Strongman Mine

West Coast Region, New Zealand · built 1939

The Strongman Mine was an underground coal mine north of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand from 1938 to 2003. On 19 January 1967, a gas explosion in the mine killed 19 miners. In 1994, the original mine was replaced by the Strongman 2 mine further up the Nine Mile valley. The Strongman 2 mine closed in 2003.

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