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1893 (Creation)
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2 cm of textual records
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Dominion Coal Company Ltd. was incorporated in 1893, four years after Henry Melville Whitney and Frederick Stark Pearson of Boston had formed the Whitney coal syndicate with Benjamin Franklin Pearson of the People's Heat and Light Company of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The group purchased one mine and obtained options on others south of Sydney on eastern Cape Breton Island. By 1893 they had acquired most of the existing bituminous coal mines in eastern Cape Breton, including Victoria. By 1912 DOMCO operated 16 collieries, which made up 40% of Canada's coal production. DOMCO and its sister company Dominion Iron and Steel Company (DISCO) eventually became subsidiaries of Dominion Steel Corporation, later the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (also DOSCO), eventually lead to the formation of the federal Crown corporation Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO) and the provincial Crown corporation Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO), which expropriated DOSCO's mines and steel mill in 1968.
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Records were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in accession (8-71) in 1971.
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There are no access restrictions on these materials. All materials are open for research.
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Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction.
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Description comes from the Dalhousie University Archives Catalog. The complete, original description is available there.