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Interview with Robert Ross Loudon

Year: 2025

Type: editorial

Abstract: Audio recording and transcript of Robert Ross Loudon's 1979 interview with Bernard McNicholl for the Coal Tyee History Project. Loudon describes various coal mining jobs he had in the Extension, Protection Island, and #10 Mines. He talks about mining equipment and how mules were used in the mines. He recalls participating in the "Bologna Strike" with other South Wellington #10 miners, and he talks about an explosion that happened in the #10 in 1940. Loudon also shares his memories and impressions of the 1912-1914 Vancouver Island Coal Miner's Strike.

Source: VIUSpace (Vancouver Island University Library)

DOI: 10.25316/6mjj-e754

Authors: Robert Ross Loudon, Bernard McNicholl

Language: English

Topic: Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2298278681

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