THE BAY OF ISLANDS COAL FIELD.
A s our readers are aware a party of miners and immigrants, under the superintendence of Mr. Collett. proceeded some fortnight or three weeks siDC-e to the Kawa Kawa block, for the purpose of testing the extent of the coal field. Mr. Collett had not sufficient men at his disposal to sink shafts upon the hills, and his examinations, therefore, were confined to the valley, -where the sinking was lighter. Seven shafts were snnk endosing an area which, from the thickness of the *eam. Mr. Collett estimates to contain some 30 000 tons of coal. The seam is over twelve feet in thickness. Mr. Collett lias made a commencement of the tramway between the mines and the river.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 498, 17 June 1865, Page 5
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124THE BAY OF ISLANDS COAL FIELD. New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 498, 17 June 1865, Page 5
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