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Technical Bibliography of the Nanaimo Coalfield:

by Gwyneth Cathyl-Bickford, P.Geo., revised April 9, 2001

Note to the user: this bibliography was compiled for use in-house, as a means of organising our increasingly-voluminous library. Excluded from it are unpublished consultants' reports by our firm and by other firms, copies of which are not readily available for public access. Similarly excluded are a very large number of geotechnical and engineering reports related to rehabilitation, restoration, and construction upon abandoned minesites; many of these reports are held in the files of the Building Inspection department of the City of Nanaimo.
Most of the reports cited here are held by public archives. Of particular interest to the researcher are the Joseph Daniels and George Evans collections in the University of Washington Archives, the A.F. Buckham collection in the British Columbia Archives, and the Canadian Pacific Railway collection in the Glenbow-Alberta Institute Archives. Smaller archival collections are held by the Nanaimo Community Archives and the Cumberland Museum and Archives.
Reports of some of the historic and recent coal-exploration programmes in the Nanaimo Coalfield are held by British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, in their Coal Assessment Report collection.

Ashworth, J.
1912: Report on the coal properties held by the Pacific Coast Coal Mines Ltd.; unpublished report for British Columbia Coast Collieries Ltd. in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 48, File 4.

Baird, H.
1944: Blowouts at Canadian Collieries (D.) Ltd. No.10 Mine, South Wellington, Vancouver Island; paper presented at meeting of Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 142.

Baker, M.B.
1904: Report on coal areas at Nanaimo; unpublished report for Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited; in Glenbow Alberta Institute Archives, CPR Papers, M2269, file 1942.

Bickford, C.G.C.
1989: Geology, mining conditions and resource potential of the Wellington Coal Bed, Georgia Basin (NTS 92F/1 and G/4); in Geological Fieldwork 1988; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 553 to 558.

Boltzer, C.E. and Malloch, E.S.
1931a: Report on Wellington coal from Nanaimo area, British Columbia coal fields; Division of Fuels & Fuel Testing, Fuel Research Laboratories, Mines Branch, Ottawa;  in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 17, File 5.

1931b: Report on Reserve coal from Nanaimo area, British Columbia coal fields; Division of Fuels & Fuel Testing, Fuel Research Laboratories, Mines Branch, Ottawa;  in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 17, File 5.

Brewer, W.M.
1902a: British Columbia coal fields; Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 73, pages 408 to 410.

1902b: The mineral resources of Vancouver Island; Canadian Mining Review, volume 21, pages 231 to 234.

Brown, R,
1870: On the geographical distribution and physical characteristics of the coal-fields of the North Pacific Coast; Edinburgh Geological Society, Transactions, volume 1, pages 305 to 325.

Buckham, A.F.
1943a: No.7 Slope, Extension Colliery; unpublished working papers; British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 45 (I), File 3.

1943b: Mining in Lantzville area; unpublished manuscript; British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 47.

1943c: Coal possibilities in the Lantzville area, with special reference to submarine occurrences; unpublished manuscript; British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 47.

1944: Morden Mine; unpublished manuscript of report for Geological Survey of Canada; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 48, File 17.

1947a: The Nanaimo coal field; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume 50, pages 460 to 472.

1947b: Nanaimo Coalfield, preliminary map; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 47-22.

1963: Structural geology of Georgia Basin; unpublished manuscript; British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 64, file 8.

n.d.: No.6 Mine; unpublished working papers [including analyses of coal from Vancouver slope]; British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 45, File 4.

Campbell-Johnston, R.C.
1920: Supplementary mining report on the "Wellington" coal area; unpublished report for J.J. Grant; in files of Inspection and Engineering Division, Mines Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G.
1989a: Geology, mining conditions and resource potential of the Wellington coal bed, Georgia Basin (92F/1; 92G/4); in Geological Fieldwork, 1988, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 553 to 558.

1989b: Underground mapping of a working colliery: an example from Vancouver Island [abstract]; in Advances in western Canadian coal geoscience; Alberta Research Council, Information Series No.103, page 356.

1992: Structural and sedimentologic patterns of the Wellington coal bed, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; Geological Society of America, Special Paper 267, 151 to 163.

1993: Geology and petrography of the Wellington Seam, Nanaimo coalfield, Vancouver Island; unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia).

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G. and Hoffman, G.L.
1998: Nanaimo coalfield, map sheets 1 through 6; in Geological maps of the Nanaimo and Comox coalfields; British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Open File 1998-7.

