Strongman Mine

{{Short description|Underground coal mine north of Greymouth, New Zealand}}

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File:Strongman Mine Disaster memorial MRD 03.jpg

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.[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/explosion-at-strongman-mine-at-runanga "19 killed in Strongman mine explosion at Runanga "], NZHistory{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/national-news/4377107/Old-miner-remembers-Strongman-tragedy |title=Old miner remembers Strongman tragedy |date=23 November 2010 |work=The Southland Times |accessdate=14 November 2011}}[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_8QtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_p8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7276,3148990&dq=mine+strongman&hl=en "New Zealand Mine Disaster: Toll 19 Dead"], The Montreal Gazette - Jan 19, 1967

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.coalnz.com/index.cfm/1,211,518,0,html/Strongman-2-Underground-Mine-closes-Replaced-by-mine-at-Spring-Creek|title=Strongman 2 Underground Mine closes - Replaced by mine at Spring Creek|date=11 August 2003|publisher=Solid Energy|accessdate=15 October 2010}}