Post by rob52 on Jan 3, 2017 2:12:26 GMT -5
Northern NSW Australia Coal Field 1829 to 1889 - Hunter Valley Area
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Extract From:
"The coal mines of Newcastle, NSW : their rise and progress"
by George H Kingswell, 1890 - call number RB GRAY 622.33/46 C c.3
Newcastle District Coal Output
1829 - 780 tons - Gov't Convict Labour Mines
1831 AACo Raised first Coal from its new A Pit
1840 AACo sends miners from England to work in their Mine in Newcastle
1840 - 30,256 tons
1847 the "AACo Practical Monopoly on Newcastle Coal Mining" ends
1850 - 11,216 tons
1855 - 117,076 tons
1860 - 283,836 tons
1865 - 306,578 tons
1870 - 565,855 tons
1880 - 1,000,000 tons exceeded
1887 - 2,243,792 tons (valued at 1,096,720 Pounds)
1888 - 2,067,043 (reduction of 176,749 due to the general strike)
1889 - 2,250,000 forecast 6,873 men directly employed in 40 mines
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Stepping forward in time
1924 - 5.4 Mt exported thru the port
1946 - 3.7 Mt exported thru the port
2008-09 - 90.8 Mt exported thru the port
2015 - 158.1Mt exported thru the port
May 2016 to Dec 2016 = Doubled
Newcastle NSW "the world's largest coal export port"
Rob
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Extract From:
"The coal mines of Newcastle, NSW : their rise and progress"
by George H Kingswell, 1890 - call number RB GRAY 622.33/46 C c.3
Newcastle District Coal Output
1829 - 780 tons - Gov't Convict Labour Mines
1831 AACo Raised first Coal from its new A Pit
1840 AACo sends miners from England to work in their Mine in Newcastle
1840 - 30,256 tons
1847 the "AACo Practical Monopoly on Newcastle Coal Mining" ends
1850 - 11,216 tons
1855 - 117,076 tons
1860 - 283,836 tons
1865 - 306,578 tons
1870 - 565,855 tons
1880 - 1,000,000 tons exceeded
1887 - 2,243,792 tons (valued at 1,096,720 Pounds)
1888 - 2,067,043 (reduction of 176,749 due to the general strike)
1889 - 2,250,000 forecast 6,873 men directly employed in 40 mines
*********
Stepping forward in time
1924 - 5.4 Mt exported thru the port
1946 - 3.7 Mt exported thru the port
2008-09 - 90.8 Mt exported thru the port
2015 - 158.1Mt exported thru the port
May 2016 to Dec 2016 = Doubled
Newcastle NSW "the world's largest coal export port"
Rob