Au incident which has caused some excitement among the workers on the Great South Road between Pokeno and Mercer, has been a discovery of coal. In a breast-cutting about 15ft. deep, a small deposit leading into the face was unearthed, and some small pieces of bright hard coal were obtained as samples (says an exchange). The cutting shows two very small patches of powdery coal, about 2tn. long and half an inch deep. If these should prove to be leaders to a good seam of bright hard coal the find might prove an important one, especially as the railway is only about three chains below. The find adjoins property owned by the Cronin familyi
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 16, 14 October 1926, Page 15
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