CHAPTER VI. 



NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Coal was first discovered in New South Wales in August, 

 1797, at Coalcliff, north of Wollongong, and about a month 

 later it was discovered in the cliffs at Newcastle. 



The total output and value of coal from the New South 

 Wales coalfields from the inception of coal mining to the end 

 of 190!) was 154,845,053 tons, worth 59,250,850. "The largest 

 output was in 1908, when the tonnage amounted to 9,147.025. 

 The total output and value of coke from 1890 to 1909 was 

 2,22;U>00 tons, worth 1,602,807. 



The total output and value of kerosene shale from 1805 to 

 1WW was 1,422,019 tons, worth 2,217,185. 



The coal bearing rocks of New South W.ales are classified 

 as follows : * 



(a) Perrno-carboniferous... 



(b) Carboniferous 



10.000. 



and for household and steam 

 raising purposes. 

 j Very inferior coal, with bands of 

 no value. 



1. The Tertiary deposits of brown coal and lignite are of 

 limited extent in New South Wales, and occur mostly in the 

 deep alluvial leads. They have not been put to any commer- 

 cial use. 



2. The Triassic coal measures are seen in the Clarence 

 River basin, which extends about 120 miles north and south, 

 while its greatest width is about 65 miles from east to west. 

 At least five coal seams have been discovered in the Lower 

 Clarence measures, varying in thickness from 2 to 37 feet, 



*E. T. Pittman, "The Mineral Resources of New South 

 Wales/' Published by authority: Sydney, 1901. 



