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<g Tg % j ! Number of Persons Title held Thickness Total Total Total ordinarily employed. Name of Mine and Locality. (Crown Lease or | g CIa n f^ ion i of Th^™ S3 fef 0 £t for q? s f}w™ otherwise). | 2 ofCoal - gg Coal-seams. worked " Workm «' 1946. 3^ 9 T" ber 1946 £ * 7* Z % o fM oq j 1 <tj pq H SOUTHERN INSPECTION DISTRICT —continued Southland District i Tons. Tons. Tons. Argyle, Waikaia .. .. Crown lease .. 55 Lignite .. 1 10' ..10' .. Opencast 345 15,952 16,297 1 1 Birchwood, Ohai .. .. ,, 22 Brown .. 1 9'to 25' .. 6'to 8' .. Bord and 33,653 463,590 497.243 15 45 60 pillar Black Diamond, Nightcaps .. „ 30 1 25' ..25' .. Ditto .. 17,975 410,049 428,024 7 21 28 Black Lion, Ohai .. .. „ 25 „ 1 20' ..20' .. Opencast 1,568 290,524 292,092 6 6 Boghead, Mataura .. .. Freehold .. 20 Lignite .. 1 23' ..10' .. Bord and 9,878 181,335 191,213 3 7 10 pillar Bongoola, Ohai .. .. Crown lease .. 1 ,, .... (Closed) .. 850 .. 850 Costers, Edendale .. .. Freehold ..10 ,, .. 1 13' ..13' .. Opencast 1,000 11,355 12,355 1 1 Diamond Lignite, Asher's Siding Crown lease ..44 ,, .. 1 36' ..36' .. ,, 3,360 53,372 56,732 3 3 Gladfield, Thornbury .. ..1 „ 2J 1 17' ..12' .. ,, 1,392 1,593 2,985 2 2 Glenlee, Waikaka .. .. 1 Freehold ..55 „ ..1 14' 6" .. 8'6" .. Bord and 2,537 55,390 57,927 .. 2 2 pillar Hardmac, Ohai .. .. Crown lease . . .. ,, .. 1 6' to 12' .. 6' to 12' .. Opencast 912 . . 912 2 2 Hedgehope, Waimumu .. .. (Freehold .. 7 „ .. 2 10' to 20' 10' to 20' „ 9,723 52,147 61,870 7 7 Liberty Opencast, Ohai . . ,, .. 1 Brown .. 18' ..8' .. ,, 320 752 1,072 2 .. 2 Linton, Ohai (No. 1) .. . . Crown lease . . 32 ,, .. 1 30' to 40' 30' to 40' Bord and 1 pillar 80,852 2,132,051 2,212,903 47 114 161 Linton, Ohai (No. 3) .. . . Freehold . . 17 ,, .. 1 6' to 40' .. 6' to 40' . . Ditto* .. J Mataura Paper-mills, Mataura .. .. 8 Lignite .. 1 15' to 23' 15' .. Opencast 25,752 150,176 175,928 4 4 Mossbank, Ohai .. .. Crown lease .. 6 Brown .. 1 16' to 23' 8' .. Bord and 26,045 758,474 784,519 9 35 44 Newvale, Waimumu .. .. Freehold .. 6 Lignite .. 2 11' ..11' . . Opencast 6,322 29,812 36,134 7 7 Nightcaps, Nightcaps .. .. ,, .. li ,, 2 30' to 40' 9' .. ,, 3,263 1,064 4,327 4 4 Ohai Colliery, Ohai .. .. Crown lease .. 2 Brown .. 1 20' ..15' .. ,, 51,666 33,714 85,380 14 .. 14 Ota Creek, Wyndham .. .. ,, ..66 Lignite .. 1 10' ..10' .. ,, 1,740 37,713 39,453 1 .. ! 1 Rabv, Gore .. .. .. Freehold .. 8 „ .. 1 20' .. -20' .. „ 2,883 32,966 35,849 1 1 Star* Ohai .. .. .. „ ..15 Brown .. 1 24' .. 24' .. Bord and 38,443 279,669 318,112 24 38 62 pillar Starlight, Gore .. .. „ .. 2J Lignite .. 1 10' ..10' .. Opencast 3,968 6,177 10,145 3 .. 3 Taunga. Orepuki .. .. Crown lease .. 3 ,, .. 1 4' to 6' .. 4' to 6' . . ,, 54 245 299 1 1 Terrace, Balfour .. .. Freehold .. 5 ,, .. 1 17' ..9' .. Bord and 1,842 20,549 22,391 1 1 2 pillar Waimeamea, Orepuki .. .. Crown lease .. -3 Brown .. 1 ' 22' .. 22' .. Ditto .. 2,111 40,322 42,433 1 3 4 Waimumu, Waimumu .. .. Freehold .. 18 Lignite .. 1 1 30' .. 1 30' .. Opencast 16,697 76,536 93,233 7 7 Wairaki, Ohai .. .. .. Crown lease and 32 Brown .. 1 7'to 22' .. 7'to 22' .. Bord and 67,230 927,927 995,157 28 70 98 freehold 1 1 pillar Output of collieries now abandoned or suspended .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,633,050 11,633,050 Totals, Southern District, South Island . . .. 656,065 26,490,307 27,146,372 318 678 996 Totals, West Coast District, South Island .. 1,157,156 52,831,235 53,988,391 771 1,676 2,447 Totals, Northern District, North Island .. 980,649 29,464,914 30,445,563 649 1,465 2,114 2,793,870 108,786,456 111,580,326 1,738 3,819 5,557 Output prior to 1890 not included in statistics .. .. .. .. .. 296, 653 Shale exported, 1914 .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 : . 111,877,000