The last mine in Edmonton’s river valley closes.Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, gr1989.0516.1088#1 Large-scale surface mining begins in Alberta near Lake Wabamun to fuel a large thermal electric power plant.Ī heavy-duty truck hauling coal at the Wabamun surface mining operation near the TransAlta Power Plant demonstrates the advanced mechanization propelling Alberta’s modernizing coal industry in the 1960s.During the decade after the 1947 discovery, many mines close, and most coal towns decline significantly. On February 22, 1947, an issue of The Western Examiner proclaims the discovery of the Imperial Leduc No.1 oil well as the birth of a new Alberta oil field. The discovery of a major oil deposit at Leduc, Alberta, foreshadows a decline in the province’s coal production.1945 increased demand for steam coal during the war years led to greater production within the industry. The Second World War begins to revive Alberta’s economy and coal industry, which had declined during the Great Depression.Ī view of the booming International Coal and Coke Company Ltd.Source: Provincial Archives of Alberta, A6081 Newcastle Mine in the Drumheller mining district after ten years of expansion, 1921 Drumheller is one of thirty-two districts created to facilitate keeping track of the booming industry’s developments, inspections and infrastructure requirements. The province is divided into thirty-two coal mining districts as the industry expands broadly.Miners are drawn to the OBU because of the deepening economic crisis. Strikers from the One Big Union (OBU) at Drumheller, Alberta, in 1919 the union forms after labour workers broke away from the United Mine Workers Association union. Cost of living rises by 65% since onset of World War I in 1914, contributing to coal industry labour unrest and heightened union activity.Source: Image courtesy of Peel’s Prairie Provinces, a digital initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries, Ar00113 ![]() The initial fatalities estimate reported in the Edmonton Capital newspaper on June 19, 1914, was later revised.
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