Underground coal mine north of Greymouth, New Zealand
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.[1][2][3]
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.[4]
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42°20′36″S 171°18′19″E / 42.343225°S 171.305399°E / -42.343225; 171.305399