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**
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.
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Dominion Government
Coal Test Site #2
NW Section 15,
Township 3,
Range 2, W2
At Junction of Moose Mountain Creek and the Souris River
just SW of Oxbow.
drilled on the level of the plain,
20 3/4 miles, in a direct line from test site #1
128 ft above the river,
2 1/8 miles west, 10 deg south
from the confluence of Moose Mountain Creek and the Souris River
1880- This was the second test drill site,
Driller William Henry McGarvey, and a Mr. Highman,
under
Professor Alfred R. C. Selwyn's supervision from Montreal,
Director of the
Geological Survey of Canada,
looking for coal in this area, for
commercial use.
A small Coal Mine did form just north of this spot
and later abandoned.
see test site #1 in Range 5 for more info.
drilling described in detail in Selwyn's report, June 1880
Site chosen by Selwyn July 10-11, 1880
Drilled 155 ft deep, 1590 feet above sea level
Started drilling Aug 7, 1880 with a 10 in auger.
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