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Name of Mine and Locality. Title held (Crown Lease or otherwise). JNumDer or Years worked. Classification Number of Seams worked. Thickness of Coal-seams. Thickness System of Total Output for 1945. Total Output to Total Output to N umb er of Persons ordinarily employed. of Coal. worked. Working. 31st December, 1944. 31st December, 1945. 1 > o <! | 1 3 H Southland District Argyle, Waikaia Birchwood, Ohai Black Diamond, Nightcaps Black Lion, Ohai Boghead, Mataura Costers, Bdendale Diamond Lignite, Asher's Siding .. Gladfield, Thornbury Glenlee, Waikaka Hardings, Ohai Hedgehope, Waimumu Liberty, Ohai Linton, Ohai Mataura Paper-mills, Mataura Mossbank (State), Ohai Crown lease .. Freehold Crown lease .. Freehold Crown lease .. Freehold Freehold and Crown lease Freehold Crown lease .. 54 22 30 24 40 9 43 2 52 1 7 1 30 7 5 SOUTHE] Lignite Brown Lignite Brown Lignite Brown UN 1 1 2 1 1 1 i l l l l l l l NSPECTION 10' 9' to 25' .. 40' and 12' 8' 23' 14' 36' 20' 14' 6" . . 10' to 20'' ' 6' 30' to 40' 14' to 25' 16' to 23' DISTRICT— 10' 6' to 8' 40' and 12' 8' 10' 14' 36' 14' 8' 6" 10' to 20'"' 6' 30' to 40' 20' 8' continued Opencast Bord and pillar Ditto .. Opencast Bord and pillar Opencast Bord and pillar Opencast Bord and pillar Opencast Bord and pillar Opencast Bord and pillar Opencast Bord and pillar Opencast Bord and pillar 479 33,705 16,964 3,327 11,019 1,214 2,107 1,335 2,621 43 11,128 752 86,524 21,373 24,462 15,473 429,885 393,085 ' 287,197 170,316 10,141 51,265 258 52,769 •ii ,019 2,045,527 128,803 734,012 15,952 463,590 410,049 290,524 181,335 11,355 53,372 1,593 55,390 43 52,147 752 2,132,051 150,176 758,474 1 14 6 4 3 1 2 2 3 7 2 47 5 11 '45 22 16 7 "2 121 '34 4 1 59 28 20 10 1 2 2 2 3 7 2 168 5 45 New Hakatere, Gore Newvale, Waimumu Nightcaps, Nightcaps Ohai Colliery, Ohai Ota Creek, Wyndham Raby, Gore Star, Ohai Starlight, Gore Taunga, Orepuki Terrace, Balfour Thorndale, McNab Waimeamea, Orepuki Waimumu, Waimumu Wairaki, Ohai Output of collieries included in preFreehold Crown lease .. Freehold Crown lease .. Freehold Freehold and 1 Crown lease vious statements i 2 5 1 2 65 12 14 2 2 5 1 40 17 at wl Lignite Brown Lignite Brown Lignite Brown Lignite J Brown rich operations l l l l l l l l i i l l l l are £ 16' 25' 5' 20' 9' 20' 20' 10' 15' 17' 4' 22' 30' 14' to 27' ibandoned or i 16' 5' 15' 9' 20' 20' 10' 5' 8' 6" 4' 9' 30' 5' suspended 526 9,289 1,064 . 24,547 622 2,745 38,674 4,508 179 1,395 364 698 9,157 69,283 1,346 20,523 '9,167 37,091 30,221 240,995 1,669 66 19,154 39,624 67,379 858,644 11,473,153 1,872 29,812 1,064 33,714 37,713 32,966 279,669 6,177 245 20,549 364 40,322 536 927,927 11,473,153 3 9 4 10 1 1 15 3 1 1 3 31 '46 ' '2 80 3 9 4 10 1 1 61 3 2 1 3 3 111 Totals, Southern District, South Island Totals, West Coast District, South Island Totals, Northern District, North Island 617,441 1,169,191 1,046,944 25,872,866 51,662,044 28,417,970 26,490,307 52,831,235 29,464,914 317 726 617 744 1,695 1,493 1,061 2,421 2,130 Output of collieries prior to 1890, not included in above statement Shale exported, 1914 .. .. 2,833,576 105,952,880 108,786,456 296,653 21 1,660 3,932 / 5,592 109,083,130