Cathyl-Bickford, C.G., Wilson, R. and Hoffman, G.
1992: Geology, mineability and coalbed gas potential of the Douglas coal zone in the Nanaimo coalfield, Vancouver Island; in Proceedings of the Canadian Coal and Coalbed Methane Geoscience Forum, Parksville, British Columbia; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Clapp, C.H.
1912a: Geology of Nanaimo sheet, Nanaimo coal field, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; in Summary Report of the Geological Survey Branch for the calendar year 1911; Canada Department of Mines, pages 91 to 105.

1914a: Geology of the Nanaimo map-area; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 51.

1914b: Coal formation on Galiano, Mayne and Saturna Islands; British Columbia Minister of Mines, Annual Report for the year 1913, pages K292 to K299.

Cochrane, T.S.
1985: Coal mining on Vancouver Island; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume 31, pages 285 to 287.

Cunliffe, J.
1929: The Coal Creek blowout investigation [with notes on blowouts at Cassidy]; British Columbia Miner, January 1929, pages 27 and 28.

England, T.D.J.
1989: Lithostratigraphy of the Nanaimo Group, Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; in Current Research, Part E; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 89-1E, pages 197 to 206.

1990: Late Cretaceous to Paleogene evolution of the Georgia Basin, southwestern British Columbia; unpublishd Ph.D. thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 481 pages.

England, T.D.J. and Calon, T.J.
1991: The Cowichan fold and thrust system, Vancouver Island, southwestern British Columbia; Geological Society of America Bulletin, volume 103, pages 336 to 362.

England, T.D.J. and Hiscott, R.N.
1991a: Upper Nanaimo Group and younger strata, Gulf Islands, southwestern British Columbia; in Current Research, Part E; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-1E, pages 117 to 125.

1991b: Lithostratigraphy and sedimentology of the upper Nanaimo Group (Upper Cretaceous) and possible Paleogene sedimentary rocks, Nanaimo Basin, outer Gulf Islands, southwestern British Columbia; conference paper, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Earth Sciences Department and Centre for Earth Resources Research.

Evans, G.W.
1922: Report on the property of the Western Fuel Corporation of Canada Ltd., Nanaimo, British Columbia; unpublished report for First National Bank of Los Angeles, dated September 7, 1922; in University of Washington Archives, George Evans Papers, P10/6-4f, Box 6-4.

1925a: Report on the Morden and Suquash coal properties, Vancouver Island; unpublished report for Southern Pacific Company; in University of Washington Archives, George Evans Papers, P10/6-4e, Box 5-3.

1925b: A report on the Cassidy coal mine of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co., Ltd., Cassidy, Vancouver Island, B.C.; unpublished report for Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co., Ltd.; in University of Washington Archives, George Evans Papers, P10/6-4e, Box 5-1.

1928: Report on the property of the Western Fuel Corporation of Canada; unpublished report for Schwabacher & Company, San Francisco; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

1932a: Report on No.4 and No.5 Mines at Cumberland, No.9 Mine north of Nanaimo, and No.5 Mine at South Wellington; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 17, File 6.

1932b: Memoranda on Western Fuel Corporation of Canada; unpublished report for Western Fuel Corporation of Canada.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 17, File 7(1); a working draft copy is held in the University of Washington Archives, George Evans Papers, P10/6-4e, Box 6-5.

Faulds, A.
1904a: Report on coal lands near Nanaimo, B.C.; unpublished report for Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited; in Glenbow-Alberta Institute Archives, CPR Papers (M2269), File 1942.

1904b: Untitled map, marked "Drawing No.3", showing collieries and boreholes in the Nanaimo Coalfield; [for Canadian Pacific Railway Company]; in Glenbow-Alberta Institute Archives, CPR Papers (M2269), File 1974.

1918: Report on the underground workings and surface arrangements of the Grant Collieries; unpublished report for Seaboard Wellington Coal Co.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 47, File 2.

Floyd, E.
ca. 1921: Report on the Morden coal mine; unpublished report for Canadian Pacific Railway Companyin report by G.W. Evans; University of Washington Archives, George Evans Papers, P 10/6 4-e, Box 5-3.

Forster Brown, W., Rees, I.T. and Morris, C.S.
1910: Report upon the properties of the Wellington Colliery Company, Limited; unpublished report for Canadian Northern Railway System; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 16, File 1.

Graham, C.
1924: The problems of the Vancouver Island coal industry; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume 27, pages 456 to 477.

Graham, T.
1916a: Fatal accident at South Wellington Colliery; British Columbia Department of Mines, Annual Report of Minister of Mines for the year 1915, pages 328 to 334.

