Spectators catching a little league baseball game in Sydney Mines may not suspect they are watching the game on the site of the old Princess Colliery. Sunk in 1876, Princess Pit was the first in the Sydney coalfield to mine under the ocean. It descended to a depth of 2,000 feet (600 meters) and reached more than five miles (nine kilometers) under the Atlantic. The men who worked the seam would be lowered in a cage, then climb onto a wagon called a rake, which then lowered them down a…
