Mount Somers Mine

Mount Somers, mid Canterbury, where we mine one of the ingredients in our porcelain blend

You're going to need a 4WD and a bit of nerve to get there

The large open-cast pit produces an extract high in quartz

Pete & Greg chatted

But Bill got his boots muddy and climbed around the pit

Views of the Canterbury Plains on the way down

The clay is 'won' by Victory Lime, their depot is at the base of the hill