BURKE’S CREEK COLLIERY
ACQUISITION BY STATE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 30. The Acting-Minister of Mines (the Hon. J. O’Brien) confirmed a report from Greymouth that the State had acquired the Burke’s Creek colliery. The price, he said, would be subject to arbitration. The largest production unit in the ReeEton coalfield employs 65 men at present. About 100 tons of coal are produced daily. . - - The mine, which is about four miles from Reefton. has the only full-gauge railway line in the coalfield area.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 195, 31 May 1946, Page 3
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