Location 503
Location #503 - Coal Mine - Cooper
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Location #503 - Coal Mine - Cooper Northern bank of the Kawarau River, approx 3.2 km above Cromwell.
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Location Type -
Mine
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Interested Parties
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| Group | Date | Description | |
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| 1 | 1886 | James Cooper | Details |
| 2 | 1930 - 1940 | W J S Hodson & V G Holloway | Details |
Notes
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| Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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| 3567 | 1886 | General notes. | In January 1886, James Cooper took up a coal lease on the northern bank of the Kawarau River, about 2 miles (3.2km) upstream of Cromwell. The area had an upper layer of a coal seam exposed in the river bank. The seam was 6 foot thick and contained fair quality lignite. James Cooper opened up a mine (location #503) on this seam. It is not known how long this mine was worked. |
| 3568 | 1930 | General notes. | In 1930 W J S Hodson opened up a mine on the site of James Coopers mine (#503). No details of the working of this mine have been located by the author at this time. It appears that the mine was abandoned around 1940. |
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