NEW COAL MINE TO BE OPENED
— Prees Association.)
Drilling in the State Reserve
ks>? Telejrraph
■ WELLINGTON, Last Night. j Qn account of the approaching exhaustion of the Jamea State coal minei near Greymouth, it has become neces-^ sary to open up a new mine in the; nine-mile area of the State coal reserve,. said the Minister of Mines_ Hon. P. C.; Webb, this evening. Two seama of excellent coal Were proved by diamond drilling, and it is estimated the quantity of coal contained in the area proved is approximateljr six million tons. . The opening up of the new mine involves the driving of four stone tunnels together with a return airway, which necessitates appreximately 7500 feet of driving in addition to tunnels. A roperoad approximately 2150 feet in length has been built. ! Concrete buildings have been ?onstructed for housing of the plant S-hd a large bathhouse fitted with up-to-date equipment' is to be built on a site near the entrance to the main drive. It is anticipated coal from this mine will be available to supply the market for the winter of 1939. The present bins and sereening arrangements at the James mine are to be replaced by an up-to-date struQture -in steel and concrete and the screening arrangements . will provide for four sizes of coal to cater for domestic use and industrial purposes.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19371216.2.75
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 71, 16 December 1937, Page 7
Word Count
224NEW COAL MINE TO BE OPENED Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 71, 16 December 1937, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in