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Khost Colliery Tramway - North Western Railway | |||
The 'Khost Colliery', owned by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) opened in 1877 to supply coal for the NWR. The other collieries supplying NWR were the [[Dandot Light Railway|Dandot Colliery]] and the [[Sharigh Colliery]] <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017</ref> | |||
The 'Khost Colliery' was situated in the 'Khost-Sharigh-Harnai Coal Belt' some 30-40 mile (48-64km) east of [[Quetta]], and at an altitude ofabout 4,000 feet(1,200 metres). These coal mines were approachable from the Sibi-Zardalu section of the NWR <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=24iKabhn4fcC&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books 'Mineral wealth' by John Coggin Brown, Abani Kumar Dey, Abani Kumar Dey; page 63]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017</ref>. | |||
Revision as of 11:10, 24 November 2017
Khost Colliery Tramway - North Western Railway
The 'Khost Colliery', owned by North Western Railway(NWR) opened in 1877 to supply coal for the NWR. The other collieries supplying NWR were the Dandot Colliery and the Sharigh Colliery [1]
The 'Khost Colliery' was situated in the 'Khost-Sharigh-Harnai Coal Belt' some 30-40 mile (48-64km) east of Quetta, and at an altitude ofabout 4,000 feet(1,200 metres). These coal mines were approachable from the Sibi-Zardalu section of the NWR [2].
- ↑ Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017
- ↑ Google Books 'Mineral wealth' by John Coggin Brown, Abani Kumar Dey, Abani Kumar Dey; page 63; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017