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Name of Mine and Locality. I Name of Manager. tSh Quality of Coal. "o TMckness of n"u Seams. Thickness worked. 3 1 System of „ Underground ° working. 3 a I Total Output for 1917. Number of Men Approximate Approximate ordinarily employed. Total Total Output to Output to j 31st December, 31st December, - 1916. 1917. | | -3 £ A hh. < m h Means of Ventilation. i . WEST COAST INS! 1ST >ECTION DISTRICT— coiriti ■nti'i lued. Buller Coalfield —continued. Iron Bridge Colliery .. .. I G. Smith Bituminous 12 1 3' to 30' I I Full height I Bord and pillar ' Ditto .. .. 8' „ .. .. Tons. Tons. Tons. I Coalbrookdale Colliery .. N. Milligan Rocklands Mine .. .. J. P. Burley (P.) .. 26 37 15 1 4'to 20' Brown .. j 1 27' -> 1 1 "1 y 200,950 7,400,638 109 6,956 7,601,588 124 I ... 124 235 409 Mechanical. 7,065 2 2 j Natural. -• Inangahua. Coalfield. Coghlan's Freehold .. J. Coghlan (P.) 21 Semi - bitu- 1 12' minous Ditto .. 2 9' to 12' ..1 12' . . 1 12' .. 2 25' to 30' --1 8' .. 1 4' ..1 1'toS' .. 1 4' to 12' --1 14' 1 8' I Bord and .. pillar 8' to 10' I Ditto .. 8' .. .. Full height ., 12' x 8' „ . . . . 7' ...... Full height i „ ,. .. 988 5,838 6,826 «> 2 Natural. Archer's Freehold .. .. F. W. Archer (P.) .. Burke's Creek Mine .. A. Thompson Deep Creek Mine .. .. E. F. Lockington (P.) Phoenix and Yenus Mine .. W. Knight (P.) Lankey's Creek Mine .. .. F. Knight (P.) Loughnan's Coal-mine .. I H. Griggs Big River Mine .. .. W. Kirwin (P.) Murray Creek Mine .. .. | C. A. Svensen (P.). . Waitahu Mine .. .. I. Rhodes 22 16 16 36 15 31 4 4 1'5 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1.650 18,566 4.304 28.266 314 3,382 3.165 34,755 1.606 23,183 1,821 13,226 724 2,707 134 1.473 60 4,659 20,216 32,570 3,696 37.920 24.789 15,047 3,431 1,607 4,719 1 3 2 1 1 6 2 3 o 2 3 9 2 i 3 3: 2 I 2 i „ ,, Open cast 8' Bord and pillar Grey Valley Coalfield. Paparoa Colliery .. .. H. Talbot Bituminous 1 5' to 25' 36,435 227.114 263,549 15 52 I Blackball Colliery .. . . G. Davidson North Brunner Colliery .. J. Armstrong Brunner Colliery .. R. Allison 9 27 8 53 2 17' 1 2' to 12' 1 12' 12' Bord and pillar 15' Ditto .. j .. Full height ,, .. | .. 132,515 2.455,865 17.060 87,324 8.936 2,399,316 2,588,380 104,384 2.408,252 59 20 5 227 31 15 67 Mechanical. 286 51 20 N.Z. State Coal-mines. Point Elizabeth .. .. | 0. J. Davis 13J ... . LI Bituminous 1 8' to 16' 8' to 10' j Bord and .. pillar Full height | Ditto .. 119,411 2.136,306 2,255,717 51 138 189 Mechanical. . Liverpool Colliery .. ,. W. Parsonage and G. Duggan Output of mines included in previous statements at i 5 | 3 4' to 16' 145,856 326,615 472,471 82 220 302 I -hieh operations have been abandone ;d or suspended .. I .. I 2,133,767 2,133,767 I SOUTHER ,N INSPECTION DISTRICT F. I 37,183 j 8 24 Fan. 15 Exhaust steam. 4 Natural. 5 ■i Canterbury. Bush Gully, Coalgate . . .. i J. Gillick.. 4 Brown 1 5' ..1 6' --1 6' ..1 40' ..1 5' ..1 5' 5' Bord and 1 pillar 6' Ditto .. 1 5' ., .. 1 15' „ .. .. 4' 6" „ .. 1 5' „ .. .. 8,265 28,918 16 Homebush, Glentunnel .. ,, St. Helens, Whitecliffs .. I J. Sutherland Tripp's, Mount Somers .. J. McClimoiit (P.) Woolmer's, Mount Somers . . G. A. Bland Te Moana, Geraldine .. .. i G. D. McFarlane .. 44 36 51 1 3 3.266 296,312 1,744 25,130 2.020 66,118 294 1 144 299,578 26,874 68.138 294 145 6 1 1 1 9 3 4 3 »