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- Thomas McQuillan: Injured by pick while at - John Dunn had his back injured by steel splinter
work, 4th July. in Taupiri Reserve Mine, 5th March.
- Walter Waugh: Injured by a piece of coal - William Crowder was shaken and bruised by
striking his eye, 9th July. fall of earth while at work in Taupiri
- Daniel Wilson injured his back and private parts Reserve Mine, 10th April.
by slipping on a log at the pump in Taupiri - Walter Waugh struck his foot with a pick in the
Reserve Mine, 18th July Taupiri Extended Mine, 20th May,
- Edward Burke: Injured by a wedge falling on his - Robert Woolam was cut in the hand by piece of
foot, 26th July. coal while at work in Taupiri Extended
- Thomas Russell: Jar to finger while at work, Mine.
10th August. - Hamilton McCaig cut his finger while cutting ti-
- William Paterson injured his leg while working tree on the surface at Waikato Mine, 6th
in Taupiri Reserve Mine, 23rd August July.
- Thomas Griffiths (Waikato Mine): Bruise to - G. E. Skellern injured his neck by falling on a
arm, concussion of elbow-joint, through barge while at work on the surface at
coming in contact with a skip while Waikato Mine, 16th July.
escaping from a fall of coal, 18th - William Kerr injured his eye while at work in
September. Taupiri Extended Mine, 23rd July.
- William Guilders: Struck by a piece of coal - William Gurnich injured his hand when at work
while at work, 24th October. in Taupiri Extended Mine, 15th August,
- Robert Robson: Going down an incline behind a
skip, slipped on a stone and fell, 26th
October. 1896
- Charles Gorring Minnett: Rupture of hip while Waikato Mine.
at work on bank, 12th November.
- James W. Wilson wounded his back while at Report (a) This mine has again been steadily
work on the surface at Taupiri Reserve 19th worked. The distance of the further from the main adit
December necessitated the formation of a new jig to shorten the
length of the road tilation is still satisfactory, though
1895 when the wind blows from a certain direction it become
Waikato Mine: This mine has again been sluggish in the extreme workings to the rise. This will
be improved by making a fresh upe in the locality. The
steadily and carefully worked. The seam maintains a
general thickness of 12 feet; the ventilation is good, and output for the year was 12,444 tons.
Report (b) This mine is being steadily worked.
the requirements of the Act cmplied with. The output During the year the southerly workings were carried to
for the year was 11,278 tons. Eight men above and the outcrop, and all pillars in that direction will soon be
twenty-one men below are employed. taken out. portion of the coal has been derived from
Taupiri Extended Mine: Operations in this mine pillars, in the drawing of which great care is exercised,
have been successfully carried on during the year. The The chief portion of the coal has been derived from
workings have been extended towards the Waikato pillars, in the drawing of which great care is exercised
River and the seam of coal maintains its thickness, the
bords being from 12ft to 20ft in height. The shaft and and very little coal is lost.
The cost of timber and increased supervision adds
winding machinery is in good order. Safety appliances
are used on the cages, and detaching hooks on the rope. materially. to the cost of working out the pillars.
No serious accident occurred during the year. The
The ventilation is good, and the requirements of the Act output for the year was 14,233 tons, being an increase
observed. The output for the year was 30,426 tons.
Eleven men above and fifty men below were employed. of 1,789 tons compared with last year.
Taupiri Reserve Mine: The workings in this
mine are carefully carried on. It was found that the
extent of available coal to the westward is much greater Taupiri Extended Mine
than at first appeared, the dip of the seam becoming less Report (a) The return of coal during the year was
as the heading was extended. The distance from the 28,988 tons, and shows an increase of 3,021 tons,
level above has increased, and the bords are of great compared with last year's yield, which amounted to
length. The mine is well ventilated and the 25,967 tons, instead of 40,160 tons as shown in report
requirements of the Act complied with. The output of for 1895. The underground operations have been
the year was 13,877 tons. Eleven men above and thirty- principally in the east and west districts.
one men below were employed. The coal maintains its good quality, and the
output could be doubled if trade increased. The
workings are all in good order, and safe. The quantity
Accidents: of air passing through the workings is 20,000 cubic feet
- Samuel Stockbridge and Thomas Hay were
per minute, and the ventilation is good throughout.
injured in the hands and arms by an Mr. Tattley, the manager, reports, "We are putting
accidental explosion in Taupiri Extended down a bore-hole about 10 chains in a north-westerly
Mine, 24th January.
