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Men in the Mines

A History of Mining Activity in Nova Scotia, 1720-1992

"The D.I. & S. Co.'s Quarries, Marble Mountain, CB"

Coloured postcard with poem on the back: "Behold the site in which we dwell / The site of Marble Mountain / Kind nature richly blesses it / With many a stream and fountain / And like a lawn with verdant plots / Before us lies Bras D'or / Oh who would not delight to dwell / On this celestial shore?"

Date: ca.1910

Credit: Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University

Reference:   Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University  Mines & Mining: 84-917-15017

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