COAL-MINING IN SCOTLAND.
At the general meeting of the institution of Mining Engineers, Mr Jas. S. Dixon, of Glasgow, who presided, gave a review of the features of coal-mining in Scotland. The principal carboniferous strata lay between' the Firths of Forth and Clyde. The coalfield had; been extensively tested and proved down to the depth of 1500 ft. The greatest depth at which mining was carried on in Scotland was about 2700 ft, at Niddrie. near Edinburgh. There were about 460 collieries at work, and the output last year was 32,796,510 tons. Coal-working by machinery was making considerable progress. Last year there were 49 machines at work, which produced 485,484 tons. He estimated that the fuel consumed at the collieries last year would amount to 16,144,948 tons.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1612, 21 January 1903, Page 42 (Supplement)
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