1916b: Explosion at Reserve Shafts, Nanaimo, B.C.; British Columbia Department of Mines, Annual Report of Minister of Mines for the year 1915, pages 334 to 352.

Gray, F.W.
1952: Report on coal resources; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 18, File 8.

1954: Appendix to report on coal reserves; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 18, File 8.

Gray, R.H.
1940: Brief memorandum on the geology and mining development of the Nanaimo and Comox coalfields, as affects the mines of Canadian Collieries Ltd. at August 15th, 1940; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 18, File 8.

Greenwald, H.P.
1922: Report of explosion hazard of and Experimental Mine tests of coal from the Reserve and No.1 Mines of the Western Fuel Co., Nanaimo, British Columbia; unpublished report for United States Bureau of Mines; in files of Inspection and Engineering Division, Mines Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines.

Gwillim, J.C.
1908: On the various coal areas of the Island; unpublished report for Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited; in Glenbow-Alberta Institute Archives, CPR Papers (M2269), File 1940.

Hacquebard, P.A., Birmingham, T.F. and Donaldson, J.R.
1967: Petrography of Canadian coals in relation to environment of deposition; in Symposium on the science and technology of coal, Ottawa, 1967; Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, pages 84 to 97.

Haggart, J.W.
1991: A new assessment of the age of the basal Nanaimo Group, Gulf Islands, British Columbia; in Current Research, Part E; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-1E, pages 77 to 82.

1994: Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) strata and biochronology of southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia; in Current Research, Part A; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 94-1A, pages 159 to 164.

Hector, J.
1861: On the geology of the country between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean (between the 48th and 54th parallels of latitude), visited by the Government Exploring Expedition under the commmand of Captain J. Palliser (1857-60); Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, volume 17, part 1, pages 388 to 445.

Hepburn, J.T.
1939: Nanaimo coal mine surveys; unpublished compilation of loop surveys tying various mine entries together; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 144, File 2.

Hunt, J.W.
1932: [Notes on Reserve Mine]; unpublished report for Western Fuel Corporation of Canada, Ltd., dated December 9, 1932; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

1933: Report on the Reserve Mine situation; unpublished report for Western Fuel Corporation of Canada, Ltd., dated January 5, 1933; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

Hunt, J.W. and Scott, T.W.
1931: Report on the possibilities of working the coal contained in the Northfield property; unpublished memorandum to C.W. Villiers, Vice-President and Managing Director, Western Fuel Corporation of Canada Limited; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

James, A.R.C.
1969: The coalfields of Vancouver Island; Inspection and Engineering Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, Paper 1969-1.

Kahil. A.A.
1990: History and experience of Canadian companies in coal demethanation; in Coal bed methane in Alberta - What's it all about?; Alberta Research Council, Information Series No.108.

Kenyon, C. and Cathyl-Bickford, C.G.
1989: Vitrinite reflectance study of Nanaimo Group coals of Vancouver Island (92F); in Geological Fieldwork, 1988, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Paper 1989-1, pages 543 to 552.

Kenyon, C. and Murray, D.K.
1990: Coal-bed methane potential of Vancouver Island coalfields (abstract); American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, volume 74, page 693.

King, A.G.
1918: Report on Old Wellington Mines; unpublished report dated June 14, 1918, for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 16, File 1.

1929: Nanaimo-Wellington coalfield; unpublished report for Peter F. Loftus, Consulting Engineer; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 17, File 3.

Laird, R.
1932: Report on the Lantzville Mine; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 47, File 3.

Lewis, H.J.
1910: Report on the properties of the Western Fuel Company at and near Nanaimo; Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., Miscellaneous Paper No.32; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 32, File 10.

Loftus, P.F.
1936: An engineering analysis for the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Limited, Nanaimo, British Columbia, of the power and surface equipment problem of dewatering, developing and operating the Northfield and Wellington coal areas; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 17, File 9.

Lozoway, K.R. and Symes, M.
1980: Preliminary environmental assessment of a proposed coal mine and associated port facility at Boat Harbour, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; draft report for Assessment and Planning Division, British Columbia Ministry of Environment.

Manning, D.J. and Roberts, C.
1986: Wolf Mountain coal project prospectus; report submitted to British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources as part of mine development review process, on behalf of Wolf Mountain Coal Limited Partnership, January 1986.

McCallum, A.C.
1909: Report on York Estate & Oyster Bay coal lands; unpublished report for [Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited]; in Glenbow-Alberta Institute Archives, CPR Papers (M2269), File 1949.

