CHARLESTON COALFIELD
Westport, This Day. In a report on the Charleston coalfield Mr Pow'ell, who prospected the j area for the Imperial Chemical Indus- | tries in 1929, says 18.000.000 tons of coal is a conservative estimate and is almost cert-in of recovery. In all probability there is nearly double that ton- 1 nage. Th; * will eventually be taken into consideration. The Hon. P. C. j Webb, Minister of Mines. j s due at the I week-end to consider plans for the de- I velopment of this field.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 18 April 1944, Page 2
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