BLACKBALL COAL MINE - Huge timber support props used to prevent the roof of the underground tunnel from collapsing.ca.1900.

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Descriptionca.1900.
BLACKBALL COAL MINE.
Huge timber support props used to prevent the roof of the underground tunnel from collapsing.Date of Photoca.1900.Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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Date Created19th July 2026CommentsPat Jock Allen
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helped build a few of them in my coalmining days Also used Roof Bolts
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Ceol Mhor NZ
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Pat Jock Allen that's my Dad Bob Mountford, don't know the other Chappy. Believe this area was called the Cathedral.
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George Colligan
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Bloody big Pigsty
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Des O'Connell
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The still build them today in coalmines
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Donna Mackett
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No thank you, special people who work Mines
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Garick Mcdonald
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Still building them now
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Christopher Menzies
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Very reassuring
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Ceol Mhor NZ
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Tony Kokshoorn My Dad Bob Mountford, don't know the fella with the hard hat on, the area was called the Cthedral.

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BLACKBALL COAL MINE - Huge timber support props used to prevent the roof of the underground tunnel from collapsing.ca.1900.

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