NEW COAL SEAM.
Ix appears that another attempt to obtain ooal is aboui to be made on the property °/„ Mr Hem 'y> of Huntly L «>dge. Mr ot n ir lately m the ei PP lo y oi the W 6 N Co, has scoured a lease on most i favourable terms, and already the boring rods are on the ground. Should he succeed m coming upon a continuation of that seam lately opened by the Waikato Coal Mining Company, we may with certainly look iorward to a plentiful supply of a moat excellent -oal. The following estimated areas of coal in-prin-cipal countries may not be uninteresting:— 3 "■" a •3- d . • . oa ». *S United States ... . TQRftfOBritish .North America 753U Tofcal — ... ... 204180 Groat Britain. ,„ I7 nn -Prance ... oa/» Belgium ... s; q Rhenish Prussia ','', ]\\ qqq Westphalia- ... \\\ "" ggy Bohemia '" '" Ar\ n S ax ? n y 30 £P am ... .„ 200 Russia ... 100 Tofcal .., ... ... 8964 In 1859 the coal raised m Great -Britain amounted to 107,427,900 tons ; the coal exported to 10,744,000 tous.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 794, 19 July 1877, Page 2
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168NEW COAL SEAM. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 794, 19 July 1877, Page 2
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