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BULAHDELAH AND ITS MINE

The Dungog Chronicle.

July 10, 1888.

Bullahdelah is a village situated at the head of the Myall, a navigable river that runs through a fine sheet of water known as the Myall Lakes, and empties into the sea at Port Stephens.

For some years Bullahdelah has been considered as one of those outlandish places where neither industry nor progress are supposed to exist; but of recent years it has been looked on by the inhabitants (and not without reason), as a town fast developing into importance.

The first work of importance started in Bullahdelah was the Great Australian Alum Mine, which was first discovered by Jonathan Seaver, M. P.. The mine is situated about a quarter of a mile from the town, and is being worked by a Sydney syndicate, under the management of H. W. Abbott, Esq., J.P. There has been a great deal of money expended, and a lot of appliances (for the extraction of the alum) placed on the ground, and should the market for alum prove satisfactory there is every probability of the works employing from two to three hundred men.

COMMENTS ABOUT THE ALUM WORKS

The Dungog Chronicle.

July 31, 1888.

The Alum works which are situated near the town, is not doing so much for the district as it was first expected, but it is to be hoped that it will prove payable as a large amount of capital has been spent in erecting machinery for the treatment of the Alum stone, of which there is millions of tons in sight.

The Dungog Chronicle.

November 27th, 1838.

The Alum works are going ahead and the plant is being increased, a new kiln and a very large boiler being added to those already on the mine. The boiler is one of the largest ever floated on the Myall waters being about 20 tons in weight.