| Show iuilioHau Coal fruppljr I Coal oonslllutvs one 0 the leading mineral resources of New South Walei Ihe coal fields of which are I roughly estimated to contain 73183 000000 tons of coal although there are reasons for believing that this li I only a portion of the aolual quantity there I being IDlllcalloo 01 cost measures o lending many Miles further Inland than was 01 one t nOr uppd Coal I was n-Or it discovered > In Now South WaleIbe year 1767 near Mount Klera by a nun nailed Clara the uperoargo of a Teasel called the ttyd may Cove which bd been wrecked 10 Basis Strait Later lu the memo year Lieutenant blIlnd dlCDrod Ibo river Hunters with the coal blI situated at its mouth Little or no ute however was made if the tile covery and lu 1S24 the Australian Agricultural company obtained a grant of 1000000 acres or land together to-gether with too sole rleat conferred upo Lbsoll by charter or working 10 a coIamlbalwora known to exist In the Banter flier district Although Ibe I COlllpny held this valuetle prl 11 for twenty yean Tory little enter price woo exhibited by them In Ibo direction ot winning coil and II was not until the year 1947 when their monopoly coated and public compel lieu I topped lu that tbD 001 mining industry begin to show signs 01 progress And proprlll From the 40732 toni extracted In 1847 under Ibo monopoly ol the Australian Agricultural Agri-cultural company the quantity taliama had In lsH expaudeu lo I the large figure 01 403711211 Ion valued at CI741796 lit 1892 however Ibo output out-put was only 3780968 In valued 01 1462188 and 10 1803 there was a further 111meiate to 8278828 lone valued at jClm72i Ia IbSl ihe output out-put lucrtued lo 3672070 leave but owing lolho I till In tile price of coal the value 01 this lroduol won only 1105678 The Gulf Ul tot IbO was 878689100 Iucd 01 L1095327Tit congflods olNew Houiu Wales are situated InlhrtHdlillnct legioui In a Indli norlbr southern aoJ western dli Irlcti The first of these connrltti chiefly the fro II the iluoler River dlllrlclr the second lucludei Ibo Ills warra district bud generally tile coastal lesions to the curb 01 rjyduey logelber with Berrlmi on tho tableland table-land aDd the third cumins of Ibo mount Ivan regions ou t Lie Great Western railway Rod exltindi as far 01 Dubbo Tug total I area of Ibe Carboniferous Strata 01 New South Wilt Is I Latimated at 13850 quao Differ hlm arl In Dick I set Otte uf Ibe rlchesl has been found 01 Ureta In the Hunter River distriot I contain an average Ihlckne 01 4 01 ul clon cal and the quantity uh orl 10 each ocr 01 1 ground bu boo llllJI ulid to be 03800 tons file average aver-age quautlly of aiit extracted per miners calculated upon the basis ot the out tgtl coal Curing the ten years n ILK 1594 was 350 Ion which al t tbo woo Price i ot coal at Ibe ll month qulvalenl to H30i 8J Tbli I production ll large ana compare favorably with the results txuiblted by other coal producing countries as IIOWD by the llgurea given by Mul ball according to which the tout ol coal I raised f er mlccr tiuiinir the s me period We let New eoulh Wales 358 United Htaltl 817 Uirmnno 310 Ureat iirll lnB30 Auitlll J71 Ffatce < 183 al i a Belgium 10S tall vuuts 01 the lame baifd uu Ihe irloes at the pilot mouth being New Boulh Wales Z143 6f 8d United States XI38 Ureat Bruno Ctll Prorleo Xss Clertussor 7 Belapurut C33 Sold AUll 167 Note South oVales wee Jim 00 care cuqwsgs r lIur log file lilt three years I < 1691 I I out 101Jtol pro hictlon 0403799 tons the consumption amounted lo 1523801 tone or nearly 38 per cnnl fbe colony of Victoria look rho next hrael shot 01 tile output via 9t7 IJo or 53 pert 01 total export of 2818 tons In 1894 when the total pruauo lou amounted to 3872079 t ttbe home consumption osl 1643951 1 toni or over 4Zu per cent Viotorl I tjok 705343 lout or 3 per cent of a tital on pots ot2isli toni Tile quinllly o coal Iqoolrod for local consumption choler a steady Increase during moil ytart Too annual COIUOlflIoD par bead increased from 16 cwt In 1878 to iS cwt In 1594 The larger Use ol sieam for railway lOLOmollvei and for manufacturing mud otber purposes ai well as the multiplication of gatworkr account for a great portion of the Increate In-create but It must also fan borne I I mind that there Is I a large and growing demand fur hunker coil l for Dean going oleanders which appears nolan ui nol-an export but Be required for 10001 cinsumptiou The Australavlail 01 onles are lb Jrgollurcba ul Now Koutb wales coal title United Sparta coming ntxto closely followed hy final Ceylon auto China South America Maurlllui Polynesia and tbo countries bringing up the rear |
