Milburn's limestone mine at Cape Foulwind has supplied the nearby cement works with limestone since 1953. Over 40 years of continuous mining have left a vast open-cast pit covering more than 100 hectares. Some years ago Milburn expressed an intention of returning this mine site to native forest but to date there has been little evidence of on-site restoration work.
ANDY DENNIS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 32
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62Milburn's limestone mine at Cape Foulwind has supplied the nearby cement works with limestone since 1953. Over 40 years of continuous mining have left a vast open-cast pit covering more than 100 hectares. Some years ago Milburn expressed an intention of returning this mine site to native forest but to date there has been little evidence of on-site restoration work. ANDY DENNIS Forest and Bird, Issue 282, 1 November 1996, Page 32
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