Burnett's Face (Mine)

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001350-F

Description: Transportation of coal at Burnett's Face (Mine) in the Buller district. The photograph shows a painting of a face on the end of the trolley and the Mission Hall in the background. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1945. Original caption reads: "Another scene familiar to miners and their families." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1910

Reference: 1/2-008501-F

Description: Two small children and a woman with a baby stand beside trolleys laden with coal at Burnett's Face in the Buller district. Three men are pictured outside the library building on the left and houses are seen in the background. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1907. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001236-F

Description: View of miners camp at Burnett's Face (Mine) in the Buller district. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1945. Original caption reads: "This glimpse of Burnett's Face township shows a set of houses whose construction and situation should be bettered after the war." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001347-F

Description: A horse pulling trolleys of coal at Burnett's Face (Mine) in the Buller district. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in 1945. Original caption reads: "Tubs on the road near Burnetts Face." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative