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16th May, in the Taupiri Reserve Mine. Ralph's Taupiri Mine.
- F. Fisher was injured by getting jammed
between a skip and prop on 11th July,
in the Waikato Mine.
- Albert Tee got a blow on the eye from a piece of
coal on the 15th August in the Taupiri
Extended
- E. W. Coxon got accidentally scorched at the
engine furnace on 14th November at the
Taupiri Extended Mine.
- C. J. Minnett was lifting a truck and wrenched
his shoulder on 22nd November on the
surface at the Taupiri Extended Mine.
1893
Accidents: The accidents reported are as follows, none
being of a very serious nature:-
- Joseph Yuracka was scalded by hot water from
Tangye pump on the 28th January, 1893, in
the Taupiri Reserve Mine.
- James Harris: Injured between buffer and truck
on the 9th February, 1893, in Ralph's
Taupiri Mine.
- John Guilliford was slightly injured by being
struck on the back of the leg by a piece of
stick on the 8th February, 1893, in Ralph's
Taupiri Mine.
- David Taylor: Injury to finger on the 1st March,
1893, in the Kawakawa Mine.
- Albert Schlinker: Fracture of forefinger on the
18th March, 1893, in Ralph's Taupiri Mine.
- J. H. Evans: Injury to eye on the 21st April,
1893, in the Taupiri Reserve Mine.
- Timothy Callaghan: Injury to eye, by a blow
from a piece of coal, on the 3rd November,
1893, in the Taupiri Extended Mine.
- Thomas Bell, junior: Injury to thumb on the
29th November, 1893, in the Taupiri
Extended .
Taupire (sic) Reserve.—This mine has been steadily
worked during the year. The ventilation is good. The
provisions of the Act are complied with, and every care
exercised. Twelve men were employed on the surface
and 33 below ground. The output for the year was
13,223 tons.
1894
Waikato Mine.
This mine has again been steadily and carefully
worked. The seam maintains a general thickness of
12ft.; the ventilation is good, and the requirements of
the Act complied with. The output for the year was
11,278 tons. Eight men above and twenty-one men
below are employed.
The work in this mine is carefully carried on. The
ventilation, which was not always satisfactory, will be
perfected when a fresh upcast shaft is sunk higher up
the hill than the old upcast. The output for the year was
7,687 tons. Six men on surface and fifteen below were
employed.
This mine was worked until the 29th of May by the
owners. mine was then leased for a period of five years,
with right of an extension of term to ten years, to the
Taupiri Reserve and the Taupiri Extended Companies,
who took possession of the mine at that date and
suspended all work; the pumps and machinery were
since removed. The output to the 29th of May was
3,432 tons. Six men on surface and nineteen below
were employed.
Taupiri Extended Mine.
(a) This mine continues to be carefully worked;
the bords are safe and the ventilation good. The output
was 26,025 tons. Ten men on surface and fifty men
below were employed.
(b) Operations in this mine have been
successfully carried on during the year. The workings
have been extended towards the Waikato River, and the
seam of col maintains its thickness, the bords being
from 12ft. to 20ft. in height. The shaft and winding
machinery is in good order. Safety appliances are used
on the cages, and detaching-hooks on t rope. The
ventilation is good, and the requirements of the Act
observed. The output for the year was 30,426 tons.
Eleven men above and fifty men below were employed.
Taupiri Reserve Mine.
(a) This mine has been worked chiefly to the
westward of the extension of the incline. There has also
been a considerable quantity of coal taken from the
bords under the lake. The mine is well ventilated, and
good cover left in the roof. The output for the year was
20,107 tons. Thirteen men on surface and thirty-two
below were employed.
( b) Operations in this mine have been
successfully carried on during the year. The workings
have been extended towards the Waikato River, and the
seam of col maintains its thickness, the bords being
from 12ft. to 20ft. in height. The shaft and winding
machinery is in good order. Safety appliances are used
on the cages, and detaching-hooks on t rope. The
ventilation is good, and the requirements of the Act
observed. The output for the year was 30,426 tons.
Eleven men above and fifty men below were employed.
Accidents:
No accident of a serious nature has been reported
during the year. The following is a list of the accidents
reported from the Taupiri Extended Mine & Taupiri
Reserve Mine; the injured men were for a time unable
to work :—
- James Holland: who was injured by a lump of
coal falling on his foot, 10th February.
- William Crowder was shaken and bruised by
fall of earth while at work in Taupiri
Reserve Mine, 10th April
- Alfred Cadman: injured by a lump of coal
falling on his toe, 24th April.
- Robert Colson: Jar to hand while bunking out,
28th May.
- Frederick Cox: Injury to hand while at work,
25th June.