The year is 1878 in an area of Newfoundland still known as Indian Bight and the Little Bay mines are just about to start. And due to an act of fortune or foresight the site has a brand new telegraph office already in place, the line extended there earlier that year (Prowse, P. 566). The presence of a telegraph office would prove an interesting detail for the little mining town. They were still pretty rare in 1878 and caught some attention. Geological surveyor James Howley wrote of his visit in ...