Albert Mines, New Brunswick

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Albert Mines is a community that is one of the civil divisions of Hillsborough Parish. It is due south of the Village of Hillsborough and bordered by the communities of Demoiselle Creek and Edgett's Landing. The community is home to the Albert Mines Baptist Church. The community was important as one of the only source of Albertite in the world until the supply was diminished and the mines closed. The community also has a small gypsum mine, but there has been is minimal activity at the site in recent years.

[edit] Further reading

  • Nancy Redmayne Ross, ed,. Diary of a Maritimer 1816-1901: The Life and times of Joseph Salter, St. John's: International Maritime Economic History Association, 1996.
This work includes a description of the diarist's affiliation with the Caledonia Mining and Manufacturing Company (1859-1862), which was one of the companies that mined Albertite here.
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