Bourke Street, Powlett River Coalfields, Victoria - 1909

            (sorry for bad quality but thought the image worth sharing)

In early 1908 drilling by the Mines Department on the
Powlett River flats had passed through three distinct seams
of black coal, the largest being three feet in thickness. Bores
subsequently put down to prove the extent of these seams
found that they merged into one seam nine feet thick.
A thickness of eight feet of black coal close to surface
was also found in drilling for water.
On 17 November 1909, following strikes on the NSW
coal fields and in the shipping industry, the Victorian State
Coal Mining Heritage Study – Contextual History 33
Government authorised the formation of a State Coal
Mine based on the Powlett River black coal seams. This
mine was initially (for six months) under the control of the
Minister for Mines but was then transferred to the Railways
Commissioners on 1 July 1910. The mine proved a vital source
of supply to locomotives, and later to the Railways Power
Station at Newport, during vagaries of supply of NSW coal.
The mine opened up about five miles north of Cape Paterson.

1909  - Following strikes severely restricting coal supplies
from NSW, the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi
came into operation to mine the black coal
seams in the Powlett River Valley, centered
about five miles north of Cape Paterson.
(from the Coal Mining Heritage Study in Victoria, heritage.vic.gov.au)
   

Taken on: January 11, 2024

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