Reminiscences of forty-two years of exploration in and about Newfoundland. Section 04: 1890-1896

• Main Author: Howley, James Patrick, 1847-1918
• Other Authors: Kirwin, W. J. (editor); O'Flaherty, Patrick (editor); Hollett, Robert
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: English Language Research Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland 2009
• Subjects: Howley; James Patrick; 1847-1918; Geology > Newfoundland and Labrador; Surveying > Newfoundland and Labrador; Prospecting > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador > Description and travel; Coal > Newfoundland and Labrador; Railroads > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/howley/id/8179

This is an edition of J. P. Howley’s "Reminiscences" (ca. 1914), a memoir based on diaries and notebooks written during his years of exploration and mapping in the interior and along the coasts of Newfoundland. Section IV: pages 1085-1584. Contents: 1890 Railway Survey West from Exploits River: p. 1085 -- 1891 Resumption of Search for Coal at Grand Lake; North towards White Bay; George's Lake: p. 1205 -- 1892 Search for Coal Continues at Grand Lake: p. 1294 -- 1893 Steam-drilling for Coal at Grand Lake; Trip to Nova Scotia: p. 1347 -- 1894 Geological Features along Railway: p. 1438 -- 1895 Coal Found at Rail Bed near Grand Lake: p. 1496 -- 1896 Oil at Parsons Pond: p. 1510. Produced with the assistance of Robert C. Hollett; based on original source documents in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives; includes photographs and drawings. Bibliography and index: in section 07.