hoist engine; air compressors; WeeToo and the Rainbow; scow; Protection.

RECORDED: Wellington (B.C.), 1983-05 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: East Wellington mines; East Wellington railroad; bluff; No. 6 Wellington; Ji;ngle Pot railroad; East Wellington; Jingle Pot mine; Maxi Road; powder house; No. 4 Wellington; Millstream; Northfield flood; Dunsmuir farm; Chinese; No. 3 Wellington; Wellington railroad; Bill Loudo;n; soldier's settlement land; Canadian Collieries; Loudon mine; Old Slope; ventilation furnace; Stronach mine; Wellington; railroad station; No. 1 shaft; Keighley's; Departure Bay; Ardoon; Meredith Ro;ad; sawmill. TRACK 2: Bluff; Rosstown; Dunsmuir; company houses; Northfield mine; coal rights; conglomerate; Wellington coal; coal quality; Northfield school; Extension; Somerset; Wellington; hotels; No. 6 Wellington; No. 4 Wellington; Maxi Road; Wellington railway; No. 3 Wellington; Old Slope; No. 5 Wellington; Ardoon; Loudon; Dunsmuir farm; small operations; tunnel stream; ventilation furnace; ;Chinatown; Stronach; Canadian Collieries; cave-in; Simon Leiser; E & N roundhouse.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1983-05-02 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Northfield; Northfield railroad; Northfield mines; Dunsmuir discovers coal; ;Diver Lake; East Wellington mines; Maxi Road; No. 4 mine, Wellington; No. 6 mine, Wellington; bluffs; No. 5 mine, Wellington; Old Slope; ventilation furnace; Extension; outcrop coal; coal quality; Dre;w family; East Wellington railroad; sawmill; fish for sale; Millstream; Millstone; Jingle Pot mine; orphan; Brechin Point mine; miners; union; mules; stagecoach; Wellington Road; Wellington; floor; Ro;sstown. TRACK 2: Houses; Rosstown; No. 6 mine, Wellington; Brechin mine; No. 5 mine, Wellington; Jones family; wooden tracks; fish oil lamps; pit lamping; coal allowance; eight hour day; temperature ;in mine; Granby mine; electric lamps; gas; safety lamp; explosion; Wellington cemetery; Chinese; ventilation furnace; hoists; Wellington railroad; No. 1 shaft, Wellington; Departure Bay wharves; steam;ships; 1890-91 strike; Rock City; Robeson family; Departure Bay school.;

RECORDED: Ladysmith (B.C.), 1979-04-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Describes coal mine; Joseph Mair; lamps; Extension mines; goes into mines; bars; strike; maps; fights; sailing ships; South Wellington; smelter at Mount Sicker; the Depression; driving mules; No. 10 blow out; reservoir; band; 1090 explosion; soccer.

RECORDED: Vernon (B.C.), 1981-05-08 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Bogus minister in Wellington; father a minister; miners provide an elaborate funeral.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-07-05 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Class; pinned; union; No. 10; gas; earthquake; family arrives; closing No. 1; housing; Cumberland soccer team; jobs in the Depression; hats; winch kid; million dollar mystery; tally; drivers; mining in Cumberland; mine noises; building; accident with arm; protection; No.1 explosion; WWII; wages; seventy foot seam; bus to South Wellington Mine.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1983-05-05 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Immigration; No. 5 mine, Wellington; Wellington; father injured; Extension; Loudon family; Dunsmuir farm; Ardoon; family grocery store; widow; working in Scotland; working in Drumheller; small coal operations; ventilation furnace; No. 5 mine, Wellington. TRACK 2: Bluff; No;. 6 mine, Wellington; No. 5 mine, Wellington; small coal operations; Loudon family; Wellington; wife dies; union; politicians.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-02-20 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Origins; Alexander mine; E & N; Fiddick's job; father's death; prostitutes; Hawthornethwaite; murder of Stark; sailing ships; surveying; education; strike; South Wellington; Scotchtown; Mark Bate; other nationalities; Finns; timbers; racial mix; Dunsmuir; land grants; Chinese.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-11-22 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Finns; Konstantine Maki; Finnish immigration; Wellington; Nanaimo, 1890s; Ch;ase River; family size; diphtheria epidemic 1912; Milton Street; Finnish language; father's death; farming; Maki Road; air shaft; Alexandra; South Wellington; bridal wear; 1912-14 strike; funeral; mot;her; widow; home; Stark's Crossing; Finnish cigar factory. TRACK 2: Milton Street; home; Chase River; obtaining firewood; Christmas; church; Ladysmith; Extension; Finns; father; family bible; weddin;g certificate; naming of children.;

