Author: Lord, J.H.; Low, G.H.
Title: Collie Mineral Field (Geological Survey. Bulletin No. 105 Pt 1 & 2)
Description: William H. Wyatt/Alex B. Davies, Government Printer 1952, 1958, 1959 247, 56 figs (some folding) + 11 large folding maps (1 col); 3 folding figs + 5 folding plans & sections, 13 folding transparent overlays. . HB. 2 parts, 8vo, Part 1: text bound in a 4to purpose-made buckram portfolio, with plates in pocket; Part 2: orig. cloth-backed boards + Supplementary Atlas in orig. card portfolio. Withdrawn from an institutional library with neat ink stamps to covers. Good.. Part 1 with three Appendices, deals in a general manner with the geology, structure and history of the field. In Part 2, reliable coal reserve estimates are presented for the first time in the history of the field. Coal reserve data are presented and comprehensive ranges of bore-hole data and chemical analyses results. Supported by a series of plans and sections. The Preface to Part 1 states, 'This is the first Bulletin complied by the Geological Survey on the geology and mineral resources of the Collie Mineral Field, which contains the only coal seams being worked in Western Australia'..

Keywords: Australia; Geological Survey; Mining


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