Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Konopaki Mine Northgate, Saskatchewan, Canada × WARNING 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. You can dismiss this warning with the x in the top right. Konopaki Mine Located at SW 1/4 Section 7, Township 1, Range 2, W2 Owned by the Konopaki brothers from Bienfait, in the early 1930's They dug a slope down to the coal, worked all summer, ran into too much water, and closed the mine in the fall Konopaki's I know of: brothers Alex and Fred Konopaki Alex Konopaki b- Mar 25, 1901 d- Mar 4, 1983 buried in Bienfait Cemetery Alex married Mary Bozak b- June 25, 1909 d- Jan 1, 1973 buried in Bienfait Cemetery Frederick “Fred” Konopaki b- Mar 6, 1894 d- Feb 4, 1954 buried in Bienfait Cemetery He was married to Nettie Konopaki, nee Chajkowski b- Oct 14, 1896 d- Nov 16, 1976 buried in Bienfait Cemetery Fred and Nettie had 4 sons John Konopaki b- Jan 10, 1918 in Bienfait SK d- Jan 16, 2007 in Red Deer AB, age 89 wife Mary V. Lylyk Walter Konopaki b- Nov 20, 1925 in Bienfait SK d- June 18, 2007 in Moose jaw SK, age 81 married Helen Marie Konopaki, nee Bookout Wrally Konopaki b- February 14, 1922 in Bienfait, SK d- October 7, 2008 in Penticton, BC, age 86 wife Alice Meronick Wrally Konopaki, lived in Penticton BC William “Bill” “Bert” Konopaki, b- Aug 10, 1933, in Bienfait SK d- Apr 30, 2012 at Moog Hospice Home, Penticton, BC wife Lenore nee Mantei, lives in Penticton BC another brother of Fred and Alex, Louis Konopaki b- Nov 2, 1902 d- ? buried in Bienfait Cemetery Louis wasn't involved in the mine © Last modified: 2017/10/18 15:38by dlgent Log In