Brunner Mine site

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Brunner Mine site is a historic coal mining and industrial heritage area on New Zealand’s West Coast, known for its preserved ruins and memorials to one of the country’s worst mining disasters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal mine
historic site
industrial heritage site
country New Zealand
disasterCause methane gas and coal dust explosion
disasterDate 26 March 1896
distanceFrom about 11 km east of Greymouth
hasAccess State Highway 7 NERFINISHED
hasFeature beehive coke ovens
boiler house remains
brickworks ruins
cemetery with miners’ graves
coke ovens
information panels
interpretive walking tracks
memorials
railway formations
hasHeritageStatus Category 1 historic place
hasInterpretationTheme coal mining technology
life in a 19th-century mining community
mining disasters and safety
hasManagementPlan conservation and interpretation of industrial heritage
hasStructure Brunner suspension bridge NERFINISHED
hasUse commemoration
education
tourism
hasView Grey River valley NERFINISHED
hasWalkingTrackLength approximately 2 km (loop including bridge)
heritageRegister New Zealand Heritage List NERFINISHED
industry coal mining
knownFor Brunner Mine disaster NERFINISHED
one of New Zealand’s worst mining disasters
preserved industrial archaeology
locatedIn West Coast, South Island NERFINISHED
locatedOn banks of the Grey River
memorialType disaster memorial plaques
miners’ memorial
namedAfter Eugene Brunner NERFINISHED
near Greymouth NERFINISHED
numberOfDeathsInDisaster 65
openToPublic yes
operator Department of Conservation (New Zealand) NERFINISHED
partOf West Coast coalfields NERFINISHED
periodOfOperation 19th century
primaryProduct bituminous coal
region West Coast Region NERFINISHED
significance important site in New Zealand labour and mining history
major early coal mining centre in New Zealand
tourismCategory heritage tourism attraction

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Greymouth hasNearbyAttraction Brunner Mine site