Paparoa Coal Company Town, Roa. ca.1880s.

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DescriptionCommencing with a geological survey in 1903 to 1904 the Paparoa Coal Company began mining what is today the ROA mining area in 1907, continuing through to 1947 when the New Zealand State Coal Mines took over the operations.
When mining ceased in 1971 over 1.6 million tonnes of coal had been extracted from the two major coal seams (Morgan and Kimbell), with significant development, both for access and in coal, remaining as "old workings".Date of Photo1880`sMap^[1]

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Location (city or town)RoaLandmark (Place)Paparoa Coal Company TownOrganisation (eg business)Paparoa Coal Co.

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Category TagCoal Mining

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CommentsPaul Robin
Jeez. It looks like a bombs gone off….

Terry Harding
In that time timber was either milled for housing, etc., dropped to form so called cord roads across bog patches, burned for warmth or just cleared to make space and left to rot. A comparison of these old photos and the same ground today shows how fas… See More

Dennis Gibbs
Terry Harding I think cord was short for corduroy.

Terry Harding
Dennis Gibbs I think you're absolutely correct

⁠Andy Grigg
Oxford dictionary : measure of cut wood, usually 128 cubic feet.

Tony Johnson
Andy Grigg yes correct 8ft x4ftx4ft when I was younger

Kay Bruce
The old man could chop a cord of firewood after work in an evening.
⁠Shona Ratana
Gosh This is an example of slash and burn?
Andy Grigg
No, you have been brainwashed, this is 6month's regeneration on a stump.

Glenn Hood
Is ROA still burning

Selwyn Leitch
Mr Grandfather James Leitch was shipping agent for the Paparoa Coal Company. I have a ledger of his recording transactions of the Paparoa Coal Company

Andy Grigg
Hi Selwyn hats off to our professors and health workers for seeing us thru this mire! My Mum was a Nurse during WW2. I remember the Polio era.
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Paparoa Coal Company Town, Roa. ca.1880s.

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