BELOW THE EARTH’S SURFACE: PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN THE BLACKBALL STATE COALMINE.—(1) Mr Taff Davies (left), a miner for 52 years, loading a hole with an explosive charge. (2) The tumbler. A truck-load of coal being emptied on to a conveyer belt. (3) The mine manager, Mr J. Rarity, sees coal arriving at the surface on a conveyer belt. (4) The switchboard in the mines underground electric sub-station. Blackball is the only mine in the Dominion using high-tension power. (5) Mr S. Ramsden inspecting the incoming main high-tension cable. (6) Miners handling trucks loaded with coal.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27367, 4 June 1954, Page 9
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95BELOW THE EARTH’S SURFACE: PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN THE BLACKBALL STATE COALMINE.—(1) Mr Taff Davies (left), a miner for 52 years, loading a hole with an explosive charge. (2) The tumbler. A truck-load of coal being emptied on to a conveyer belt. (3) The mine manager, Mr J. Rarity, sees coal arriving at the surface on a conveyer belt. (4) The switchboard in the mines underground electric sub-station. Blackball is the only mine in the Dominion using high-tension power. (5) Mr S. Ramsden inspecting the incoming main high-tension cable. (6) Miners handling trucks loaded with coal. Press, Volume XC, Issue 27367, 4 June 1954, Page 9
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