a—2

STATISTICS OF WORKINGS IN COAL-MINES, 1943—continued

32

««« Depth of Shaft Number of Persons | j «ip u % System of or T f , Total Total ordinarily employed. _ Title held .Name of Mine- g © Classification ® £ Thickness Thickness Under- §« Length of Stone nntm,ffnr Output to Output to Means of Name of Mine and Locahty. (Crown Lease or manager and Class Name and Address of Owner. of Coal. a* of worked. ground 8 = Drive (if any) Vats 31st Decern- 31st Decern- • Ventilation. otherwise). of Certificate. s t. = g Coal-seams Working. to reach Coal- * »■*<>• 194.2. ber, 1943. > % « ® i g seam. ,0 © © 02 < PS WEST COAST INSPECTION DISTRICT —continued Buller District I I I Tons. Tons. Tons. f Han's Charleston .. .. Crown lease .. T. D. Allan .. T. D. Allan, Charleston .. 11 Lignite -.. 1 40' .. 8' .. Opencast .. .. 6 84 90 1 .. 1 Natural. ®owater and Brvan, Charleston.. F. M. Mitchell (P.) Bowater and Bryan, Westport .. 13i „ .. 1 40' .. 8' : ,, .. .. 474 3,252 3,726 2 2 ,, Brighton. Fox River .. .. ., ..A. Hunter (P.) ... Andrew Hunter, Tiromoana ..11 „ .. 1 12' to 16' 8' .. Board and .. .. 62 3,733 3,795 .. 2 2 „ pillar Cascade, Cascade Creek .. „ .. W. Brown (1st C.) Cascade- Westport Coal Co., Ltd., 17 Bituminous 1 30' ..7' .. Ditto .... .. 17,783 257,932 275,715 10 10 20 Westport Charming Creek. Ngakawau .. „ .. R. J. Wearn (1st C.) Charming Creek - Westport Coal 16 „ 1 8' to 20' 10' .. „ .. .. 20 ch. .. 39,104 296,429 335,533 27 37 64 Fan. Co. Ltd., Westport Coal Creek. Seddonville .. T. Quinn (D.) .. Coal Creek mining party, Seddon- 26 „ 1 22' .. 8' .. „ .. 3,305 118,378 121,683 1 5 6 Natural. ville Hydro. Seddonville .. .. .. E. Martin (U.) .. Hydro Coal-mines, Ltd., Westport 8 „ 1 20' Full .. „ .. .. 22 ch. .. 13.661 67,568 81,229 2 8 10 Fan. Dove's. Seddonville .. .. „ .. J. T. Dove (D.) .. J. T. Dove, Seddonville ..13 ,, 1 20' .. ,,.... .. 15 119,672 119.687 .. 1 1 Natural. Mitchell's, Charleston .. .. ., .. F. M. Mitchell (P.) F. T. Mitchell, Charleston .. 18 Lignite .. 1 40' ..8' .. Opencast .. .. 48 1,547 | 1,595 1 1 ,, Warne's, Charleston .. .. „ G. N. Warne (P.) G. N. Warne, Charleston 18 „ 1 40' . . 8' .. ,,.... .. 6 162 168 l 1 „ Rocklands, Buller Gorge .. „ N. B. Paine (U.) .. Paine Bros., Buller Gorge .. 41 Brown .. 1 12' to 18' 9' .. Bordand .. 1 ch. .. 2,610 19,249 21,859 1 4 5 Fan. pillar Glencrag, Buller Gorge .. N. Forsyth (2md C.) Forsyth and Bateson, Westport 20 .. .. 1 20' .. 10' .. Ditto .. •• .. 2,256 10,950 13,206 1 2 3 Natural. Denniston, Denniston .. .. „ .. A.Openshaw(lst C.), Westport Coal Co., Ltd., Dunedin 63 Bituminous 7 3' to 30' Full .. ., .. . • .. 163,304 11,714,655 11,877,959 86 266 352 Fans. and R. Marshall (1st C.) Millerton, Granity .. .. „ .. O. J. Davis (1st C.) „ 52 „ 14 to 40' 12' .. „ .. •• 198 ch. .. 108,990 8,933.280 9,042,270 48 107 155 Stockton, Ngakawau .. .. „ .. T. McGhie (1st C.) Westport-Stockton Coal Co., Ltd., 35 „ 3 4' to 20' 10' .. „ .. .. 28 ch. .. 120,262 4,296,589 4,416,851 98 190 288 Fan. Christchurch Harris', Karamea .. .. Freehold .. J. Harris (P.) .. John Harris, Karamea .. 7 Lignite .. 1 12' ..8' .. 