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Mining
CA ETRC P006-005-002 · File · 1888-1910
Part of Minnie Hallowell Bowen fonds

The file contains primary source information on Cecil H. Bowen's involvement in mining from 1888 to 1910 in Newfoundland, Brazil and the Eastern Townships. It consists of correspondence, prospectuses, accounts, sample analyses, geological reports, and accounts related to the Standard Pyrites Company, which operated a limestone and slate mine in Newfoundland in the 1890s and 1900s. It also includes the rules and regulations of the Pilley's Island (Newfoundland) Board of Health, of which C.H. Bowen was Chairman, correspondence and a travel visa regarding the operation of the Barcellos Gold Mines Ltd. in Brazil from 1889 to 1892 and correspondence and a map related to Cecil's mining rights in the Eastern Townships, particularly in the area of South Ham.
The Pyrites Company was a mining venture Cecil H. Bowen pursued with his brother, Francis (aka Frank) Arthur Bowen.

Mining Tools
CA ETRC P233-011-002 · Item · [1887?]
Part of W. Gillies Ross fonds

Miners tools made by Wm Tamblyn at the Albert Mines about 1887 - Mounted on a board about 8" X 15"

Log Jam Driving
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P596 · Item · [1900?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of a group of log drivers on the North River (presently Rivière Eaton Nord) located in Sawyerville, the photograph is not the greatest of quality.

Magog river
CA ETRC P020-003-06-D002a-P901 · Item · [1904?], copied 1977
Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of the Magog river taken from the Montcalm bridge in Sherbrooke, a man, a building, and a dam are also visable.