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Gold has many uses, including in all electronics and in medicine (i.e. treating cancer, pacemakers, surgical equipment...).
But how did #NovaScotia's #gold deposits form?
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But how did #NovaScotia's #gold deposits form?
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton @ChenderMLA @AllanMacMaster @HomeMattersCB @TimHoustonNS @LarryHarrisonPC
All #gold on Earth formed billions of years ago in stars that over-heated and blew up. Gold formed in the heat of the explosions and then floated around space. As rock, dust and other materials came together to form Earth, gold was distributed around the planet.
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400 million years ago North Africa and North America started colliding. Sub-sea sediments were squished between the tectonic plates, upthrusted and folded as they turned into rock.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia
This is the #Dingwall gypsum quarry, before and after!
Check out this history of this beautiful former quarry!
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@AllanMacMaster @JaimeBattiste @TourismCB @TourismNS @HistoricNS @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @ChenderMLA
Check out this history of this beautiful former quarry!
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #Capebreton #nshistory #nshist
@AllanMacMaster @JaimeBattiste @TourismCB @TourismNS @HistoricNS @GeoffMacLellan @HomeMattersCB @ChenderMLA
The #CapeBreton quarry was opened in 1933 by the Atlantic Gypsum Mining Company and taken over in 1937 by @NationalGypsum when it bought AGMC. National Gypsum continued to operate the Dingwall quarry until 1955.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia
Dingwall produced about 10 million tons of gypsum in its 22 years of operation.
National Gypsum closed the #Dingwall quarry in 1955 because it was opening the world’s largest surface gypsum mine in #Milford, East Hants.
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National Gypsum closed the #Dingwall quarry in 1955 because it was opening the world’s largest surface gypsum mine in #Milford, East Hants.
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Finding replacement stone for heritage buildings renovations can be complicated! Check out this example – the beautiful #Halifax Armoury!
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@CanadianForces @HarjitSajjan @AndyFillmoreHFX @vote4labi @MikeSavageHFX @HalifaxCitadel
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The #Halifax Armoury was built from 1895-99 of red sandstone, part of a federal government initiative in the late 1800s to build militia practice, training and recruitment centres in cities across Canada.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton #nshistory #nshist
Soldiers would amalgamate at the Armoury (sometimes called Armouries) before departing by ship for the Boer War and both World Wars. The Armoury has served as home to the Princess Louise Fusiliers and the Halifax Rifles of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps...
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#nspoli #novascotia
The #Pictou Coalfield played an important role in #NovaScotia’s industrial history.
Check out this history of #coal mining in Pictou!
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Check out this history of #coal mining in Pictou!
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The #Pictou Coalfield's 15 major coal seams in the #Westville, #Stellarton, and #Thorburn-Greenwood areas hosted many mines that created jobs and provided fuel for #NovaScotians.
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#nspoli #cdnpoli #NovaScotia
The first confirmed discovery of #gold in #NovaScotia was made in 1858 at #Mooseland. However, there is reason to believe that gold was found in #NS prior to then - even if in some cases people were unaware of what they had discovered!
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#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #nshistory
An 1868 book by Alexander Heatherington called “A Practical Guide for Tourists, Miners and Investors, and all Persons interested in the Development of the #Gold Fields of Nova Scotia” discusses examples of potential earlier discoveries.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia
Gold may have been sighted as early as 1578 when explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert was given a patent by Queen Elizabeth to search for #gold and silver in the New World. The patent reserved 20% of any discoveries for the Crown.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton #novascotia
Nova Scotia #salt saved lives this winter – all our road salt comes from the #Pugwash salt mine. With snowstorms now over (we hope!), here’s a history of salt mining in #NovaScotia!
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@MLAElizabethNS @ZannLenore
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327-342 million years ago, global sea levels rose and fell many times. This repeatedly flooded #NovaScotia with what we call the Windsor Sea. #NS was near the equator at the time so the sea also evaporated repeatedly in the heat.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton
The evaporation of sea water left deposits of successive layers of salt. This process was repeated for millions of years until the original salt beds were far below earth’s surface. Subterranean pressures and heat compressed the salt into #NovaScotia’s huge rock #salt deposits.
