Pinto Collieries
Pinto, Saskatchewan, Canada
Old Abandoned Underground Coal Mines can be Very Dangerous, Due to Collapse, and Mine Gases (Noxious and Flammable).
Extreme Care should be taken around them, due to Falls, Sudden Ground Collapse, and Bad Air, and in NO Circumstances should People enter into ANY Mine Openings, or Associated Caves.
The Material Contained on my Sites, is NOT to Encourage Personal Investigation of these Mines, But only as a Historical Record of these Long Abandoned Mines. Please View these Mines from a Far, Safe and Legal Distance. Always Observe Private Property Rights, and Obey ALL Warning Signs.
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Pinto Collieries Mines
Underground Coal Mine
Located on NW 1/4 Section 25, Township 1, Range 6, W2
Coal Seam 4 ft, 6“
No 2 Mine surveyed July 25, 1932 by Robert John Campbell Lee, RPE
Mine Survey Map 1 .pdf
Mines 1 and 2 abandoned in 1938.
Mine 1 south of the Ghost Hamlet of Pinto. The nice part of this map is it shows the Hamlet of Pinto, which I haven't seen before. if you look at my Pinto site, you will see a doctored up map of that.
Credit Mine Plan, Documents, and maps above, copied from Original Documents, held by Saskatchewan Government, Mines Branch, Regina, Acquired by Richard (Dick) Wright, P. Eng, and contributed by Mr. Wright for viewing here. He was assured they were Public Documents, and Web Use allowed.
No name of Owner for this mine, but Hugh Banks is probably the guy
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