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Ian Sumner (1915-1999) - Fitter, Kalingo Colliery. Recorded 23 August 1990. Part 1/2
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Summary419A Ian Sumner
Recorded 23 August 1990.
Part 1 of 2.
0:31
Number and type of boilers, Kalingo Colliery.
Location of rail sidings, Kalingo Colliery.
2:04
Great Northern Coal Company.
Wickham-Bullock Is. Coal Company.
2:44
Description of miner’s lamp.
Alfred Francis Hall.
3:28
Bill Lane.
Hall's Estate.
5:01
George Hawkins & Co..
Number of locomotives, Kalingo Colliery.
6:00
"Bellis & Morecombe" steam generators.
Recollection of equipment used at Kalingo.
7:48
"Babcock & Wilcox" water heater.
Description of winding engine, Kalingo Colliery.
8:33
Generator control panel.
"Googal & Walker" ventilator fan
10:45
Used single deck mine cages at Kalingo.
Creeper chain (gear transmission).
First started producing coal in 1937.
12:42
Reason for not using locomotive engine.
580 X Saddle tank locomotive.
Description of coal being "shandied".
Number of coal sidings on pit top.
Recollection of "Pygmy" locomotive.
Ray O'Hara
16:01
Description of water pumps, Kalingo.
Description of "tumbler" for skips.
Description of how tumbler operated.
19:39
Coal was tipped onto screens.
Jack Rumsden.
Recalls altering angle of poppet head.
Many miners originally from Tinga area.
Began driving coal bores at Kalingo, 1921-22.
22:23
Started working "on the coal", 1927-28.
Recalls shaft being closed for 10 years.
Reason for closure of shaft.
Daniel Stewart.
? Wallace, consulting engineer.
24:34
Wickham-Bullock Is. records were burnt.
Poppet head originally came from Sea pits.
Definition of "skid rail shaft".
28:01
Weigh cabin was made of galvanised iron.
"Wang" Scanlon.
29:41
Number of shuttle cars, Kalingo.
Roy Vernon.
Aub Vernon.
30:24
Recollection of timber poppet head.
Recalls "runabout" motor locomotive.
Recalls using hand pump in air shaft.
33:47
Hand winches were used for the "cradle".
Description of the "cradle".
Bill Reece.
36:14
Shaft originally used wooden poppet head.
Steam engine/winder, Kalingo Colliery.
Describes the unloading of coal.
38:04
Amount of coal used in boilers per/week.
"Pygmy" (nickname of locomotive).
39:10
Description of chimney stack, Kalingo.
Height of chimney stack, Kalingo.
Height of poppet head, Kalingo.
40:07
Eric Price.
Otto Olsen, Cessnock No. 2 engineer.
41:22
Winding engine and equipment, Kalingo.
? Kennaway, scrap merchant.
42:22
Don King.
43:21
End (Tape 419/Side A) Part 1 of 2.
Sumner, Ian Hamilton, 1915-1999PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToRay O'HaraRoy VernonDon KingAub VernonCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Kalingo Colliery, NSWIdentifier419A
Recorded 23 August 1990.
Part 1 of 2.
0:31
Number and type of boilers, Kalingo Colliery.
Location of rail sidings, Kalingo Colliery.
2:04
Great Northern Coal Company.
Wickham-Bullock Is. Coal Company.
2:44
Description of miner’s lamp.
Alfred Francis Hall.
3:28
Bill Lane.
Hall's Estate.
5:01
George Hawkins & Co..
Number of locomotives, Kalingo Colliery.
6:00
"Bellis & Morecombe" steam generators.
Recollection of equipment used at Kalingo.
7:48
"Babcock & Wilcox" water heater.
Description of winding engine, Kalingo Colliery.
8:33
Generator control panel.
"Googal & Walker" ventilator fan
10:45
Used single deck mine cages at Kalingo.
Creeper chain (gear transmission).
First started producing coal in 1937.
12:42
Reason for not using locomotive engine.
580 X Saddle tank locomotive.
Description of coal being "shandied".
Number of coal sidings on pit top.
Recollection of "Pygmy" locomotive.
Ray O'Hara
16:01
Description of water pumps, Kalingo.
Description of "tumbler" for skips.
Description of how tumbler operated.
19:39
Coal was tipped onto screens.
Jack Rumsden.
Recalls altering angle of poppet head.
Many miners originally from Tinga area.
Began driving coal bores at Kalingo, 1921-22.
22:23
Started working "on the coal", 1927-28.
Recalls shaft being closed for 10 years.
Reason for closure of shaft.
Daniel Stewart.
? Wallace, consulting engineer.
24:34
Wickham-Bullock Is. records were burnt.
Poppet head originally came from Sea pits.
Definition of "skid rail shaft".
28:01
Weigh cabin was made of galvanised iron.
"Wang" Scanlon.
29:41
Number of shuttle cars, Kalingo.
Roy Vernon.
Aub Vernon.
30:24
Recollection of timber poppet head.
Recalls "runabout" motor locomotive.
Recalls using hand pump in air shaft.
33:47
Hand winches were used for the "cradle".
Description of the "cradle".
Bill Reece.
36:14
Shaft originally used wooden poppet head.
Steam engine/winder, Kalingo Colliery.
Describes the unloading of coal.
38:04
Amount of coal used in boilers per/week.
"Pygmy" (nickname of locomotive).
39:10
Description of chimney stack, Kalingo.
Height of chimney stack, Kalingo.
Height of poppet head, Kalingo.
40:07
Eric Price.
Otto Olsen, Cessnock No. 2 engineer.
41:22
Winding engine and equipment, Kalingo.
? Kennaway, scrap merchant.
42:22
Don King.
43:21
End (Tape 419/Side A) Part 1 of 2.
Sumner, Ian Hamilton, 1915-1999PersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToRay O'HaraRoy VernonDon KingAub VernonCollectionVoices of the HunterPlaceCessnock, NSWLocation[1] Kalingo Colliery, NSWIdentifier419Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, Ian Sumner (1915-1999) - Fitter, Kalingo Colliery. Recorded 23 August 1990. Part 1/2, [419A]. Living Histories, accessed 30/05/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56066