McEvoy, J.
1921: Report on the coal properties of the Pacific Coast Coal Mines, Limited, Vancouver Island, B.C.; unpublished report for Coniagas Mines, Limited; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 48, File 9.

McGugan, A.
1981: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) foraminiferal faunas, Charter et al. Saturna No.1, Gulf Islands, British Columbia; Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, volume 29, number 1 (March 1981), pages 110 to 117.

McKenzie, J.D.
1922: Notes on visit to No.5 South Wellington mine; Geological Survey of Canada, unpublished field notebook no. 43 (GSC 3537), page 31; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 56.

1923: Coal resources of southern Vancouver Island; Geological Survey of Canada, mimeograph report dated June 1, 1923; reprinted in Report of Coal and Petroleum Products Commission, volume III, appendix 41 (exhibit 164), pages HH415 to HH427.

Morison & Forster Brown, Consulting Engineers
1910: Report and valuation of the collieries of the Western Fuel Company at Nanaimo, B.C.; unpublished report for Canadian Coal, Land and Timber Company, Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 4.

Mueller, F.E.
1919: New tipple of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co.; Coal Age, volume 15, number 18, pages 804 and 805.

Muller, J.E. and Atchison, M.E.
1971: Geology, history and potential of Vancouver Island coal deposits; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 70-53.

Palliser, J.
1863: The journals, detailed reports, and observations relative to the exploration, by Captain Pallser, of that portion of British North America, which, in latitude, lies between the British boundary line and the height of land or watershed of the Northern or Frozen Ocean respectively, and in longitude, between the western shore of Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean during the years 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860; British Parliamentary Papers, 4844, 19th May 1863.

Pan Canadian Consultants Ltd.
1982: Wolf Mountain coal project stage 1 submission; report submitted to British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources as part of mine development review process, on behalf of Wolf Mountain Coal Ltd.

Peach, A.R.
1981b: Geological report of Haslam Creek, Bright Land District; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 172, on behalf of Esso Resources Canada Limited.

Perry, F.
1931: [Notes on No.1 Mine and Reserve Mine]; unpublished letter on behalf of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. to R.H. Brand, Lazard Brothers & Co. Ltd., dated August 13, 1931; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

1932: [Concerning cessation of pumping at Reserve Mine and prospects at No.1 Mine, No.5 Mine, and Morden]; unpublished letter on behalf of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. to J.Hunt, Western Fuel Corporation of Canada Ltd., dated December 15, 1932; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

Perry, J.H.
1981a: Benson coal property, geological report, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 169, on behalf of Gulf Canada Resources Inc.

1981b: Wolf Mountain coal property, geological report; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 168, on behalf of Netherlands Pacific Mining Company Inc.

1982: Geological data summary of the Wolf Mountain coal property; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 177, on behalf of Wolf Mountain Coal Ltd.

1983: Geological report of the 1982 exploration programme; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 703, on behalf of Wolf Mountain Coal Ltd.

Proudlock, P.J.
1990: An overview of Albertan and Canadian demethanation experience, technology advances and development potential; in Coal bed methane in Alberta - What's it all about?; Alberta Research Council, Information Series No.108.

Reynolds, F.L.
1928: Nanaimo; British Columbia Miner, May 1928, page 26.

Rice, G.S.
1922: Report on blowouts at Granby Colliery No.1, Cassidy, Vancouver Island; unpublished report for Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company Ltd; in files of Inspection and Engineering Division, Mines Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines.

1931: Introductory notes on origin of instantaneous outbursts of gas in certain coal mines of Europe and Western Canada; Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, volume 94, pages 75-87, with discussions on pages 102 to 136.

Rice, G.S., Jones, L.M., Egy, W.L. and Greenwald, H.P.
1922: Coal-dust explosion tests in the Experimental Mine, 1913 to 1918, inclusive; United States Bureau of Mines, Bulletin 167. [Note: pages 229 to 236 deal with the explosivity of dusts from the Douglas Main coal from Reserve Mine, although this is not explicitly stated in the report; the identification of the coal is based on the USBM laboratory sample numbers and proximate analyses, which match those given in Greenwald's 1922 report.]

Roberts, C.A.
1985: Summary of 1983 exploration work (April 1 1983 to March 31 1984), revised May 1985; British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Coal Assessment Report No. 703, on behalf of Wolf Mountain Coal Limited Partnership.

Ruddiman, W.
1980: The geology and stratigraphy of the lower Nanaimo Group, Nanaimo, British Columbia; unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon).

