INANGAHUA ACTIVITIES.

Grey River Argus, 5 September 1939, Page 5

INANGAHUA ACTIVITIES.

LTo The Editor]. Sir, —Being visitors from Christchurch travelling around for the good of our health, we decided thgt we would visit the once famous Globe Mine. We are told at one time it had from two hundred and fifty to three hundred men working in it. We find considering the bad weather, your roads are in order, barring the one going out to the Progress Junction, our car here very near getting bogged in some of the holes. On going up the Globe Hill, we were surprised to find four men employed fellling the bush a chain back from the road, as the Globe Mine is deserted having no caretaker, and we were told that it had been gone through for scrap iron. On going on, we found that, as stated, the shaft had fallen in, and it was a complete wreck. On reports again, we visited some old tunnels where we found it only too true that about ten thousand pounds had been spent in picking up tunnels, (where they got the indicator tracks of reef that was the inducement for sinking the Globe shaft some fiftyseven years ago), and what is called a garden lease about a mile away on the old Inkerman track. This area haa also been worked in the old days. The garden lease operations had been done in the face of bores striking workings. Now the point is that if this money were spent in maiden ground, and in a likely place it might have been the means of lifting Reefton once again to its one-time successful days, and bringing a boom for business people as well as for others. It would be prudent were some officials of unions to go out and report on this. Coming back to Progress Junction we thought we would like .to visit Merrijigs. Again we found the road similar out to where Mr. V. Alborn and Son’s coal mine is located. After making inquiries we would O’Regan, Mclnroe and Seawright (chairman of the County Council) to. see for themselves that it is much in need of gravel. O n arrival at Merrijigs we found six men engaged, who had been there about nine months, and looked forward to al further stay. Any unionist would like to know how this can be continued. At Golden Point we found a gravel pit and separator, but would like to point out that gravel wont set if the smaller element is removed. We are etc., R. BROWN and Party. Christchurch.