Reclaimed mines are often hidden in plain view! For example, this beautiful lake is the former #Cheticamp #gypsum quarry in Cape Breton. Here’s the history of this amazing site:
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Father P. Fiset, parish priest in #Cheticamp, and his nephew Louis, a doctor, formed the Great Northern Mining Company about 1907. To raise funds, they sold shares for 5 cents each in Cheticamp. Shares were also sold in Quebec where the Fisets were well-known.
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In spring 1908 equipment for a mill was delivered to Government Wharf and hauled by horse and cart to Bell-Marche where the mill was built. The first #gypsum rock went through the mill on August 20, 1908.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton #nshistory
Staking a claim to something means you have a right to it or it should belong to you. The expression comes from literally driving wooden stakes into the ground to mark a mineral claim: a specific area where someone has the right to explore and mine.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia
The expression originated during the California #goldrush which started in 1848 and came to be used figuratively in the late 1800s.
Staking claims in Nova Scotia began in 1862 when @NSLeg passed “An Act relating to the #Gold Fields.”
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Staking claims in Nova Scotia began in 1862 when @NSLeg passed “An Act relating to the #Gold Fields.”
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The law was in response to the province’s first #goldrush which started in 1861 after the discovery of #gold in Mooseland. It gave the government authority to establish and regulate gold districts.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia
We love getting questions about #mining, #minerals and #geology! We were asked about historical #gold mining in #Brookfield, #QueensCounty. Check out this thread!
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@GordonWilsonLNS @BernJordanMP @RegionofQueens @LHNOWnews
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While there were several mines in the #Brookfield #Gold District, almost all the gold produced came from the Brookfield mine operated by Wilbur L. Libbey, which was discovered in 1885.
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#nspoli #novascotia #nshistory #cbpoli #capebreton
In July 1886, it was acquired by John McGuire and some American associates known as the #Brookfield Milling Company. Under McGuire's management a considerable amount of ore was mined and hauled to #PleasantRiver, #Lunenburg County, for milling.
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#nspoli #novascotia #nshistory
A rising tide lifts all boats. That’s as true today as it was in the late 1880s when 20 years of #gold #mining in the Whiteburn played a key role in building Northern #QueensCounty.
See this thread for the story.
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See this thread for the story.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia @BernJordanMP @QueensShelPC
Gold was discovered in Whiteburn, six miles southwest of #Caledonia, in 1885. A forest fire reportedly ravaged the area and uncovered the gold. Jim McGuire, supposedly hiding out from the tax collector, found it in the barrens near his home and triggered the Whiteburn #gold rush.
It’s said that he registered the find in his brother’s name and hid his earnings - $5000 in the first year - in the floorboards of his cousin’s house to throw the authorities off his trail.
By 1887 three mines and mills were operating and mining continued until 1905.
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By 1887 three mines and mills were operating and mining continued until 1905.
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We love getting questions about mining, minerals and geology! We were asked about sand and fieldstone in the world-class #gypsum deposit in #Milford, Nova Scotia. This thread is our answer:
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton #mining #geology @mmillershubie @SeanFraserMP
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton #mining #geology @mmillershubie @SeanFraserMP
327-342 million years ago, global sea levels rose and fell many times. This repeatedly flooded Nova Scotia with what we call the Windsor Sea. #NovaScotia was near the equator at that time so the sea also evaporated repeatedly in the tropical sun.
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton
#nspoli #cbpoli #capebreton
This process gave us huge gypsum deposits because gypsum forms when water high in calcium and sulfate evaporates, leaving the calcium and sulfate behind as sediment. The sediment builds up and is eventually turned into gypsum rock by heat and pressure.
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#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia
This is the anticline at the #MooseRiver #gold mine. It was formed by the collision of #NorthAmerica and #NorthAfrica 325 million years ago. Layers of horizontal sedimentary rock were crumpled into #anticlines (domes) and #synclines (troughs) - a series of rock waves.
#nspoli #NS
#nspoli #NS
The #Anticline hosts the Touquoy #gold deposit. Its domes trapped melted, gold-containing rock as it rose from deep in #earth's crust. It flowed into fractures in the rock, creating quartz veins with gold. There are also tiny disseminated particles of gold throughout.
