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The steep road to the mine portal was constructed through native forest, with a major effort made to minimise environmental damage.
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'Road to Pike River mine portal', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/road-pike-river-mine-portal, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-Nov-2015
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