Cape Breton's Magazine

derground manager) to go onto a job to check the ventilation. So they assembled on No. 6 West landing where Patrick Ross was the supervisor. When they arrived on the landing there was some kind of an ar? gument about drivers. Now, drivers are guys who used to haul coal with horses in the mine, they'd haul the coal carts in and out the roadways. My grandfather (and) a man named Matthew Cherry--they were supposed to check on the ventilation. That was their job. There had been some problem with the ventilation on 6 West section. So after everything was arranged there was a message come in to the supervisor tell? ing him that his track layer--that is, a man who lays track in the mine--had had a I nosebleed in the wash house. Now, this was told to me by John MacNeil who has recent? ly died. He was telling me a change had been made there, that Matthew Cherry who had been assigned to go with my grandfather to do some work on The Goose Cove Pottery & Gift Shop is located on the Cabot Trail off Highway #105 on Exit 11 Open 7 days a week • 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. SHOP: open till Labour Day STUDIO: open by chance or appointment Visitors are welcome to browse at the pottery studio located on site The Goose Cove POTTERY & GIFT SHOP Carole Ann MacDonald Potter R. R.#4 (St. Ann's) Baddeck, Nova Scotia " • • y / BOEIBO X.i' (902)929-2293 ventilation...had been taken away to re? place the roadmaker who had stayed up on the surface because of a nosebleed. So at about twenty-five minutes or half- past seven, they all start walking into the roadways towards the mining places. Some of them drove in with the horses with the boxes. My grandfather walked in and he went by himself, his buddy having been as? signed to another duty by Mr. Walsh. During nighttime--he always carried a can of water with him, a huge can of water, a two- quart can of water. He always carried water with him, for whatever reason: he might have been a little diabetic, nobody knows. So he left and he went in to do the job that he could do by himself, and Mr. Cherry went in to do the track laying for that day. Actually, the men did not even get started to work except the miners who had gone down early. Miners went down early. Some of them went down to make coal, dig coal and pre? pare it to put in boxes and leave. So they were the ones that were in the mine. At twenty-five min? utes past sev? en, or near there, he met the No. 2 long DON'T MISS THE ' WORLD Famous ' Fishing Boat Races on St. ANN'S HARBOUR from Jersey Cove August 10,1996 See Extraordinary St. Ann's Bay... sponsored by North Shore & North River ' Volunteer Fire Dept. ' iROj0:t (0 '""' jFhotographs A Workshop and Sovvroom Carol and Gordon Kennedy Tarbot, St. Ann's, on the Cabot Trail 929-2821 *?? Sail aboard the 'igliimHj 3La?8r ' St. Ann's Harbour, BOAT TOURS RESERVATIONS & INFORMATION: (902)929-2563 V Box 33, Englishtown, NS BOC IHO CHOICE OF 2 CRUISES of one of the most beautiful coastlines In Cape Breton: Historical St. Ann's HARBOUR CRUISE View historic locations of: "first French settlement • Giant MacAsl(ill's wharf & store • departure of Rev. Norman MacLeod's people for New Zealand • Oxford Pulp & Paper Mill Bird Island SIGHT SEEING TOUR View: • bald eagles 'cormorants 'Ospreys • guillemots 'Atlantic puffins COAST GUARD CERTIFIED • BAR & CANTEEN* ' fit. Ann's Motel (SMI A GLORIOUS SPOT to have as a base while you make your way around the Cabot Trail. Units with bath/shower and television en? sure that your stay is as complete as the exquisite view from your bedroom. The Marinellis have been running their charming motel for many years. Marie is often behind the counter next door, dishing up her homemade cooking, or just making up a great ice cream cone! BADDECK, NS BOE 1B0 • (902) 295-2876 (off season 736-8908) The I CAFE tDEU* BAKERY Clucking Hen I, years home ipher -8908) I The Freshest Eating Experience! 10 MINUTES NORTH of the ENGLISHTOWN FERRY on the CABOT TRAIL ICK, NS BOE 1 BO M902) 295-2876 (off season 736-8908) III • ?MnwgWjgMM ' 'O' ' From any direction, it's a beautiful way to go! 64