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COALFIELDS AND COLLIERIES OF AUSTRALIA. 



line to the top of coal hoppers, while the empties run down a 

 lower line automatically (.Fig. 117). The two ropes for this 

 incline are wound round one drum, divided in the centre by 

 a flange. The speed is regulated in the usual way by hand 



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Fig. 116. Fixed Weight. 



brakes. Six mine skips are sent down at a time. Coal is- 

 filled from the hoppers at the bottom of the incline into rail- 

 way trucks. These can then be drawn by locomotives, either 

 to the main South Coast line or to the company's jetty: the 



Fig. 117. Foot of Incline. 



latter is now in course of being rebuilt, it having unfortun- 

 ately been destroyed by bad weather. 



In connection with this colliery, there is a battery of 39 

 coke ovens. ' These ovens are 20ft. long, 4ft. wide at one 

 end, and 4ft. Gin. wide at the exit end. The small coal is- 



