THE U.S.C. BUCYRUS-ERIE SHOVEL, costing about $600,000 and belonging to the Mines Department, being unloaded from the Kaitoa at Westport. The excavator was bought by the Government for open-cast mining at Stockton to supply coal for the New Plymouth power station, but was made surplus when the Government decided to fire the station with oil or gas. The excavator will be stored at Ngakawau and Stockton. It will be used later in the development of ilmenite sands near Westport The unloading was watched by the Minister of Mines (Mr Shelton).
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32539, 24 February 1971, Page 3
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90THE U.S.C. BUCYRUS-ERIE SHOVEL, costing about $600,000 and belonging to the Mines Department, being unloaded from the Kaitoa at Westport. The excavator was bought by the Government for open-cast mining at Stockton to supply coal for the New Plymouth power station, but was made surplus when the Government decided to fire the station with oil or gas. The excavator will be stored at Ngakawau and Stockton. It will be used later in the development of ilmenite sands near Westport The unloading was watched by the Minister of Mines (Mr Shelton). Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32539, 24 February 1971, Page 3
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