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Jack Thomson - Mineworker, Maitland Main Colliery. Recorded c. 1989. Part 1/1.
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Summary417B Jack Thomson [c. 1989]. Part 1/1.
0:59
Worked at Maitland Main for 22 years.
Started work at Maitland Main, 1943.
Started working on pit top, Maitland Main.
1:19
Worked as sidler.
Worked as winch driver, 1949.
Winch hauled coal underground.
Used steam-driven rope haulage.
Capacity of winding motor, Maitland Main.
Diameter of winding rope.
Depth that winding rope ran underground.
Main haulage fed winches off "flats".
Number of skips hauled per/set.
Main haulage pulled 20 skips.
Recalls using 5 tonne skips, 1960.
5:11
Rag Watson, manager.
Used Lee Norse continuous miner.
Used electrically powered shuttlecars.
Capacity of main haulage motor.
Describes how skips were tipped.
7:40
Ray Williams.
Jack Evans.
Number of miners, Maitland Main.
Recalls driving "alligator", Aberdare East.
Describes how "alligator" operated.
Recalls 15 tonne skips emptied into bin.
10:40
Recalls number of shifts driving drift.
Recalls how stone was removed from drift.
Alligator was driven by electric motor.
Recollection of engine crashing.
14:51
Recalls working on pit top, Maitland Main.
Number of boilers, Maitland Main.
Length of picking belts.
Claude Johnston.
Billy Booth.
15:50
Coal shaker screens took small coal.
Timber "slack box", Maitland Main.
Estimated life of Aberdare East (72 years).
Actual life of Aberdare East (14 years).
21:14
Col Harrison.
Jimmy Wilson.
Bruce Thompson.
Recalls closure of colliery offices.
24:10
Recalls equipment used at Maitland Main.
Danny Gray.
Scott Harris.
Stan Parkes.
41:02
Bruce Hammond.
Kel Stein.
South Maitland Rail sold lease to Southland.
Dave Haldane.
Dick Hemsworth.
Describes electric winder, Aberdare South.
Recalls taking of winder to Kalingo Colliery.
41:02
End (Tape 417/Side B)
Thomson, JackPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToStan ParkesDick Hemsworth (1919-2005) - Mine Undermanager. 1/1 Recorded 23 March 1983CollectionVoices of the HunterDate Createdc. 1989Location[1] Maitland Main Colliery, NSWIdentifier417B
0:59
Worked at Maitland Main for 22 years.
Started work at Maitland Main, 1943.
Started working on pit top, Maitland Main.
1:19
Worked as sidler.
Worked as winch driver, 1949.
Winch hauled coal underground.
Used steam-driven rope haulage.
Capacity of winding motor, Maitland Main.
Diameter of winding rope.
Depth that winding rope ran underground.
Main haulage fed winches off "flats".
Number of skips hauled per/set.
Main haulage pulled 20 skips.
Recalls using 5 tonne skips, 1960.
5:11
Rag Watson, manager.
Used Lee Norse continuous miner.
Used electrically powered shuttlecars.
Capacity of main haulage motor.
Describes how skips were tipped.
7:40
Ray Williams.
Jack Evans.
Number of miners, Maitland Main.
Recalls driving "alligator", Aberdare East.
Describes how "alligator" operated.
Recalls 15 tonne skips emptied into bin.
10:40
Recalls number of shifts driving drift.
Recalls how stone was removed from drift.
Alligator was driven by electric motor.
Recollection of engine crashing.
14:51
Recalls working on pit top, Maitland Main.
Number of boilers, Maitland Main.
Length of picking belts.
Claude Johnston.
Billy Booth.
15:50
Coal shaker screens took small coal.
Timber "slack box", Maitland Main.
Estimated life of Aberdare East (72 years).
Actual life of Aberdare East (14 years).
21:14
Col Harrison.
Jimmy Wilson.
Bruce Thompson.
Recalls closure of colliery offices.
24:10
Recalls equipment used at Maitland Main.
Danny Gray.
Scott Harris.
Stan Parkes.
41:02
Bruce Hammond.
Kel Stein.
South Maitland Rail sold lease to Southland.
Dave Haldane.
Dick Hemsworth.
Describes electric winder, Aberdare South.
Recalls taking of winder to Kalingo Colliery.
41:02
End (Tape 417/Side B)
Thomson, JackPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToStan ParkesDick Hemsworth (1919-2005) - Mine Undermanager. 1/1 Recorded 23 March 1983CollectionVoices of the HunterDate Createdc. 1989Location[1] Maitland Main Colliery, NSWIdentifier417Bloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Jack Thomson - Mineworker, Maitland Main Colliery. Recorded c. 1989. Part 1/1., [417B]. Living Histories, accessed 23/09/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56063