Simpson, E.O.T.
1959: Submission to the Hon. Mr. Justice I.C. Rand, Commissioner, The Royal Commission on Coal (1959); unpublished report dated April 19, 1960, on behalf of Canadian Collieries Resources Ltd.; in Simon Fraser Univerisity government documents collection, call number 70 CN 1 ZA38 C65.

Spruston, T.A.
1926a: Inspection of Nanoose Wellington Collieries Ltd. Lantzville Mine, June 19, 1926; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 47.

1926b: Inspection of Nanoose Wellington Collieries Ltd. Lantzville Mine, June 27, 1926; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 47.

Strachan, R.S.
1923: Coal mining in British Columbia; Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume 26, pages 70 to 132.

1941: No.8 Mine, Extension; unpublished report for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 45(I), File 1.

1942: Memo on Cassidy Mine: data on 'Blow-outs' taken from reports of Minister of Mines; unpublished report for Engineering Department, Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 142.

Strong, R.A., Swartzman, E. and Burrough, E.J.
1939: Investigation of Vancouver Island coals prepared by the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., at Nanaimo and Union Bay, British Columbia; report for Fuel Research Laboratories, Mines Branch, Ottawa; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 18, File 3.

Swartzman, E.
1942a: Study of coal from Wellington No.8 (Timberlands) mine, Wellington Seam, Nanaimo area, Vancouver Island, operated by Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., Nanaimo, B.C.; Fuel Research Laboratories, Bureau of Mines, Physical and Chemical Survey Report no.84; Report of Investigations, Carbonization Section, No.174, April, 1942; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 18, File 7.

1942b: Study of coal from No.10 South Wellington mine, Nanaimo area, Vancouver Island, operated by Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.; Fuel Research Laboratories, Bureau of Mines,  Physical and Chemical Survey Report no.85; Report of Investigations, Carbonization Section, No.175, June, 1942; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 18, File 6.

1943: Study of coal from Beban Tipple Mines, Wellington Seam, Vancouver Island, operated by Chambers, R.H. and Hamilton Extension Mine in cooperation with Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., Nanaimo, B.C.; Fuel Research Laboratories, Bureau of Mines,  Physical and Chemical Survey Report no.89; Report of Investigations, Carbonization Section, No.180, June, 1942; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 54, File 3.

Touhey, J.B.
1923: Outbursts of gas and coal at Cassidy, B.C.; Coal Age, volume 23, number 13, pages 519 to 522.

1924: Old workings at Cassidy, B.C. flushed with fine rock; Coal Age, volume 26, number 19, pages 654 and 655.

Turnbull, J.M.
1910: Re coal north of Wellington (Hearn Frees Co.); unpublished report for Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited; in Glenbow-Alberta Institute Archives, CPR Papers (M2269), File 1940.

Villiers, C.W.
1930a: The local coal situation; text of an address delivered at a special meeting of the Nanaimo Board of Trade, March 18, 1930; British Columbia Miner, volume 3, number 4, April 1930, pages 30, 32 and 33.

1930b: The Island collieries and the marketing problem; British Columbia Miner, volume 3, number 5, May 1930, pages 14, 15 and 21.

1931a: [Notes on the Western Fuel Company]; unpublished memorandum for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., dated August 3, 1931; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

1931b: [Notes on No.1 Mine and Reserve Mine]; unpublished memorandum for Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., dated August 10, 1931; in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 52, File 7.

Wilkinson, G.
1921: Comments on McEvoy report; unpublished memorandum for Pacific Coast Coal Mines Ltd., dated March 8, 1921;  in British Columbia Archives and Records Service, Additional Manuscript 436, Box 48, File 9.

1925: History of South Wellington, Suquash and Morden properties; unpublished letter to George Watkin Evans dated August 26, 1925; in report by G.W. Evans; University of Washington Archives, George Evans Papers, P 10/6 4-e, Box 5-3.

1926: Special report on conditions in No.7 South Section, Granby No.1 Mine, Cassidy, B.C., in relation to the frequent occurrences of outbursts of coal and gas; unpublished report by Chief Inspector of Mines dated May 4, 1926, for Hon. William Sloan, Minister of Mines; in files of Inspection and Engineering Division, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Wilson, R.R.
1920: Granby Consolidated Company's colliery, Cassidy, B.C.; Coal Age, volume 17, number 7, pages 300 to 304.

Wilson, R.R. and Henderson, R.
1927: Outbursts of gas and coal at Cassidy Colliery, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; American Institute of Mining Engineers, Transactions, volume 75, pages 583 to 591.

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