Mr Bill Hodson worked the 'Kawarau' mine #255 for around 18 months. Working with Bill Hodson were (Snow) .... Philpot, Charles Alexander Scott (Charlie), and Charlies father William Elliot Scott (Bill). The mine was run by electricity. Charlie Scott recalls mining 8 ton of coal per day himself. The mine, unlike others in Bannockburn, was dry.

It appears that the mine was closed down by the mine inspector as it was unsafe. Jeff Connelly recalls helping Bill Hodson to remove the rails and pipes. At this time the pit props were in very poor condition and the main drive had been 'flooded' with white sand. The 'sand flood' was stopped by packing with sacks, then the remaining sand trucked out of the mine. Jeff recalls the air being very bad even with the fan running. The timbers were in very poor condition and badly stressed. He told Bill that he had a bad feeling about the mine and said he would not go very far under ground. This was a Friday afternoon. Bill was not happy and said he would get some other help. On the following Monday, Mr Hodson and two of his son in laws, Mess'rs Tredinnick and Symons went back to the mine. They found that the mine had collapsed. The large electric fan was sold to the Luggate sawmill when the mine closed.