Bell Island was a strategic location during the war,iron ore from the mines was important to the building of ships tanks etc.This is a wonderful tour that takes you far below the sea and you get to see how hard the work was in the days of manual mining!Not to be missed.

The mine closed in 1966 when it could not economically compete with other iron mines whose ore was easier to process. The population of the island quickly shrunk from ~12,000 to less than 4,000 (Bell Island Mining History). The residents that remain on the island are some of the friendliest people we've ever met.

The iron mines drew Bell Island into the international network of the mining and steel industry, and over the period of mining operations (1895-1966), distant powers and events shaped much of the history of the mines. and of the island itself. Being an underground operation, the Bell Island iron ore mine was extremely expensive to operate.

The Bell Island iron ore mine began operations in 1895, and huge numbers of people moved to the area, known as Wabana. Soon, Bell Island became the largest producer of iron ore in the British ...

The Bell Island No.2 mine was designated because it achieves historic and scientific values through its age and uniqueness of construction. It mined an iron ore deposit that runs beneath Conception Bay, in which Bell Island sits. The No.2 mine, owned by the Nova Scotia Steel Co., began production in 1902.

The Bell Island iron ore mine began operations in 1895, and huge numbers of people moved to the area, known as Wabana. Soon, Bell Island became the largest producer of iron ore …

Diving the Bell Island Iron Ore Mine (Mine Shaft #2) in Newfoundland

From the beginning of mining operations, the Germans had been one of the main buyers of iron ore from Bell Island. Now, however, the companies could not sell this resource to its rival. Nonetheless, iron production continued, and was crucial to the Allies, who ended …

The iron mines drew Bell Island into the international network of the mining and steel industry, and over the period of mining operations (1895-1966), distant powers and events shaped much of the history of the mines. and of the island itself. Being an underground operation, the Bell Island iron ore mine was extremely expensive to operate.

Between 1935 and the start of the war in 1939, the Bell Island mines shipped almost three million tons of iron ore to Germany. In fact, the last ship left Bell Island for Germany just six days before the Nazis invaded Poland and started the war. Once war was declared, the iron ore shipments from Bell Island to Germany stopped, and shipments to ...

Almost 40 years since Bell Island's iron mines closed, there's renewed interest in mining the ore deposits. Last Friday the provincial government …

Iron Ore Mines of Bell Island. Bell Island is located in Conception Bay, on the northern part of the Avalon Peninsula. The island is about 9 km long by 3 km. wide, and is serviced by a year-round car and passenger ferry across "The Tickle" (the body of water between the island …

Work and Life in the Bell Island Mines. Work in the mines of Bell Island was difficult and often dangerous. Until the eight-hour day was introduced in 1943, workers often worked ten hours a day, six days a week. This meant that for about six months of the …

1951 map of Bell Island showing the position of the submarine mines, based on a map found in C.M. Anson, "The Wabana Iron Ore Properties of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, Limited," in Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin, No. 473, 1951: p. 597.

Bell Island was the sole source of iron ore for the huge steel mills in Sydney, Nova Scotia, which produced one-quarter of Canada's iron and steel in 1942. Drilling iron ore in a Bell Island mine The Bell Island iron mines, the Sydney steel mills, as well as the Sydney coal mines were all owned by the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation.

Bell Island. Bell Island is a Canadian island located off Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in Conception Bay. Measuring 9 km in length and 3 km in width, it has an area of 34 km². The subsurface is composed of Ordovician sandstone and shale with red hematite. It was once the site of large iron ore mines.