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Oaklands-Coorabin coalfield - preliminary report
Oaklands is situated about 55 miles north-west of Albury and is about 35 miles from the Murray River. Boring and shaft sinking operations, the results of which are set out in... -
Geological report on a copper-gold deposit at Yeuralba, Northern Territory
Consequent upon instructions received from the Superintending Geologist, Mr. C.J. Sullivan, the copper-gold deposit at Yeuralba was visited and inspected on the 9th, 10th, and... -
Note on the oil possibilities of the North-West Basin and the Desert Basin
A visit of one month was paid by the writer to the North-West Basin and the Fitzroy area of the Desert Basin. It is largely due to the careful planning of the excursions by the... -
Notes on the oil prospects of Portuguese Timor
The island of Timor has attracted the attention of geologists for more than one hundred years. The first geological investigations were carried out on behalf of the Government... -
Coorabin coalfield: summary of results of geological survey of Coorabin area
Car traverses were made in several directions over an area of 30 miles square with Coorabin as a centre, with the object of delimiting, if possible, the margins of the coal... -
The occurrence of natural gas at Balmain colliery, Sydney, NSW
Bores sunk at Cremorne in 1891 struck coal at approximately 2802 feet. A company was formed to work the coal, but was refused permission to operate at Cremorne. A site at... -
Second progress report on coal drilling at Ashford, New South Wales
This is the second progress report of the coal drilling programme near Ashford in the Parishes of Macdonald and Myall, County of Arrawatta. The first report (Record 1949/106)... -
Brief report on the position regarding the resources of iron ore in Australia
When the question of iron ore resources in Australia was being considered in 1937 and 1938, it was stated in departmental reports that information concerning the deposits and... -
Recent progress in fuel technology
This report is a summary of information collected between November, 1948 and July, 1949 in the course of visits to the United Kingdom and the United States. The main subjects... -
Coorabin-Oaklands coalfield
A point has been reached in the prospecting of this field where it is necessary to review results and consider future actions. The bore on site A has been completed and Mr.... -
Coal in the Northern Territory
In Australia, coal seams occur in stratified rocks of Permo-Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Tertiary systems. Black coal occurs in the rocks of the first three systems,... -
Occurrence and distribution of oil in the glauconitic sandstone at and...
Recently, it was desired for engineering and other purposes to test the micaceous marls and the glauconitic sandstone below the bottom of the shaft. It was decided to put down a... -
Australian Operating Mines Map, August 2009
This map shows Australian operating mines, deposits where development has commenced or where a decision to mine has been announced, and selected mineral deposits. Closed mines... -
Open cut coal programme - Newcastle region, Point Morisset area Drilling results
A total of 25 rotary cored holes were drilled by the Bureau in Portion 49, Parish of Wallarah, County Northumberland, 2 miles south of Swansea. Approximately 1400 ft. of "test... -
Pacific area: drilling results
A total of thirteen rotary cored bores were sunk by the Bureau approximately one mile south of the village of Teralba in the Parishes of Teralba and Awaba, Northumberland... -
Australian Mines and Mineral Deposits. Selected Commodities and Operating...
A map showing the distribution of selected mines and mineral depsosits for a range of commodities. It also shows the distribution of petroleum resources in basic form. The map... -
Howick area reports
This report deals with the results of 25,000 ft. of boring over an area of 15 sq. miles. Twenty-six coal seams were identified and named. Total reserves of all seams with band-... -
The coal resources of New South Wales (draft)
This Record is the draft copy of Section B of Chapter 5 - Australian Sources - of the Bureau of Mineral Resources Summary Report - COAL, which is to be published soon. The... -
Open cut coal programme-Newcastle region, Buchanan area Drilling results
A total of 22 "testing and defining" rotary cored drill holes were drilled by the Bureau and J. McD. Royle Ltd., contractor to the Bureau, during the prospecting for reserves of... -
Results of drilling at Cocked Hat Creek, New South Wales
This statement, supplemented by graphic bore logs, sets out the results of a drilling campaign conducted at Cocked Hat Creek immediately west of the village of Young Wallsend,...