BLACKBALL MINE FIRE
ATTEMPT TO REACH AREA FAILS Pc.* Press Association. GREYMOUTH, February 6. The Blackball mine was unsealed on Saturday in the hop© of reaching the main fire area with water, but owing to heavy falls in the main air return, as the result of the heating, Jt was impossible to penetrate the hack end of the fire area. The mine was re-sealed for a further period to accomplish the smothering of the fire by the fumes generated by it. The slip in the main haulage Tope road tunnel at the State mine has been cleared, and the miners are working to-day.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11438, 7 February 1923, Page 5
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