RECORDED: Parksville (B.C.) [?], [early 1979] SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Father's arrival; sick brother; registering births; Chinese; Japanese; Hindus; Wellington; Dunsmuir; Indians; mother dies; Extension; Nanaimo jail; Wellington explosion; look of the country; strike; drilling ahead of mining; Extension; killing a cougar; hunting.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-05-14 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Immigrants; 1890-91 strike; Occidental Hotel; Nanaimo, 1890s; Five Acres; Du;rham; Pennsylvania; Sam Robins; company houses; company farm; Cunninghams; skating on Buttertubs marsh; Jingle Pot Road; winters; horses and mules; strawberry patch; McRae Brothers; Lantzville mine; L;antzville; car accident; Storey family; Spencer family; Wellington; boys in mine; Daisy Waugh; effects of husband's illness; women's work. TRACK 2: Storey family; Harewood; Calverley family; company ;farm; Haliburton Street; cows; Albert Street; Cunninghams; strawberries; Harewood Road; Chinatown; Chinese school; manager Bowen; women's work; Chinese.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-06-19 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Big strike; blacklist; union; origins; timberman; No. 10; Extension; shoot the roof; Wellington; mule driver; No. 4 Flood; boat harbour; boilers; bologna strike; young man's first job; Chinese; ships; lamp cabin; motors; Brattice; closing Extension; bars; ventilation; panwall; explosions; wages; train; sulphur.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-12-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: James Sharp; Rebecca Sharp Sanders; John Sanders; Sarah Barlow Sharp; Wellin;gton; boarding house; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Chelsea Cornish; Port Alberni coal mine; immigration; Vera Aidenhead Maffeo; Five Acres; Extension; Jingle Pot Road; mine accident; Wellington Hotel; Welli;ngton school; Ladysmith; Extension-to-Ladysmith railroad; Saunders anglicized. TRACK 2: Extension/Ladysmith railroad; Wellington; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Grand Templar's Lodge; John Waddington Hilbert; Black woman; fashion; Emily and John Johns; Sunday school; Simon Leiser; Wellington Hotel.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-03-15 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Finns; Extension; Richardson mine; pillars; broken leg; move to Ladysmith; parents come; 1909 explosions; wash houses; timbers; saunas; old South Wellington mine; safety; hotels; gas; Sam Guthrie; buried in a cave-in; kids meet dad; mules; horses; Dunsmuir; bosses; strike; watching cows.

RECORDED: Wellington (B.C.), 1984-05-11 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Dunsmuir's Old Slope mine; ventilation shaft; Douglas pit mine; hoists; disa;ppearing house; No. 5 mine; "Robbing Pillars"; Wellington railroad; Old Incline; Wellington; Ladysmith; Extension; currency; Wellington merchants; E & N machine shop; Noah's ark; Gilfillan mine; couga;r; Departure Bay; Rock City; 1912-14 strike; Chinese; 1890-91 strike; United Mine Workers; blacklisting. TRACK 2: Blacklisting; dispute in No. 1 mine; Departure Bay; Incline; coal wharves; Wellington; railroad; sailing ships; No. 1 shaft; No. 5 mine; Blacks.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-10-18 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Explosion 1887; gas; Chinese; Cumberland; Dunsmuir; miner's certificate; coa;l dust; shot firing; blown out shot; ventilation; feeders; Sam Robins; gold mine explosion; fire bosses; William Griffiths; Seiriol Williams; silicosis; shotlights; gas committee; Extension explosion ;1909; wages; union; partners; relief days; Yugoslavs. TRACK 2: Timbering; Michaels; Malpass; Martell; Hindmarsh; Nanaimo Herald; newspapers; William Griffiths; Stove family; Cowie; Randall; explosion; 1887; shot firing; ethnic groups; South Wellington No. 5 mine; Archibald Dick; shotlights; coal hustlers; dip of the slope; pillars; cave-in; runners; rope rider; goat; eight hour day; Old Incline.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-10-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: No. 1 shaft at Wellington; No. 5 mine at Wellington; Wellington; East Wellington mines; Robert Chandler; Robert Dunsmuir; wagons; rope riders; switchers; candles; fish oil lamps; chewing toba;cco; dip of the slope; small coal companies; Alexandra mine; football field; South Wellington; Chase River; Finns; Southfield; The Black Road; Douglas mine. [TRACK 2: blank.];

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-05-29 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Coal yard; South Wellington mine; disabled father; whistles; houses; lunch; showers; shifts; broken leg; No. 10; boilers for reserve; timbers; cages; coal seams; beer; Reserve; horses; liked mining; wages; rock dust; black damp; union; tobacco; pumping water; getting out of No. 10.