34 27 61 3 3 Natural. Cardiff. Mokihinui .. .. Crown lease .. J. Boyd (D.) .. Cardiff Coal Co., Ltd., Westport 7J Bituminous 1 10' to 12' 10' .. ,, .. -- •• 3,080 23.009 26,089 1 5 6 ,, Buller Gorge, Rahui .. .. ,, R. Chester (D.) .. Buller Coal-mining Co., Westport li Brown 1 11' .. 7' .. j, .. 3.439 790 4,229 1 3 4 „ Reefton District Alborn's (late Archer's) .. Crown lease N. R. Alborn (D.), J. V. W. Alborn, Christchurch .. 48 Brown .. 3 8' to 18' 9' .. Bordand 350' and 450' 10,704 114,466 125,170 1 15 16 Natural. and freehold J. Doran (P.), and pillar P. McCormack (D.) Burke's Creek, Reefton .. Crown lease .. C. D. Buist (1st C.) Burke's Creek Collieries Ltd.. 42 ,, .. 18' to 12' 9' .. Ditto .. •• .. 30,497 411,105 441,602 15 54 69 Fan. Clele, Merrijigs .. .. ,, .. R. V. Alborn (1st C.) V. W. Alborn, Christchurch ..57 ,, .. 2 4' and 5' Full .. ,, .. 30'and 250' .. 3,762 104,055 107,817 1 6 7 Natural. Coghlan's, Capleston .. .. Crown lease J. Banks and E. J. H. Coghlan, Reefton ..46 ,, .. 2 10' to 40'; 10' .. ., .. .. 3,815 53,461 57,276 5 13 18 „ and freehold Patterson (U.) 10' to 12' Defiance, Murray Creek .. Crown lease .. G. Turner (2nd C.) McClatchie and Co., Ltd., Christ- 15 ,, .. 16' .. Full .. ,, .. .. .. 11,217 38,472 49.689 3 15 18 Fan. church Morrisvale, Reefton .. .. „ .. C. D. Curtis (2nd C.) W. J. Morris, Reefton ..31 „ .. 1 12' .. „ .. .. .. .. 10,376 194,560 204,936 3 14 17 Burnwell, Reefton .. .. „ D. Wight (U.) .. Burnwell Coal Co., Reefton ..15 ,, .. 1 40' .. 10' .. ,. .. .. 90' .. 5,637 14,893 20,530 .. 7 7 ,, Waitahu, Reefton .. .. „ .. A. D. Williams (1st C) A. D. Williams, Reefton ..34 ,, .. 16' to 13' Full .. .. .. .. .. 11,871 47,896 59,767 3 14 17 ,, Terrace, Reefton .. .. ,, G. H. Millar (TJ.) Terrace Coal-mine, Ltd., Reefton 16 ,, ..1 40' to 9' ,, .. ...... .. 7,393 20,517 27,910 .. 10 10 Comet, Reefton .. .. ,, C. Taylor (D.) .. Comet mining party, Inangahua 2i ,, .. 1 10' ..8' .. ,, .. .. .. 3,024 3,674 6,698 .. 6 6 Natural. Junction Nicholls, Capleston .. .. „ W. Nicholls (D). .. W. Nicholls, Reefton .. .. £ „ .. 16' .. Full .. „ .. .. .. 877 .. 877 .. 3 3 „ Grey District Cliffdale (formerly known as State reserve A. Coppersmith (2nd Stuart and party, Runanga .. 16 Bituminous 16' .. Full .. Bordand .. 100'.. .. 5,736 48,878 54,614 .. 7 7 Fan. Bellbird) " C.) pillar Bellvue. Rapahoe .. .. W. Hughes (D.) .. Bellvue Mines, Ltd., Greymouth 17 „ 1 11' .. „ • Ditto .. .. 4.101 97.646 101.747 2 5 7 ,, Blackball, Blackball .. .. „ L. C. Cook (1st C.) New Zealand Government, Wei- 52 „ 2 8'to 17' 8' .. | „ .. .. 800'.. .. 37,060 4,210,388 4,247,448 26 68 94 lington Blackball Creek, Blackball .. „ „ .. Ditto .. .. .. 12£ „ 15' .. 4'6" .. „ .. . . 6 ch. .. 6.171 157,889 164,060 2 10 12 Harrison's, Ten-mile .. .. „ R. J. Bowman (U.) Harrison and party, Runanga ..11 „ 18' 5' to 9' .. „ .. .. 1£ ch. .. 7,374 29,648 37.022 1 9 10 Braehead, Dunollie .. .. „ G. H. Gaskell (2nd C.) Boote and party, Dunollie ... 23 „ 1 6'to 9' Full .. „ .. .. 14* ch. .. 6,586 150,628 157,214 1 10 11 Briandale, Ten-mile .. .. Crown lease .. T. Howard (1st C.) Briandale Collieries, Ltd., Christ- 17 „ 16' .. ,, ch. .. 1,538 98,929 100,467 3 3 6,, 1 church ' 1