Kōrero: Coal and coal mining

Coal cutting (3 o 3)

Coal cutting

Compressed-air machines like this one were used to cut coal from the seam.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, J. R. Wall Collection
Reference: 1/1-013014; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, 'Coal and coal mining - The miners’ work', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7448/coal-cutting (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 14 Apr 2021