Coal Mine Worked By One Man

The smallest coal mine In the world is in the southern province of New Zealand, where, according to the reports of the inspectora of mines for the colony, the Murray Creek colliery is worked by one man, T. Bolitho, a Chinaman, who owns, manages and works this small but to him valuable coal mine. There is another small colliery in the same province worked by one man with the assistance of a donkey. The next smallest colliery is in England, in the village of Nelson, in Lancashire. It is situated near the Colliers' Arms and affords employment for two miners, father and son, who combine in themselves the positions of proprietors, managers, miners and haulers of the undertaklng. They have the assistance of a donkey, and all the output of the mine is sold to the householders who live in the village or its immediate viclnity.