COALFIELDS AND COLLIMIUKS OF AUSTRALIA. 



Fig. 29. Pyrmont AVliarf. 



The D style of trucks liold from 6-J to 32 tons, generally 

 10 tons. From their nature the coal has to be shovelled out 

 of them, so they are only used for home purposes, not for 

 shipping coal. 



The Coal Cliff colliery has a private jetty close to its mine, 

 and up to now all coal has had to be shipped from this jetty. 

 At high tide there are 18ft. of water, and at low tide 13ft. 

 This jetty accommodates the company's 300 ton boats, which 

 are loaded by means of the usual shoots. The S.E. wind is 

 the one most dreaded here, as it brings in the heaviest sea; the 

 N.E. wind generally goes down with the sun. 



The Bulli colliery's jetty, which is but slightly protected 

 from the south, was destroyed in 1907, and is now in course 

 of re-erection. 



The Bellambi, or South Bulli jetty, is owned by the Bel- 

 Iambi Coal Company Limited ; from this 500 tons per hour can 

 he loaded into vessels. At low tide the depth of water is 22ft. 

 The coal from the Company's mines is mostly sent away by 

 sea. The company owns four steam colliers, the Malachite, 

 fj80 tons: Currajong, 500 tons; Werfa, 1180 tons; and the 

 Marjorie, 1250 tons. Besides their own coal, the company 

 also ships coal from other collieries at their jetty, and 

 inter-State steamers also load here. The trucks pass over 



