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1898-1902 (Creation)
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- Crows Nest Mining Co.
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- Crows Nest, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
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1 accounts book
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The Crows Nest Mining Company mined for gold in the Crows Nest area of the St. Mary's River, near Melrose and Glenelg, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Crows Nest was part of the Cochrane Hill Gold Mining District. Little is known about the company, but property title searches reveal that the Crows Nest Mining Co. was incorporated in Maine in 1897 and located in Kittery. On 18 May 1897, Walter C. Cogswell of Newton, Massachusetts deeded property to this company (St. Mary's District Deeds Book J, p. 522-24). On 26 May 1902, the Crows Nest Mining Co. gave a quit claim deed to the property to Marland L. Pratt of Boston (St. Mary's District Deed Book 11, p. 117-19).
Custodial history
Records were in the possession of Sherbrooke Village Restoration before transfer to the St. Mary's Genealogy Research Centre at Sherbrooke Village in 2020. Earlier custodial history is unknown.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of one accounts book for the Crows Nest Mining Co. which details accounts for multiple enterprises engaged in at the Crows Nest mine site, including: mine, plant, boarding house, stables, mill, house, hotel. Also included are accounts for lumber, fuel, wages, and various suppliers from Sherbrooke, Antigonish, and Halifax. Accounts book lists the names of many people and businesses local to the St. Mary's region.
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Digital object: Page 2 of the accounts ledger for Crows Nest Mining Co., from January 1898. Acc. # 2020.053.