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STATISTICS OF WORKINGS IN COAL-MINES, 1917— continued.

Name of Mine and Locality. Name of Manager. §1 Quality of Coal. i a T. ■g ■ Thickness of b Z Seams. II 3 r\ Thickness worked. 3 g Approximate Approximate System of „ T . , ontrmt Total Total Underground - ,,f , „, f Output to Output to working. S mi mi. 3i s t December, 31st December, -g 1916. 1917. I a ! Number of Men ordinarily employed. hO 1, C Means of Ventilation. South Otago —continued. N.Z. Coal and Oil Company (Limited) — Kaitangata No. 1. Kaitangata Si Brown .. U'i HERN INS: 25' 'ECTION DISTKK IT— continued. i , I I I I Tons. Tons. Tons. Kaitangata No. 2, Kaitangata Castle Hill, Kaitangata Benhar, Stirling Stevenson Collieries, Stirling A. S. Gillandere W. Carson W. Carson J. Walls (P.) J. Throp (P.) 41 5 24 54 1 Lignite .. 1 o i i 26' and 6' IS' 25' 15' 25' Bord and 1 "1, pillar ! All Ditto .. If 18' „ .. 1 J 12' to 16' .. ..1 10' 107,274 6,563 196 3,400,221 163,271 3,507,495 169,834 196 65 1 1 223 6 223 6 288 Fan. 288 7 Exhaust steai 1 Natural. 7 1 Southland. Pukerau, Pukerau Whiterigg, East Gore F. A. Junker (P.) .. W. C. Johnston (P.) 37 39 Lignite .. 1 14' 20' 14' Open 12' Bord and 1 pillar 14' Ditto .. 1 j 20' Open .. 12' Bord and 1 pillar 15' Ditto 10' „ ..1 10' Open .. 10' Bord and 1 pillar 8' Ditto .. 1 6' „ .. 1 12' Open .. ..j 6' „ .. .. 12' Bord and 1 I pillar 14' Ditto .. .. 8 Open . . 9' „ .. .. 12' 6' All Bord and 2 " pillar 20' Bord and .. > p i 11 a r and open 10' Bord and .. pillar Open .. .. 718 3,647 12,211 246 1,748 4,299 3,349 559 770 3,410 252 417 118 7,213 14,498 86 1.357 845 46 73,133 2,614 41,385 64,497 178,064 22,268 38,757 80,652 55,832 15,331 36,827 14,501 5,294 1,613 179,803 158,552 478 19,951 14.049 339 1,181,011 138 34 42,103 I 68,144 190,275 22,514 40,505 | 84,951 ! 59,181 15,890 770 40,237 14,753 5,711 1.731 187,016 173,050 564 I 21,308 j 14,894 i 385 I 1,254,144 2,752 ' 34 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 ' 2 1 2 2 32 2 2 8 2 3 2 1 3 1 8 6 84 5 1 I 3 j Natural. Green's, Gore Bushy Park, Croydon Burnweil, North Chatton J. Mason G. M. Wilson W. Mclvor (P.) .. 29 12 18 1 1 1 20' 20' 20' 11 Fan. 3 Natural. | Ramsay's, North Chatton Springfield, Waikaka Valley Glenlee, Waikaka Edges, Grcenvale J. Broome N. Fletcher D. T. MeGill (P.) .. A. A. Edge (P.) .. 14 24 24 1 1 1 1 1 20' 17' 14' 14' 4 3 1 2 NaturaL Rossvale, Waikaia Waikaia, Waikaia Argyle, Waikaia Punchester Creek, The Key Mataura Collieries, Mataura R. Craig (P.) J. Johnstone H. C. Hutton J. A. Denton A. E. Barnes 14 9 26 15 21 10' 8' 12' 6' 17' 4 2 10 Exhaust steai Mataura Lignite Mine, Mataura .. Heatherlea, Waimumu Ota Creek, Wyndham Clarke's, Wyndham Glcnham, Wyndham Nightcaps No. 1, Nightcaps W. Coster (P.) I-'. Barber E. George (P.) 1'. Farrinston N. McEwan W. Barclay -:1 6 37 10 2 36 3 18' 10' 9' 12' 6' 8', 12', and 16' 28' 8 Natural. 1 2 i 2 I Brown Nightcaps No. 2, Xightcaps W. Barclay 1 ] 11 c I Two fam. 110 I Natural. TJ], -1. tv 1 vri_Uf n iv— i .— '"D v O 25' i „ Beattie's. Nightcaps ,. G. Beattie 3 9'