baɪ ðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z, nˈɪkələs ʃˈɛɹən ɐn ɐmˈɛɹɪkən ˌɑːntɹɪpɹənˈʊɹ mˈaɪnd ɐ kˈoʊl sˈiːm ɪnðə kˈuːliːz ɔnðə wˈɛst sˈaɪd ʌv wʌt ɪz nˈaʊ ðɪ ˈoʊldmən ɹˈɪvɚ.
By the 1870s, Nicholas Sheran (an American entrepreneur) mined a coal seam in the coulees on the west side of what is now the Oldman River.