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COALFIELDS AND COLLIERIES OE AUSTRALIA. 



Remarks. (a) X<> true coke formed, mass fritted together, dull lustre, nsh 

 nearly white, granular. (M No true coke formed, m.-iss fritted together, dull 

 lustre, ash nearly white, granular. << Coke not much swollen, fairly bright, 

 linn, covered with cauliflower-like excrescences, ash white. granular, with some 

 lloccnlent patches. U/i No coke formed, only a well fritted cake left after 

 ignition, ash reddish tint, part granular, part flocculent. <> Coke very little 

 swollen, bright and firm, ash very light grey, granular. </i No coke formed, 

 only a partially fritted cake left after ignition, ash almost white, granular. 

 (0) Coke fairly swollen, tirm and lustrous, numerous cauliflower-like excres- 

 cences, ash white. granular. (/<) Coke slightly swollen, tirm and 

 lustrous, some cauliflower-like excrescences, ash very light grey, granular. 

 (0 Coke fairly swollen, lustrous and firm, numerous cauliflower-like excres- 

 cences, ash, white, granular, (j) No true coke, ash nearly white, granular, i/,) 

 No true coke, ash white, semi-granular. 



VThe samples were taken in 1899 by the then mine inspectors, and assayed in the 

 laboratory of the Department of Mines. See E F. Pittman. "The Mineral 

 Resources of New South Wales," 1901, Sydney. By authority. 



-Assayed by W. A. fireig. and quoted by ,T. E. Came in his "Geology and 

 Mineral Resources of the Western Coalfield." P>y authority. Sydney, 1908. 



Proximate analysis of coals from collieries of the Southern 

 Coalfield. These coals are all from the Upper Coal Mea- 

 sures. 



Name of Colliery. 



C, .tn - ,_ ; 



2 Sydney Harbour Col- 

 liery. Balmain, 2nd 

 Cremorue Bore (a) . . 



1 'Metropolitan Colliery, 

 Helensburgh (\,\ .. 



13 Coalcliff Colliery, Clif- 

 ton (c) 



1 'South Clifton Colliery, 

 Scarborough (rf) . . 



1 3 Rulli Colliery, Bulli ( 



1 3 South Bulli Colliery, 

 P.fllambi <f) 



1 3 P>ellambi Colliery. P.el- 

 lauibi (g) 



1 3 Corrimal Colliery, Cor- 

 rimal, (//) 



1 'Mount Pleasant Col- 

 liery, Wollongong (i) 



1 s Osborne-W r allsend Col- 

 liery, Mt. Keira. 

 Wollongong (j) 



o ^"^ 

 O i-! o 



65.06 



9.75 0.466 1.372 74.82 13.0 



Remarks. (a) Coke fairly swollen, tirm, dull lustre. (b) Coke not much 

 swollen, dull lustre and fairly brittle, ash slightly reddish tinge, granular, (r) 

 Coke well swollen, with slight cauliflower-like excrescences, firm and lustrous, 

 ash grey, flocculent. (d) Coke well swollen, bright and firm, ash slight reddish 

 tinge, flocculent. (e) Coke well swollen, with slight cauliflower-like excres- 

 cences, firm and lustrous, ash grey, flocculent. (/) Coke well swollen, with 

 cauliflower-like excrescences, firm and lustrous, ash yellowish tinge, flocculent. 

 i u* Coke well swollen, firm and lustrous, ash grey, flocculent. (h) Coke well 

 swollen, bright and firm, ash almost white, flocculent. (i) Coke fairly well 

 swollen, firm and lustrous, ash grey, granular. < ./' i Coke well swollen, with 

 slight cauliflower-like excrescences, firm and fairly lustrous, ash grey, floccu- 

 lent. 



ir rhe samples were taken in 1899 by the then mine inspectors, and assayed in the 

 laboratory of the Department of Mines. See E. F. Pittman. "The Mineral 

 Resources of New South Wales." 1901. Sydney. By authority. 



2 Assayed by W. A. Greig, quoted by J. E. Came in his "Geology and Mineral 

 Resources of the Western Coalfield." By authority. Sydney, 1908. 

 3 Mean of two analysis. 



