Waingawa Coal Deposits.
Tim following 19 Ik result of an analysis of a spccimun of coal taken / from Mr Shaw's shaft at a depth'of about one hundred foot, on the eastern f bank of the Waingawa river' New Zealand Geological Survey,— Laboratory,—Results of acalvsis of specimen No. 4971; fonvarM byGeorge Beetbaiu Esq,, M.H.R, jlcal- . ity, Waiugawa river; July, 1888; reported on, 20th July,. 1888, Bituminous Coal (a balf-inck lamina in sand stone). Analysis,— Fixed Carbon, 43*80 j Hydro Cjidjon, , 17'15; Water, 2-81; Asb, mi-" total, 107. _ Evaporutivo fower, 5-7 M. This contains a very high proportion of ash, otherwise it'is a good coal,— (Signed) W. Skey.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2956, 21 July 1888, Page 2
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106Waingawa Coal Deposits. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2956, 21 July 1888, Page 2
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