Ipswich And Bundamba . am purposes. The RailwayWorkshops use it for steam, because it is suitable for the automatic Bundanba and Tivoli coal is more friable, and produces more slack. There is a, large and expanding business done in coke made from the NorthIpswioh coal. It goes everywhere. West Moreton is eminently a coal-miningdistrict, and it is probable that large areas yet remain untapped. The Bremerdivides the principal coal-bearing country which is being worked at present, andflows through it for some distance. The Tivoli country is on the north side of theriver, and the princ
Ipswich And Bundamba . am purposes. The RailwayWorkshops use it for steam, because it is suitable for the automatic Bundanba and Tivoli coal is more friable, and produces more slack. There is a, large and expanding business done in coke made from the NorthIpswioh coal. It goes everywhere. West Moreton is eminently a coal-miningdistrict, and it is probable that large areas yet remain untapped. The Bremerdivides the principal coal-bearing country which is being worked at present, andflows through it for some distance. The Tivoli country is on the north side of theriver, and the principal North Ipswioh mines are the Eclipse, John Wright;Abermain, W. E. Black; Haighmoor and Eothwell Haigh, Stafford mines are dealing with an essentially coking coal, and a considerablequantity of. firs^Wade. oejie is made from it. This coke is despatched toBrisbane and elsewhere by boat, as well ,as by rail. -At Walloon, further upthe railway line, where Mr. W. Blacks Caledonian Colliery is situated, a. ENGINE-ROOM, RAILWAY WORKSHOPS. good gas coal, that is also suitable for steam and household purposes, is beingtaken out. By far the greatest number of mines are situated on the southside of the Bremer, in the Bundanba district. They include Blackheath, Black; Box Flat, McQueen and Co.; Fairbank, Walter and Co.; Aberdare{just opened up), Walter and Co.; Bogside, Fernie Creek, and Bogside No. 2,Auld and Co., Limited; (Swanbank) Mafeking and Denham, H. G. Noble and€o.; Bonnie Dundee, Dobbie and Davis; Ehondda, Eadie and Co.; Whitwood,Stafford Bros.; New Chum, Hetherington and Eylance. Some of these mines
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