Helensburgh's coal mining history preserved as volunteers restore 100yo skips in tribute to miners
- ellie978
- Oct 17, 2023
- 1 min read
A tribute to workers at Australia's oldest operating mine, which features 100-year-old coal mining relics, has been given new life by volunteers.
The Helensburgh mine on the New South Wales south coast, which produces coking coal for Australian steelmakers, and exports millions of tonnes a year, was established by the Metropolitan Colliery in 1888.
Mine trucks or "skips", once drawn by pit ponies to transport coal underground, form part of a public monument known as the Miners Tribute in the town's Charles Harper Park.
But when the skips were falling into disrepair, locals passionate about the town's coal mining history rallied to save them.
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