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Gladstone Colliery

1885 "OPENING OF THE GLADSTONE COALMINE, KATOOMBA". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 757. New South Wales, Australia. 13 July 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 26 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Katoomba Scenic Railway

Gladstone Colliery - Leura

Started as a mining venture around 1872 with discovery of coal under Malaita Point

Then shale oil from megalong valley and ruined castle http://infobluemountains.net.au/rail/ksr/kat_tram.htm Aerial rope way http://www.dingogap.net.au/navigation/development/aerialropeway.html

Failure

Closed

Parish maps Megalong

Gladstone Colliery

Jamison Valley John

In 1874

The

As discussed in Chapter 3, J. B. North and his partner, R. H. Reynolds, who also owned several copper mines, secured mineral Conditional Purchases in 1877 over coal deposits in the Jamison Valley and large parts of what would become Katoomba. These areas were extended in 1880, 1883 and 1889.

http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/leura

http://geo-sites.zoomshare.com/files/geo-sitesV-Z.htm

http://dictionaryofsydney.org/organisation/gladstone_colliery

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1170722

http://tasmania.bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=7457

Joadja akom

Rail thru daylight tunnel

Mt rennie tunnel http://www.dingogap.net.au/navigation/mapping/mtrenniemap.html

http://mountainmistbooks.com/losing-the-track.asp Mentions two tunnels

Landslide

Katoomba Scenic World

John Britty North