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COLLIERY STATISTICS, 1923— continued.

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Name of Mine and Locality. _L Name of Minemanager. Name and Address of Owner. ■- c *« ® Number of Persons Z*\ . veflirn „ f °2 T ... Total Output , Total Output ordinarily employed. g £l Classification «g Thickness of Thickness „SSS*n-L IS n„t,?,,t w to 31st to 31st . __ Means of f* of Coal |; Coal-seams. worked. °?*3E! Bd f * l0f December, December, 6 Z . Ventilation. 3 £. pc working. 3:3 uzs. 1922 1923< fe g - r<\ 1) ft <& — fii . (O I 0 SOUTHERN i: [ i l S T SP1 1CTION DISTRICT— eontii T 5' 8' AU IV*. Southland —continued. Nightcaps (No. 1), Nightcaps W. Morgan .. Nightcaps Coal Co..Ltd.,Invercargill W. Morgan .. Nightcaps Coal Co..Ltd.,Invercargill J. E. Lewis ' .. Wattle Coal Co., Nightcaps H. Talbot .. Coaldale Coll. Co., Ltd., Dunedin R. W. Duncan .. ; Black Diamond Coal Co., Ltd., Nightcaps W. Dixon .. Southland Coal Co., Invercargill J. T. Mosley .. Smith & Timpanv, Invercargill .. T. McMillan .. Mossbank Coal Co., Ltd., Invercargill A. W. Whittlestone Wairaki Coal Co., Ltd., Nightcaps A. W. Whittlestone Wairaki Coal Co., Ltd., Nightcaps G. S. Langt'ord .. Linton Coal Co., Ltd., Invercargill J. B. Ross •.. Birchwood Coal Co., Ohai, Nightcaps H. Talbot .. Ohai Coal Co., Ltd., Invercargill J. Porter (P.) .. | K. C. Govan, Te Anau previous statements at which operations have been abandon 42 Brown .. 1 Bord and pillar Ditto .. •.. Bord and pillar Ditto Tons. 1,392 266 417 197 28,342 Tons. \ 1,426,961 Tons. 1,428,619 J 417 1 12,484 2 81,604 j 9 104,299 7 139,799 ! 3 79,918 8 99,095 -| -J 126,728 21 35,541 17 1,048 1 3.150 2,999,017 I 6J 1 5 j 23 21 i\ 16 22 42 29 5 ' 7 Fan. 2 Exhaust steam, 6 5 32 Fan. 28 11 Exhaust steam. 30 Fan. 21 34 63 6 1 Nightcaps (No. 2), Nightcaps Knight 's(formerly Nightcaps No.l), Nightcaps Coaldale, Nightcaps 7 42 1 .. 6 1 7' All 12,287 Black Diamond, Nightcaps 8 1 25' 8' 10' 7' 8' 6' 9' to 8' 5' 6* 53,262 New Brighton, Nightcaps Wairio, Nightcaps Mossbank, Nightcaps 17 18 9 1 1 1 14,153 6.542 19,176 90,146 133,257 60,742 Wairaki (No. 1), Nightcaps Wairaki (No. 2), Nightcaps Linton, Nightcaps Birchwood, Ohai, Nightcaps 10 5 8 3 1 1 2 1 10' 7 16' 8' 25' to 7 AU 18' 8' 12,053 19.147 39.617 21,616 67,895 87,111 13,925 Ohai Coal Co., Nightcaps .. ! Lynwood, Te Anau .. .. | Output of mines included in 13 I Lignite .. led or suspended 1 1 20' 8' 8' to 6' ■ AU Open .. .. [ 1.048 138 "3,012 2,999,017 Totals, Southern District, South Island Totals, West Coast District, South Island Totals, North Island Grand totals Output of some collieries prior to 1890 not included in the above statement Shale exported, 1914 486,940 849.029 633,865 1,969.834 15,053,479 29,077,033 11,123,438 15.540,419 29,926,062 11,757,303 326 627 400 782 1,108 1.768 2.395 1,097 1,497 3,647 5,000 ,1,353 55.253,950 57.223,784 297,336 21 57,521,141 I i I