The history of Buchans and of the mining industry is similar in many ways to that of other Newfoundland mining towns.

An account of the Fluorspar mines in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland from creation to closure.

The principal residence of Avalon, where Calvert and his family lived during the winter of 1628-29 and in which the Kirkes established their residence in 1638, has long been the object of archaeologists working at Ferryland.