SECOND EDITION NEW COALFIELDS.
I ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT, WELLINGTON, This Day. The Minister of Mines stated to-day that it had been decided to open up a new mine at Nine Mile*about two miles from llunaiiga. The" site is Clown Land, part State coal reserve of 350 acres. It is estimated that it contains ' over 4.000,000 tons. He has requested the Minister of Public Works to have the survey made for a railway with the s utmost despatch. Two miles of line are required. fc It is estimated it will take two yesrs to develop the mine. The Minister is also making recom--1 mendations to the Cabinet respecting the purchase of a coalfield near Rnntly ■ After three years’ ho ring at Charming ’ Creek, near ‘Seddonville, it h- d t«n decided that the field cannot be developed. The reservation has been lifted, and the coal is now' won l.y paities . of miners. i A greaf deal has been said about . a ■ new coalfield abou f 18 miles frjfh WeEbport. Tills would, ‘ require about 22 miles of railway : over heavy countr’% and the mine cannot d?v«loorfd tUi 1 this line has been i constructed. ‘The field has never been properly tested, but is known to have an area of nine miles by seven, sEnd is of very good . ,j mmamm
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 122, 24 May 1919, Page 1
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218SECOND EDITION NEW COALFIELDS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 122, 24 May 1919, Page 1
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