Footnotes: Chapter VII

1. M. Beeton to R. Bond, 24 March 1903, P.A.N.L. (GN2/5/23).
2. H. Inder, Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company Ltd., p. 2.
3. G. Neary, "Mining History of the Buchans Area".
4. A. Johnson, ed., Hugh Cole's Reindeer Treck Down the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, 1908, March 4 to April 30, p. 10-30, passim.
5. F.G. Speck, Indian Notes and Monographs, Beothuk and Micmac, p. 135.
6. The Daily News of 31 December 1927 reports that in the late 1800s the Micmac Indians had removed ore from central Newfoundland for a French priest, who sent it away to be made into ornaments for a St. Pierre church.
7. The Sandy River was renamed the Buchans River after Captain David Buchan, who in 1820 made a well-intentioned, but ill-fated, attempt to befriend the last known encampment of Beothuk Indians in Newfoundland.
8. W.F. Canning to W. Scott, 22 December 1905, private files of ASARCO Incorporated, Buchans Unit.
9. Telegrams to Deputy Colonial Secretary, 8 July, 10 July; 1911, P.A.N.L. (GN2/5/115C).
10. P.W. George, "Geology of Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposits at Buchans, Newfoundland", p. 1.
11. H.A. Guess to W. Scott, 13 July 1916, private files of ASARCO Incorporated, Buchans Unit.
12. The selective flotation technique involves combining powdered ore with water, oil and chemical reagents and placing the mixture in flotation tanks. Agitation of the tanks causes the metallic sulphides to adhere to the reagents and to float with the oil to the surface as a foam. This foam is skimmed off and dried to form concentrates.
13. G. Neary, "Mining History of the Buchans Area". See Neary's work (reference given in bibliography) for a detailed and fascinating history of the Buchans mines.
14. H. Lundberg, "The Discovery of Large Lead-Zinc Deposits at Buchans, Newfoundland", p. 141.
15. Ibid., p. 142.
16. Ibid., p. 142.
17. The Newfoundland government bought the Newfoundland Railway from the Reid Newfoundland Company Limited in 1923.
18. House of Assembly Proceedings, 1927, pp. 662-663.
19. Another change that brought increased revenue into the Buchans Mining Company coffers came in 1933. The Buchans ore contains trace amounts of gold and silver in addition to the lead, zinc and copper. Before 1933, the company received payment for the silver, but not the gold, content of the shipped concentrates. After 1933, however, it began to be paid for the gold values as well.
20. D. Yetman, The Growth of a Mining Town: The History of Buchans, p. 6.
21. Tribunal in the Matter of the Strike at Buchans Mine, Newfoundland, August 1^st to 14^th, p. 9.
22. Ibid., p. 9.
23. Ibid., p. 8.
24. Pigeon Inlet is the name of the fictitious community made famous by Newfoundland storyteller and author Ted Russell in his radio broadcasts called "The Chronicles of Uncle Mose".
25. The A.N.D. Co. was wound up in 1965 and replaced on 3 May 1965 by Price (Nfld.) Pulp and Paper Limited.
26. "The Buchans Miners Strike", in United Steel-Workers of America, Local 5457, Come Hell or High Water, 1973, p. 8.
27. Evening Telegram, 31 March 1973.
28. On 23 April 1975, the American Smelting and Refining Company, Buchans Unit, became known as ASARCO Incorporated, Buchans Unit.
29. On 21 November 1974, the Abitibi Paper Company Limited acquired a majority of shares in Price (Nfld.) Pulp and Paper Limited. The former company now operates under the name Abitibi-Price Inc., and the latter under the name Price (Nfld.) Pulp and Paper Limited, Member of the Abitibi-Price Group.

Abbreviations Used

P.A.N.L. Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador; notation in brackets after P.A.N.L. refers to call number used by Provincial Archives.

C.N.S. Centre for Newfoundland and Studies; on campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's.

D.M.E. Department of Mines and Energy, Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; refers to reports found in files of that Department.

J.H.A. Newfoundland Journal of the House of Assembly; found in Centre for Newfoundland Studies.