Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Collins, Gary, 1949-

Soulis Joe’s lost mine : a memoir / Gary Collins.

ISBN 978-1-897317-38-9

1. Soulis Joe. 2. Micmac Indians--Newfoundland and Labrador.

3. Prospecting--Newfoundland and Labrador. 4. Newfoundland and

Labrador--History. I. Title.

FC2173.1.S57C65 2009 970.004’97343 C2009-903714-9

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© 2009 by Gary Collins

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Cover design: Adam Freake

“Sourdough” illustration by Clint Collins

Some racial epithets appear in this book to reflect

the prejudices of the characters who use them.

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