TAUPIRI COAL MINE

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13968, 19 August 1919, Page 2

TAUPIRI COAL MINE

A Creep Sets in (i Ji:ess AfASOciabitKn.) AUCKLAND, This DayOwing tio wlxat a«re regarded as eiviid'ences of creep uv tli© norllx seotion of tJie- Tauipiri OSa Extended coal mine, tihe miners emiployed imi that mine did'aiot go to work yesterday. ■ 'lihe eigink of a «utppi'i*cd ca-oep arenioitticeßible omi tiae surface- iiibcv© tlie Biortii, secitfiiooi of the workings, amd six oPacifcsi haive ocouirr'ed "»■ Haikaiwa St., threa or foua* ohaihus troin tihe rivet. The pir&nicriipial co^acik 1 is abotut 3 inche? wide aind' «ai slighib craok is aUso. sihowdmgi oni itihe railway line rimming along tihe side: of tihe farMKutiom pairollel wiltih the linie aomd abaujj 3ft from the naiiila. The stfreeiti in which the 1 enraoks have: occiumred does not appear to hiaVtei sumikThi© ouiniers, who state that they Tegaifd tShie ca^cks >a g evidence of a. seriiauia ordep an rtJhe mine, decided nott to work fo-daiy panidiinig an investiiga-tion. :Th« neaiitniesß of the river is regarded ®s a reasoni far extiiai oare. The mine workings are under the rivea 4 nm several places. The depth oil' the wotrkings firom the surface of <th« Igrotind is aibbultl 500 ft. •"A meeftttiiig! of tihe Miners' Uniioni was held, but ait, the comclusiom; :t wab relpartßd no dwision had been reached. Thio local Government, Inspector,. Mr Beniniiw, went inito the mine tor day, buiti dediined to pve informiaibian as itk* Ijhe retsult of bis inißpeotfoin, a« he steited that Ms report must first go to Weffingtom;. . • IHI is.sitfeilfed' thait the inHpeatiing 1 en&jiTieer of fthe ootel Mining, Mr P. Reed!, injay vfifeit Humitiy foir the purpose of insipedtainer lih'e lßivne. .