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Title: 100,000 tons of steel rails required to be manufactured in New Zealand. Iron and coal: reports on the mineral deposits of the colony

Author: New Zealand Public Works Department

In: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 2

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Library, Wellington

Part of: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout

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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 2

[Coal Mines table of Reference and Map]

Names of Districts and Mines. Area or esti-mated quantity of Coal. Number and Thickness of Seams. Quality of Coal. System of Working. Output for past year. Means of Transport, &c Remarks. No. NO. FT TONs. mills 1. KAWA KAWA................ Ten sq. miles One 12 Glance Stoop and room 36,599 Tunnel and tram to Harbour 2. WANGeeeI. Walton's Mine... " 10 Pitch " 2,000 " " 4 Level free " Kamo Sixteen " 10 " " 1,200 " " 5 " 3. DrUBY .................. " Tramway to railway 5 Abandoned 4. MIRANDA .................. " 54 Pitch Square work 600 (Shaft water carriage to railway at Waikato River....... 16 6. WAIKATO. Kupa Kupa ..................... TONS. " 18 Brown Post and stall 5,200 Shoots to Waikato River... Ralph's..................... 15,000,000 " 18 Pitch Square work 600 Short tram ,, ... Estimated quantity, level, free 6. COLLING WOOD. Wallsend ... 50,000,000 Four 2 Bituminous Longwall 60 (Self-acting incline and tram 2½ miles to Wharf 7. West WANGANui..................... One 4½ Pitch " 650 Tram to Wharf ................. 8. BULLer. Albion Mine...... " 18 Bituminous (soft) Pillar Railway to West Port ............ 19 Total in Buller district " Wellington Co's. Mine " 18 " " 948 " "............... 12 105,000,000 tons " Westport Coal Co.'s.. " 12 Bituminous " " ".............. Not yet commenced 9. Grey mouth. brunner Mine " 12 to 16 " Post and stall 21,974 Railway to Port............... 7 Level free " Coal Pit Heath " 16 to 18 " Pillar 6,138 " " ...................... Shaft " Wallsend ......... " 16 " 440 in 2 months " " ...................... " 9A. " Reefton ..................... " 10 Pitch " Tramways...................... Used in local mills 10. Mataura.............. " 10 Brown " 11. KAITANGATA ............... 100,000,000 " " Kaitangata Coal Co. " 27 Pitch Post and stall 10,477 Branch line to main line at Stirling ..................... Level free " Shore's No. 1., Kaitangata ................. " " 3ft. 9in. " " 1,872 12.Tokomairiro.................. 50 ,000 ,000 " " Bruce Co.'s Mine " 10 " Room and rance 1,583 " Real Mack ay ........... " 25 " Quarry 306 Cartage 5 miles 13. Green ISLAND. Otago Colly " 16 Brown Room and rance 2,941 " Samson's " " 14 " " 8,000 " Freeman's " " 16 " " 6,006 " Walton Park " " 16 " " 16,000 " Saddle Hill " 50,000,000 " 19½ " " 4,000 Short tram to railway ........... Tunnels and shafts 14. Shag Point 1,000,000 " 8 to 10 " Post and stall 2,622 Short tramway to Harbour 15. OAmAru. Prince Alfred Two 9 " " 2,045 " Awamoko One 3 " " 400 " St. Andrews Two 10 " Room and ranee 50 16.Mt. Somers One 14 " Cartage to settlers ................ 17. MALverN HILLS. Springfield. " 4½ " Pillar 1,435 Cartage to railway .............. 6 " Canterbury Two 2 " Post and stall 1,000 " Homebush. One 4½ " Longwall 2,235 Tram to railway .............. 2 " Wallsend... " 7 " Pillar 1,462 " Stevenson.. " 6 " " Not a sale pit

Coal Mines. Table of Reference.

A Map of the Colony of New Zealand showing Positions of Coal Areas and Deposits of Iron-Ore

A Map of the Colony of New Zealand showing Positions of Coal Areas and Deposits of Iron-Ore