Excerpts from the 1998 Heritage Fair project of Margaret Hawco (then a grade 5 student) dealing with child labour in the Bell Island Mines. Includes a brief overview and an interview with Mr. Charles Bown.

Government officials promoted various land-based industries during the first half of the 20th century.

Mining has played an important if sporadic role in the economic, social, and cultural history of Newfoundland and Labrador.

With the construction of the railway, workers began to leave their coastal homes to find employment at new mines and mills in the island's interior.