Coal (Dry)
13/01/1876; 19/01/1876; 13 January 1876 - 19 January 1876
OUMNH-Hist.Rocks 4163
Notes: Handwritten label accompanying specimen reads "Coal from the mines at Punta Arenas Strs of Magellan". Another handwritten label reads "Coal from the mines at Punta Arenas Srs of Magellan. A railway seven miles in length brings the coal to the settlement. It is delivered to steamers at 6 dollars a ton". To see Oxford...
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Notes: Handwritten label accompanying specimen reads "Coal from the mines at Punta Arenas Strs of Magellan". Another handwritten label reads "Coal from the mines at Punta Arenas Srs of Magellan. A railway seven miles in length brings the coal to the settlement. It is delivered to steamers at 6 dollars a ton". To see Oxford University Museum of Natural History's database go to http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/collect/lifecoll2.htm