IMPORTANT COAL DISCOVERY.
FES PBESS ASSOCIATION. Westi'oet, May 15 An important discovery of coal on the Westport-Stoc'kton Coal Mining Company's property at Ngakawau iB reported. Tho find practically proves the extention of a lower scam, similar to the Coalbrookdale, underlying about 1000 aeres of the property, and an upper seam of hard bright coal of excellent quality, and about six feet in thickness underlying an area of about 500 acres. The lower seam is from 16 feet to 30 feet in thickness, and is stated to be equal to the very best quality of coal produced from the Buller coal fields. In addition to tho above, on tho western boundary 300 acres contains a visible extension of the Gramty Creek seam, with about three and a half million tons of coal, bringing the aggregate up to 26 J million tons, or equal to an output of a quarter of a million tons per year for a century. Tho discovery has been verified hy Mr Broom, the company's engineer.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8110, 15 May 1906, Page 2
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168IMPORTANT COAL DISCOVERY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8110, 15 May 1906, Page 2
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