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#nspoli #NS
The #MooseRiver #gold mine is the first in a series of proposed gold #mines along the #EasternShore. About 300 people work there and the other mines would create 100s more jobs for #NovaScotians.
#Mining employs 5500 in #NS and is the highest-paying #resource industry.
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#Mining employs 5500 in #NS and is the highest-paying #resource industry.
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MANS in @Guysboro!
FACTS ABOUT GOLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
#Gold #mining is bringing 100s of millions of $ in investment to #NovaScotia and creating 100s of jobs for #NovaScotians.
Modern mining is a sophisticated science-based activity that takes proper care of the enviro.
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FACTS ABOUT GOLD AND THE ENVIRONMENT
#Gold #mining is bringing 100s of millions of $ in investment to #NovaScotia and creating 100s of jobs for #NovaScotians.
Modern mining is a sophisticated science-based activity that takes proper care of the enviro.
#nspoli
@Guysboro #Reclamation - Before getting operating permits, #NovaScotia #mining companies must get government approval of reclamation plans and post reclamation bonds that ensure funds are available to properly take care of sites.
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology
Full room at the #NovaScotia #Gold Show! 200 people learning about #NS' golden opportunities and how #mining is creating jobs for #NovaScotians. We employ 5500 today and are working to create more jobs and government revenues that pay for things like health and education.
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We arranged space for anti-mining activists to hold a small demonstration outside the #NovaScotia #Gold Show since the lack of public property at the airport would have prevented them from doing so otherwise. We believe in respectful dialogue.
#nspoli #NS
#nspoli #NS
While we disagree with them, we respect their right to express their views. Our focus was ensuring the safety of demonstrators, conference attendees and everyone else around the airport and we were happy to work cooperatively to accommodate the demonstration.
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#nspoli #NovaScotia
MINING AND QUARRYING #LABOURDAY FACTS
Today’s #mining and #quarrying industry is a sophisticated, science-based business that provides essential materials we all use every day – and a very different industry than in the past.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #minerals #geology
Today’s #mining and #quarrying industry is a sophisticated, science-based business that provides essential materials we all use every day – and a very different industry than in the past.
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #minerals #geology
#Mining/#quarrying employs 5500 #NovaScotians and generates $420 million per year in economic activity.
97% of jobs at #NovaScotia #mines and #quarries are filled by Nova Scotians. The industry is committed to hiring locally.
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97% of jobs at #NovaScotia #mines and #quarries are filled by Nova Scotians. The industry is committed to hiring locally.
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#Mining is #NovaScotia’s highest-paying resource industry. Its average wage is over $55,000 per year – on par with the province’s financial services sector - and an entry-level job like haul truck driver pays an average of $25 per hour.
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology #labourday
#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology #labourday
@JimVibert had basic facts wrong in his recent column about #gold #mining.
He said the Touquoy mine is 1,760 hectares and it's bigger than most #NS towns. In fact, it's 249 hectares - less than 1/5 the size of #Burnside ind park.
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He said the Touquoy mine is 1,760 hectares and it's bigger than most #NS towns. In fact, it's 249 hectares - less than 1/5 the size of #Burnside ind park.
#nspoli @chronicleherald
thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/local-…
@JimVibert @chronicleherald Of the mine’s 249 hectares, the pit – where actual mining takes place – is only 37 hectares.
The #NS #mining industry's footprint is only 0.1% of #NovaScotia's landmass. We create 5500 jobs for #NovaScotians using very little land.
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The #NS #mining industry's footprint is only 0.1% of #NovaScotia's landmass. We create 5500 jobs for #NovaScotians using very little land.
#nspoli @chronicleherald #NS #gold
@JimVibert @chronicleherald @JimVibert had basic facts wrong in his recent column about #NovaScotia #gold #mining.
He said @AtlanticGoldCo paid only $270,000 in royalties last year. In fact, the company paid $1.4 million in royalties. This info is publicly-available in their annual report.
#nspoli #NS
He said @AtlanticGoldCo paid only $270,000 in royalties last year. In fact, the company paid $1.4 million in royalties. This info is publicly-available in their annual report.
#nspoli #NS
