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Rockies Westport Granity Coal Mines Ltd: Buller's Little Known Mine and Incline

Author :  Bev Fisher, Ian Fisher, Bruce Shalders (Illustrated by)

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Country
New Zealand
Publisher
New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, New Zealand
ISBN 9780995138575
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2025
Bib. Info 40p.
Categories History
Product Weight 300 gms.
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Here is one of Buller's best kept secrets. Situated between Millerton and Denniston, the Westport Granity Coal Mines Ltd constructed an incline of 1.3 kilometres long up a cliff face to the coal deposits situated on the coastal escarpment. At 564 meters high, the incline consisted of four separate jigs and was worked on the gravity principal of loaded trucks running down the incline pulling empties up. The brainchild of Carl Roskvist, the mining operation delivered over 177,000 tons of high quality coal during its formative operation between 1925 and 1935. The remaining coal reserve and later day opencast production is also covered.

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