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Jim Kerr - Mineworker, Aberdare Extended Colliery. Recorded 20 November 1989. Part 1/1.
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SummaryJIM KERR
Recorded 20 November 1989
Part 1/1
0:22
Winding engine building, Aberdare Extended.
"Joy" continuous miner.
Description of 10SC shuttlecar.
1:52
Man transport haulage building.
Ray Lovett.
Alan Hadley.
3:02
"Buck" Cody, Alf Cody.
John Radnidge.
Jack Harrison.
3:18
John Marjoribanks.
Location of man transport tunnel.
Location of haulage tunnel.
Location of travelling (horse) tunnel.
4:28
Number of cars, transport tunnel.
Began working at Aberdare Extended, 1951.
Bob Stevenson.
Stowage bin, Aberdare 7.
6:32
Little Cessnock (Cessnock No. 2).
Kalingo Colliery (Cessnock No. 1).
Dimensions of stowage bin, Bridge's Hill.
8:05
Recalls how emptied skips at Aberdare Extended.
Frank Evans.
Track gauge, man transport tunnel.
12:14
Finished working at Aberdare Extended, 1982.
Recalls riding belt out of tunnel.
Length of carriages, Aberdare Extended.
Recalls flooding of pit, June 1949.
13:58
Tom Barrett.
Reg Watson.
Size of rails, Aberdare Extended.
Recalls installing of return airway.
17:28
Bought coal on belt from north-west tunnel.
Location of stowage bin, Aberdare Extended.
Recalls working at Aberdare West.
Jimmy Johnston, Jack Harrison.
Entry tunnel at Aberdare West was concreted.
19:55
Recalls fire outbreak at Aberdare West.
Recalls cutting feed-off belt, Aberdare West.
Installed double bins at north tunnel.
20:58
Recalls bath house at Aberdare West.
Worked in Aberdare Extended workshops.
Aberdare East first produced coal, 28 January 1968.
23:47
Bill Muir.
Peter Marcellus.
Recalls surface fall-in at Aberdare 7.
28:26
Billy Booth.
Recalls surface fall-in at Cessnock golf course.
Bill Roderick.
29:49
Ernie Roderick.
Recalls installing machinery at Aberdare Extended.
Frank "Big Job" Norris.
30:35
Installed steel bin, "5 East" section.
Bin was fed by conveyer belt.
Conveyor belt fed by battery shuttlecar.
32:19
Arthur Green.
Dimension of conveyor belt ("pans").
Recalls horses being unable to exit pit.
33:38
"Snow" Murdoch.
Recollection of underground fall-in.
"Spot" Mitchell.
35:02
"Doughy" Brown.
"Darky" Harden.
Recalls risks taken by miners.
37:10
Ben Headley.
Jim Rennicks.
Ron Wilson.
39:23
Bob "Stinker" Coleman.
Recalls coal taken to Aberdare Extended.
"Surge bin" was used to feed skips.
41:53
Jack Gibson.
Location of coal outcrop.
Josh Brown.
43:50
(Henry) Tatana.
Location of "ski chute". [shoot]
45:59
End (Tape 417/Side A)
SubjectKerr, James BertramPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToBill MuirFrank NorrisCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Aberdare Extended Colliery, NSWIdentifier417A
Recorded 20 November 1989
Part 1/1
0:22
Winding engine building, Aberdare Extended.
"Joy" continuous miner.
Description of 10SC shuttlecar.
1:52
Man transport haulage building.
Ray Lovett.
Alan Hadley.
3:02
"Buck" Cody, Alf Cody.
John Radnidge.
Jack Harrison.
3:18
John Marjoribanks.
Location of man transport tunnel.
Location of haulage tunnel.
Location of travelling (horse) tunnel.
4:28
Number of cars, transport tunnel.
Began working at Aberdare Extended, 1951.
Bob Stevenson.
Stowage bin, Aberdare 7.
6:32
Little Cessnock (Cessnock No. 2).
Kalingo Colliery (Cessnock No. 1).
Dimensions of stowage bin, Bridge's Hill.
8:05
Recalls how emptied skips at Aberdare Extended.
Frank Evans.
Track gauge, man transport tunnel.
12:14
Finished working at Aberdare Extended, 1982.
Recalls riding belt out of tunnel.
Length of carriages, Aberdare Extended.
Recalls flooding of pit, June 1949.
13:58
Tom Barrett.
Reg Watson.
Size of rails, Aberdare Extended.
Recalls installing of return airway.
17:28
Bought coal on belt from north-west tunnel.
Location of stowage bin, Aberdare Extended.
Recalls working at Aberdare West.
Jimmy Johnston, Jack Harrison.
Entry tunnel at Aberdare West was concreted.
19:55
Recalls fire outbreak at Aberdare West.
Recalls cutting feed-off belt, Aberdare West.
Installed double bins at north tunnel.
20:58
Recalls bath house at Aberdare West.
Worked in Aberdare Extended workshops.
Aberdare East first produced coal, 28 January 1968.
23:47
Bill Muir.
Peter Marcellus.
Recalls surface fall-in at Aberdare 7.
28:26
Billy Booth.
Recalls surface fall-in at Cessnock golf course.
Bill Roderick.
29:49
Ernie Roderick.
Recalls installing machinery at Aberdare Extended.
Frank "Big Job" Norris.
30:35
Installed steel bin, "5 East" section.
Bin was fed by conveyer belt.
Conveyor belt fed by battery shuttlecar.
32:19
Arthur Green.
Dimension of conveyor belt ("pans").
Recalls horses being unable to exit pit.
33:38
"Snow" Murdoch.
Recollection of underground fall-in.
"Spot" Mitchell.
35:02
"Doughy" Brown.
"Darky" Harden.
Recalls risks taken by miners.
37:10
Ben Headley.
Jim Rennicks.
Ron Wilson.
39:23
Bob "Stinker" Coleman.
Recalls coal taken to Aberdare Extended.
"Surge bin" was used to feed skips.
41:53
Jack Gibson.
Location of coal outcrop.
Josh Brown.
43:50
(Henry) Tatana.
Location of "ski chute". [shoot]
45:59
End (Tape 417/Side A)
SubjectKerr, James BertramPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToBill MuirFrank NorrisCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Aberdare Extended Colliery, NSWIdentifier417Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Jim Kerr - Mineworker, Aberdare Extended Colliery. Recorded 20 November 1989. Part 1/1., [417A]. Living Histories, accessed 30/11/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56062