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Mudgee History | High grade coal had been found

By Roy Cameron, Oam
Updated April 29 2019 - 9:24am, first published 8:30am
The seam extended north about two and a half miles and west from a granite ridge for a mile where it runs into shale country. There were appearance of good coal some twenty five foot thick above the seam, which is capped by three foot of shale.
The seam extended north about two and a half miles and west from a granite ridge for a mile where it runs into shale country. There were appearance of good coal some twenty five foot thick above the seam, which is capped by three foot of shale.

The Lithgow Mercury newspaper of December 24, 1924, reported that an important mineral discovery had been made at the small settlement of Ulan about 20kms north of Mudgee. A five-foot workable seam of high grade coal had been found. The area is a nearly as large as the existing Maitland coal field.

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