DISCOVERY OF COAL.
SYDNEY. April 15. A seam of coal six feet thick haa been dia. covered at Liverpool, 22 miles south ol Sydney. This seam is 2500 feet down , and the discovery proves beyond doubt that the oq» 3 seams are not thinning oat towards Sydney v i to Buoh an wctint bb ii oommonly believed. . In f act ft >■ ft matt9K {<» «9Df4^||ioii|
whether ooalwill not, in the future, be worifei under the city of Sydney at a not muoh greater depth than ; coal discovered at Liverpool. ."Mr. T. W. E. David, a geologioal ■nrveypr.iaad one of , the highest authorities on tfeg icp|l .measurje?) in thia , Colony, ■ has determined that the western and .sou.them coal seams hitherto thought to be distinct are one and *. ne Barde, and are only interrupted, bj iriirasive rooks. . , .
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Colonist, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5778, 16 April 1890, Page 3
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134DISCOVERY OF COAL. Colonist, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5778, 16 April 1890, Page 3
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