44 APPENDIX. 



SANDY WATEEHOLES. 



On Mr. TurnbuU's land (see letter D on plan) there are seams 

 of coal exposed in natural cliff sections as shown on section I. 



These are regular seams' of coal extending over a considerable 

 area, and I believe them to be identical in geological position 

 with those commonly called the Rock aiid Queen veins at Cape 

 Patterson, and that it is here where they first make their ap- 

 pearance above the sea-level again on the coast west of I on 

 plan, near Cape Patterson. 



The coal is of very good quality, but it is very much disturbed 

 by faults, and dips at an inclination of 21° towards the north-east. 



The only workable portion of the JSTo. 1 seam is 11 in. of good 

 coal (see section No. I) and this is too thin to be of any com- 

 mercial value. 



'No. 2 measures 13^ in. of good coal (see section) ; and if it 

 had been formed with a better roof, and had been lying at a less 

 angle, it might possibly have been worked by holing in the 3 in. 

 of coal lying about 2 ft. below. 



KILCTJNDA. 



I was accompanied in my inspection of this mine by Messrs. 

 Krause, Watson, and Thomas. Six different measurements taken 

 in the main heading gave 20 in. as the average thickness of the 

 seam of coal at E on plan. At P on plan, about one quarter of 

 a mile south-west of the main heading, it is 2 ft. in thickness. 



The dip is about 8 deg. to the north-east, and two faults have 

 been proved, one of 120 ft. and another of 20 ft. 



The coal produced is bright, bituminous, and non-caking, and 

 the Coal Board's estimate of 15 in. of good or round coal is, I 

 consider, a very liberal one, and quite as much as it will yield. 



The seam extends over a large area, and I believe it to be 

 identical with the one found at the Blue Mountain and Strzelecki 

 Ranges, and on the sea-coast west of the Rock and Queen veins 

 (see letter H). It has a bad roof, is disturbed by faults, and 

 near the latter, as is usually the case, the greater part of the coal 

 is very soft, and has an irregular cleavage, and when exposed to 

 the weather decrepitates. In my opinion it will be impossible to 

 mine it at such a price as will enable the proprietors to compete 

 with the New South Wales or other intercolonial coal in the 

 Melbourne market. The following is a section of this mine : — 



Yellow saudstone. ft. in. 



Grey and blue shale ... ... ... ... 10 



Coal (average of six measurements) ... ... 18 



Floor — Indurated clay. 



I annex drawings showing how this coal is worked, and the 

 Newcastle coal in Ncat South Wales. (See sketch section, page 

 11.) 



