THE STATE COAL MINES
By Telegraph,
(From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, September 18. The re-port on the. working- of the State coal mines discloses rather a vague prospect, for the Point Elizabeth mine, but. the vagueness has. been supplemented by good "discoveries announced since tho report was drawn up. The report, concludes by mentioning that, the development work is being pushed forward rapidly, that the amount jof coal _ t.O' be sent a-wav- depends oil the completion of the railway line, and that it. will be twelve months before coal can be sent- off regularly. In the Seddonville mine there is a considerable area of coal separated by a fault from the burning area. By the end of .September a small quantity of coal will be 6ent away, and the quantity will be gradually increased as the. finino is opened out. Of the £150,000 authorised, £52,000 has been raised. Of this sum £39,423 has been spant—£7497 on the Seddonville mine, and £4024 on Point Elizabeth, and £21,000 on the purchase. of the Point Elizabeth railway and £6901 on its equipment—leaving cash on hand to the amount of £12,576, of which £IO,OOO 5s in the ha-nds of the Agent-Gene-ral.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8290, 19 September 1903, Page 1
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197THE STATE COAL MINES Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8290, 19 September 1903, Page 1
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