This image was scanned from the original glass negative taken by Ralph Snowball. It is part of the Norm Barney Photographic Collection, held by Special Collections.

This glass negative was recorded by Ralph Snowball as "Topmen Gartlee Colliery Teralba" on Glass Plate Lid Box No. 169 Dated 24 May 1898 see https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3573969561

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John Shoebridge: Gartlee Colliery later became Northern Extended Colliery. In 1899 the Proprietor was A Sneddon and Mr William Sneddon was the Manager. The mine employed 80 men and produced first-class steam and household coal.

"For true accuracy, the photo of Minerworkers at Gartlee Colliery
ASGN0005-B1 is really NORTHERN EXTENDED COLLIERY as the name of the colliery was changed from Gartlee to Northern Extended on 10 October 1896. Naturally Snowball would have called it Gartlee due to its old name. Notes should be that it was previously known as Gartlee Colliery." - Brian Andrews to Gionni Di Gravio Email: 11 July 2009.

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