Excerpt from Coalfields and Collieries of Australia
Coal mining plays so large a part in the mining operations of the Commonwealth, and especially in those of the leading State, that it is matter for surprise that no publication has yet been devoted to its glorification. New South Wales is distinguished among all the Australian States for the varied character and extent of its mineral output; yet, great as is its wealth in gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron, tin, and cement, the value (?3,010,000) of its coal output in 1010 was more than equal to that of its two chief metals, silver (?1,405,000) and zinc (?1,290,000), even though the latter was largely the outcome of the treatment of ore mined years ago. In the value of the State's total mineral output to the end of 1910, coal again takes first place, with a value of more than ?62,000,000; gold coming next, with nearly ?58,000,000; silver and silver-lead third, with over ?52,000,000; and copper fourth, with less than ?11,000,000; tin. zinc, shale, iron, lead, noble opal, and cement toiling far behind. The total New South Wales production of coal has amounted to between 160 and 170 million tons, and there can be no doubt of the prominence of this mineral among the factors of the mineral wealth of the State.
Taking the whole of the Commonwealth, we find that coal takes second place, being surpassed only by gold. The total figures for 1910 are not available at time of writing, but those for 1909 showed the value of the gold production to he ?12.605,000 to coal's ?3,084,000, copper's ?2,333,000. silver's ?1,500,000 (approximately), and zinc's ?1,042,000.
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