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Kōrero: Canterbury places

Remains of a coal mine

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Remains of a coal mine

This old coal mine, along with rusting equipment, is at Mt Somers. Coal, building stone, silica sand and lime were once mined in the area.

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by Jock Phillips

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John Wilson, Canterbury places – Mid-Canterbury Plains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10277/remains-of-a-coal-mine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 17 August 2015.