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**
WARNING **
Old Abandoned Underground Coal Mines can be
Very Dangerous,
Due to Collapse, and Mine Gases (Noxious and Flammable).
Extreme Care should be taken around them, due to Falls, Sudden Ground Collapse,
and Bad Air,
and in NO Circumstances should People enter into ANY Mine Openings, or
Associated Caves.
The Material Contained on my Sites, is NOT to Encourage Personal Investigation
of these Mines,
But only as a Historical Record of these Long Abandoned Mines.
Please View these Mines from a Far, Safe and Legal Distance.
Always Observe Private Property Rights, and Obey ALL Warning Signs.
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M & C Mine
aka: Munshaw & Cundall Mine
Located at N 1/2 LS 14,
Section
36,
Township 1,
Range 9, W2
map above a portion of my dad's 1927 map, which doesn't show the mine yet.
In what was referred to as the Madigan School district,
since the school was only 1 1/2 miles NW of the mine
(note the half section to the east of the mine is squished on this copy
actual size is half again as wide)
Mine operated from 1932 - 1942
Operated by George Edward
B. Munshaw,
and George Cundall
George Edward B. Munshaw
b- Feb 28, 1879 in Pottageville, King Township, York North,
Ontario
d- Sept 1, 1949,
Buried in Estevan City Cemetery
Mother- Elizabeth Munshaw, nee Pottage
b- Jan 1846 in Ontario
(note- Pottageville was named after an Edward Pottage)
Age 22 in 1901 living in York ON, no father shown in census
with 2 sisters and 2 brothers
1881 census, father shown as George Munshaw, blacksmith
b- 1843, age 32, in King, York North, Ontario
strange his mother here is shown born in 1849 as well, age 32
wife- Mary M. Harnden,
b- 1886 in Cobourg, Ontario
married Mar 29, 1907, in Bracebridge, Muskoka County, Ontario
His oldest son Ross Munshaw managed the mine at various times
George Cundall
b- Jan 19, 1894, Harrogate, Reg. District Pateley Bridge,
Yorkshire, England
d- Jan 7, 1980,
age 85, St Joseph Hospital, Estevan SK
buried in Souris Valley Memorial Cemetery
Father- Richard Cundall, born Yorks Leeds, age 36, occupation Carter
Wife- Violet Alice (registered as Agnes not Alice?) Pilcher,
b- Jan-Mar 1900 in Elham Reg. Dist. Kent, UK
d- Dec 19, 1989
buried in SVMC in Estevan
married Nov 2, 1918 in Elham Reg. district, Kent, UK
George Enlisted in WWI, Apr 27, 1916,
served in the battle of Vimy Ridge
The Cundall farm,
became the Pleasantdale Subdivision in Estevan.
One source says the Coal
Mine was on Mr. Cundall's land,
along the town line.
Location above is on George Cundall's land
which was 6 miles north of the border,
owned by SPC by 1878 or earlier.
Piece of rusted Flat Iron Rail, from the George Cundall Mine.
Found by Bob Leslie, while strip mining south of Estevan,
they dug into this old mine, and found this artefact.
It was given to Duane Bill, in Calgary.
I thank Duane for this photo
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