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Blake, Don

Blakeburn - From Dust to Dust: The Rise and Fall of a Coal Mining Town

Self-Published, 1985

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Year of publication
1985
ISBN
0091977303
Place of printing
British Columbia
Author
Blake, Don
Publishers
Self-Published
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Edition
F First Edition
Keyword
Coalmont Collieries Blakeburn - From Dust to Dust: The Rise and, Fall of a Coal Mining Town History Princeton, B.C. maps buildings underground workings Mines No. 4 August 13, 1930 Explosion Photographs British Columbia Canadian History, Genealogy
Binding description
S Paperback
State of preservation
Good
Languages
English
Binding
Softcover
First edition
Yes

Description

(iv), 164 pages. Bibliography. Tables. Many black and white reproductions of archival black and white photos. Two fold-out maps. Author discovered the remains of Blakeburn while on vacation and, after finding a dearth of relevant history, decided to write a history of the town, located northwest of Princeton, B.C. First fold-out map shows the major buildings in Blakeburn and the underground workings of her three major mines in 1935. Second map shows No. 4 mine after the August 13, 1930 explosion. (Hale & Barman 84) Book