SMEDG – PREVIOUS MEETING

DATE: Wednesday 22nd November, 1978 at 4.30pm

VENUE: Room b, 2nd floor, Science Centre,
35 Clarence Street, Sydney
SPEAKER: Dr. Roy Cox, Placer Exploration Limited, Sydney

TOPIC: “Wolgan Coking Coal Deposit, Western Coalfield, N.S.W. – Geological Evaluation through to Final Feasibility”
The Wolgan Seam, 1.8 – 2.4 metres thick, consists of high volatile, low sulphur, medium hard coking coal with high fluidity. Within the 3,500 hectare Wolgan MLA this seam lies at 160 – 440 metres below surface on the western margin of the Blue Mountains plateau, 30 km NNE of Lithgow.

SMEDG ORGANISING COMMITTEE

..R Cox………..JF Gilfillan………GG Lowder………..MJ Turbott..