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The occurrence of natural gas at Balmain colliery, Sydney, NSW

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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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 Balmain was secured, and the Birthday Shaft was sunk to a depth of 2,937 feet between 1897 and 1902. This report provides an overview of the occurrence of natural gas and workings for the period 1897 to 1948. Gas yields, commercial production, leakage problems, and the use of testing to determine the behaviour of gas in the mine are the key subjects that are addressed in this report.

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Title The occurrence of natural gas at Balmain colliery, Sydney, NSW
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c37ed1e2-0751-4e39-a01e-dffc15ec7c0a
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The occurrence of natural gas at Balmain colliery, Sydney, NSW". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-occurrence-of-natural-gas-at-balmain-colliery-sydney-nsw