Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Ansley Coal Company Limited fonds
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on content of records.
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
5 cm of textual records. -- 14 photographs
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William Ansley came west from Ontario in the 1890's to homestead at Rouleau, NWT. There, he also operated a lumber and hardware business with his first (?) son Harvey, who was born September 29, 1874, in Brooke Township, Ontario (30 miles west of London). William married/remarried Adaline (nee Hunter/Curry?), at Drinkwater, Saskatchewan. There were two other children (step children?), from another marriage; a son William J. Ansley and Charlotte (Mrs. George Temple). The Ansley family came to the Medicine Hat area about 1906. In about 1908, William Ansley purchased what was then known as the Crockford Mine, located west of Medicine Hat along the riverbanks of the South Saskatchewan River. It was soon thereafter renamed the Ansley Coal Mine operated by the Ansley Coal Company Limited. Coal was hauled by steam engine to the top of the hillside where it was then loaded into wagons pulled by horse teams. As many as 11 miners were employed at the mine during its busiest months (winter), and as much as 4 to 6 tons of coal were hauled daily. Some families may have resided on the nearby flats, as had been done during the previous ownership by the Crockford brothers. The site consisted of a weigh house, bunk house, cook house, dining room and an 800 ton capacity tipple. The mine tunnel reached a distance of 1500 to 2000 feet, with a coal seam 6 feet thick. The coal was a soft coal, and was therefore of cheaper market value. In 1910, coal from the mine sold for $2.75 per ton, in 1911, for $3.00 per ton, and in 1912, for $3.50 per ton. Eventually, the Ansley family sold out to J.B. Swan around 1918, at which time the mine was renamed the Swan Mine. Son Harvey Ansley was married to Annie May (nee Rose), on December 25, 1901, at Drinkwater, Saskatchewan. Annie was born February 14, 1882, in Warwick Township, Ontario, and was the daughter of David Rose and Letitia (nee Phillips). A daughter, Myrtle Rose Ansley, was born in Medicine Hat, March 5, 1908. Myrtle taught school in Medicine Hat, retiring in 1970 due to illness. In July 1980, she moved to New Westminster, British Columbia. Her father, Harvey Ansley, died May 1, 1930; her grandfather, William Ansley, died on March 18, 1918, at the age of 75 years.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of: Prospectus of Ansley Coal Company (1916); correspondence (1913-1918); a Spur Agreement with the City of Medicine Hat (1912); images of various views of Medicine Hat.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Gifts of Myrtle Ansley, January 11, 1971, the F.M. Ginther Estate, 1974, the W.A. Burton Estate, 1971 and the Medicine Hat Historical Society, 1984.
Arrangement
Language of material
- Materials are in English.
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
M84.1.38 M74.310.10g M76.4.8 M76.4.10 M77.17.1 M81.22.1 M82.2.2 M83.11
Accruals
General note
Record No. M74.54 (duplicate of M71.357);M71.357;M84.1.26;M71.382.49;M74.310.6;P 0184<br><br>
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Ansley Coal Company (Subject)
- Ansley, Myrtle (Subject)