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Report of Native coal miners to Fort Vancouver

This is a letter to Fort Vancouver about the state of the area and issues happening there. It mentions a coal seam found on Vancouver Island and the native task force that they were using to mine it initially. Douglas mentions the little amount that…

Tags: 19th century, British Columbia, Coal, Coal mining, Colonialism, Fort Vancouver, Governor, Indigenous Peoples, Industry, James Douglas, Letter, Mining, Resources, Settler Colonialism, Tools, Vancouver, Vancouver Island

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