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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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Konopaki Mine 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
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