WESTPORT-STOCKTON COAL CO.
PROVING A COAL-BEARING AREA. [BX IBLZaBAPH— PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] WESTPORT, This Day. The Weetport-Stookton Coal Company has nearly completed the chain of bores rsquired^to link up the lower seam with. the L outcrop, and thus definitely prove the area which is coal-bearing. The second last bore, which is in a most important position, shows the eeam to be oft thick and of standard quality. One of the bores which has been just completed shows a^seam of coal 18ft thick. Both sums are of splendid quality. Mr. Ashley Hunter, of Auckland, is now engaged preparing a tram for the new road to connect with the present transit system. The newly-proved eastern area has very great possibilities.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 79, 2 April 1912, Page 8
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117WESTPORT-STOCKTON COAL CO. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 79, 2 April 1912, Page 8
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