Our Coal Resources At the Close of the Nineteenth Century
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* Still, I regard this as insuffi- cient, and venture to think that a deduction amount- ing to one-half would be a more reliable quantity. I therefore adopt here the estimates originally ar- rived at by myself, at the same time putting the reader in possession of those given by this distin- guished Commissioner, drawn up in accordance with the rules laid down ; according to which seams of above one foot in thickness were to be included. Resources as estimated by the Author. 1. Area of coal-basi...n, of which only 45 square miles are not concealed by newer formations . . . 150 square miles. 2. Greatest thickness of measures with coal 5125 feet. 3. Number of coal-seams, from 2 feet and upwards in thickness, 20 ; giving a total thickness of coal of . 71 * Rep. Coal Commission, vol. I. Prestwich states that none of the seams can be traced over the whole coal-field, and that every seam varies in thickness within short distances. Ibid. , P- 34- BRISTOL AND SOMERSETSHIRE COAL-BASIN. 59 4. Quantity of coal down to a depth of 4000 feet, available after making necessary deductions (1880) .
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