A NEW COAL DISCOVERY.
Our Waipu correspondent writes : —Considerable interest is being excited here by the discovery of a small seam of coal on the property of Mr. R. Fleet. The coal is bright and black, and burns well, and may prove a useful steam and household fuel. The seam at the outcrop is about 16in thick, and increasing in thickness as it is being worked on. Further development may prove the discovery to be a valuable one, as it is conveniently situated for exportation. A few miles of tramway along a level route would place the coal at M ami en Point or One-tree Point, where vessels of the largest size could load it direct, which would bo a great economic advantage. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11149, 23 August 1899, Page 5
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123A NEW COAL DISCOVERY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11149, 23 August 1899, Page 5
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