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Last week’s “Briefly visiting Canterbury” cont. This time Mt Somers and a coal mine.

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February 13, 2011
Last week’s “Briefly visiting Canterbury” cont. This time Mt Somers and a coal mine.

(Cross-posted on the likeminds blog) I discovered the historic “Blackburn Mine” at Mt Somers back in 2001, while extricating myself from a bit of a snowy winter trap on the track that goes around the back of Mt Somers. Since that really hurried adventure I’ve been keen to learn more. Coal was...
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