Oldham Gold District
One gold nugget found at Oldham in the late 1800’s weighed 61 troy ounces and at the time was worth $1,135. In 2012 prices, that nugget would be worth $107,055.
Years of Production: 1862-1946
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 85178

Henry N. Reeves, typical old general miner at Oldham, 1912. E. R. Faribault.
Geological Survey of Canada Photo #21583.

Plan map of the Oldham Gold District ca. 1864.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204761.tif

Government mine lease in the name of the Oldham and Boston Gold Mining Co., Oldham Gold District, 1863.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204762.tif

Gold pour at the Oldham Gold District.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204770.tif

Preparing for a blast on a quartz vein underground in the Oldham Gold District.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204780.tif

Miner and ore cart underground at the Oldham Gold District.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204800.tif

Decanting (recollecting) mercury from a retort (at right) in a mill at the Oldham Gold District.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204810.tif

Mine buildings and homes at one of the mining operations at the Oldham Gold District.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204820.tif

Miners underground in a drift on a quartz lead at the Evangeline Gold Mine, Oldham Gold District, 1931. Photograph by J. P. Messervey.
N.S. Department of Natural Resources Historical Mine Photo Collection: Photo: 204830.tif

Last stamp mill at the Oldham Gold District, 1953. Photograph by E. G. L. Wetmore. N.S.
Archives and Records Management Photo Collection: Places: Oldham.

Oldham Gold District, Whitehead, N.E., c 1870 by Frederick B, Nichols; watercolour on paper laid on card; 13.6 x 22.5 cm.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: NTL2008.258

Oldham, c 1987 by Joseph Purcell; oil on canvas; 24 x 36".
Museum of Industry: I95.86.13

Plan and sections, Oldham Gold District, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia. E. R. Faribault.
Geological Survey of Canada Old Series Geology Map 642., 1898.

Historical gold mining, Oldham area, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. P. K. Smith & T. A. Goodwin.
N. S. Department of Natural Resources Open File Map 2009-1, Sheet 30, 2009