BLACKBALL MINE
ORDERED TO BE CLOSED I - United Press Association] CHRISTCHURCH, 12th December. The last chapter in the history of the famous Blackball mine—once one of the most important in the South Island and employing several hundred men—has been written in the last few clays. A deputation of miners employed there met the Minister of Mines, Mr Webb, when he went to Blackball last week, and though the deputation was n private it was later announced that the 40 men working the area were seriously concerned at the possibility of fire spreading underground and of a “creeping” of the strata. An inspector of the Mines Department investigated, and the next day the mine was ordered to be closed. In the space of a few hours from the making of the decision the miners were given temporary work on Scheme 13 unemployment jobs on public properties near Blackball, and the old mine was closed, almost certainly, for ever.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 13 December 1938, Page 8
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