The History and Geology of the Buchans Mine, Newfoundland and Labrador

River resulted from efforts by the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company Lim ited (AND) to establish a pulp and paper industry in central Newfoundland. The discovery is attributed to Matty Mitchell, a leg-endary Mi’kmaq guide, who was employed by AND to assist William Canning in prospecting for sulphur on company leasehold land. The compa-ny explored the prospect and devel-oped a small deposit, under the super-vision of William Scott; however, early attempts to create a producing mine were frustrated by metallurgical diffi-culties and ended in 1911. Harry Guess, a director of th