Dolomite Mining
Sir,—The article on the Golden Bay dolomite mining, and the quoted remark, “It seems strange that in 50 or 60 years we may have eaten half or more of the mountain away,” bring out other strange factors. For instance, no Government department seems to appreciate the unique aspects of the Mount Burnett area, sited as it is in one of the most historic areas of our country directly overlooking Captain Cook’s Cape Farewell and across the bay where Abel Tasman’s men were killed. This historic virgin bush-clad outline is threatened for the want of sensible planning. A more enlightened government should be farsighted enough to insist that the mining should preserve the unique surface beauty of this national asset. If this policy persists, our country will be reduced to a ghost town.—Yours, etc., JACK BALLIN. March 19, 1964.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30396, 21 March 1964, Page 12
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