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John Harris - Author. Recorded 22 December 1993. Part 1/2.
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SummaryTAPE 444A JOHN HARRIS
Recorded 22 December 1993.
Part 1/2.
00:10
Mary Hanna
00:32
Duncan Rolandson (father of Mary Hannah) - Water Board document and Land Title documents say one thing and Mary, who lived there, says differently.
1:53
Val Randall
2:03
Anvil Creek
2:16
Railway gates across the road.
3:00
Greta Colliery
3:19
Cathy and Lloyd Street
3:53
Humphrey's took over Anvil Creek in 1908
4:14
Humphrey's took over Old Greta lease, 1914
4:50
Farthing's Pit (Anvil Creek Colliery) town side of the railway.
5:35
Mary Hanna, born 1912 walking through the tunnel from one side to the other.
6:16
Greta Colliery
6:27
Recollection of working dates - two working pit tops.
6:56
Central Greta
7:30
Gordon Shaft
7:36
Little Greta - the shaft had been filled in 18 months
prior to the interview.
8:21
"Illalong House", Farthing's residence and farm.
Recalls selling of Farthing's 12 acre property.
When Farthing sold the pit, according to the Lands office records he sold 555 acres.
He had 640 acres which belonged to Firth (?) Farthing still owned part of the township.
Sacked a guy called Swinburne.
10:53
Anvil Creek Colliery worked between 1901-07
11:09
J.H. Baitey (relation of Lester Baitey) caretaker
11:42
Mines Department Report, 1907
11:46
Benjamin Yates
11:55
Recalls re-timbering of Farthing's original pit which was about to collapse.
12:52
Mary Hanna
13:05
Pit fire broke out in 1874.
Humphrey owned Anvil Creek Colliery, 1908 13:34 Removal of railway points - 1903 listed in "a newspaper article".
13:56 The Commissioner for Railways was removing the railway points - Removing ash from the Greta pit.
Jack is interested in reading the weekly notices of the railway which became available after 1890.
Ashtonfield/Greta Colliery
16:20
1913 Mines Department Survey in Sydney, of the old workings at pits near John Harris' place.
17:23
Andrew Smith
18:01
Charlie Spence - lives in Toronto (world class sailor).
18:52
Modern method of finding old shafts
19:45 Recalls original Leconfield tunnels made in the 1800?s.
These mines disappeared from the records.
20:35
Hunter River supplied water for Greta, c.1890 pumping water 3 and a half miles to the reservoir.
21:07
New Greta reservoir, water gravitating down to the Colliery.
22:06
North Greta was the first reservoir in New Greta.
Fred Shaw
22:45
Location of Whitburn Colliery pipeline
23:05
Leo Beckett worked on pipeline repairs.
Photos of 1988.
Arthur Beckett.
24:12
Trig Station.
Original Leconfield tunnels.
Recollection of boilers, Leconfield.
John Harris walked the tunnels.
26:13
Reason for water tanks at New Greta (brick tanks) - Hunter River water.
The tanks collected the water for the boilers.
28:05
New Greta Colliery.
Bridge across the creek.
An endless rope done by gravitation to pull the empties up.
29:27
Recollection of 1966 accident at New Greta.
Coal washery plant, Whitburn.
(Jack has a map).
31:05
Central Greta Colliery
31:20
Hodges family, Greta
31:34
Recalls trestle bridge burning down
31:51
Recalls Greta "A" shaft burning down - the original shaft was near the railway.
It had a poppet head on it.
32:52
A.J. Rodgers supplied the boiler - lined with ironbark timber with a timber poppet head.
33:24
Recalls Greta pit burning down in 1885 - thought to be sabotaged.
33:44
Map of Farthing's Pit workings, c. 1870.
New Greta.
34:43
Location of original Farthing's working's - Staffordshire working style.
35:26
Went back into old Greta workings, 1926 - one went down 30ft.
There was a shaft and a drift.
Horses in shaft.
Central Greta Colliery, Old Greta Colliery Farthing's old pit had been bricked off.
The tunnel where the horses and men went down.
38:09
E.W.B.Lane
38:55
Humphrey's Pit - workings on one side of the railway.
Reference to December 1900.
40:51 Tape duration
SubjectHarris, JohnPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToMary Hanna, née Ronaldson (1912-2005) - Greta resident. Recorded 20 April 1983. Part 1/1.Leo BeckettArthur BeckettCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Leconfield Colliery, NSWIdentifier444A
Recorded 22 December 1993.
Part 1/2.
00:10
Mary Hanna
00:32
Duncan Rolandson (father of Mary Hannah) - Water Board document and Land Title documents say one thing and Mary, who lived there, says differently.
1:53
Val Randall
2:03
Anvil Creek
2:16
Railway gates across the road.
3:00
Greta Colliery
3:19
Cathy and Lloyd Street
3:53
Humphrey's took over Anvil Creek in 1908
4:14
Humphrey's took over Old Greta lease, 1914
4:50
Farthing's Pit (Anvil Creek Colliery) town side of the railway.
5:35
Mary Hanna, born 1912 walking through the tunnel from one side to the other.
6:16
Greta Colliery
6:27
Recollection of working dates - two working pit tops.
6:56
Central Greta
7:30
Gordon Shaft
7:36
Little Greta - the shaft had been filled in 18 months
prior to the interview.
8:21
"Illalong House", Farthing's residence and farm.
Recalls selling of Farthing's 12 acre property.
When Farthing sold the pit, according to the Lands office records he sold 555 acres.
He had 640 acres which belonged to Firth (?) Farthing still owned part of the township.
Sacked a guy called Swinburne.
10:53
Anvil Creek Colliery worked between 1901-07
11:09
J.H. Baitey (relation of Lester Baitey) caretaker
11:42
Mines Department Report, 1907
11:46
Benjamin Yates
11:55
Recalls re-timbering of Farthing's original pit which was about to collapse.
12:52
Mary Hanna
13:05
Pit fire broke out in 1874.
Humphrey owned Anvil Creek Colliery, 1908 13:34 Removal of railway points - 1903 listed in "a newspaper article".
13:56 The Commissioner for Railways was removing the railway points - Removing ash from the Greta pit.
Jack is interested in reading the weekly notices of the railway which became available after 1890.
Ashtonfield/Greta Colliery
16:20
1913 Mines Department Survey in Sydney, of the old workings at pits near John Harris' place.
17:23
Andrew Smith
18:01
Charlie Spence - lives in Toronto (world class sailor).
18:52
Modern method of finding old shafts
19:45 Recalls original Leconfield tunnels made in the 1800?s.
These mines disappeared from the records.
20:35
Hunter River supplied water for Greta, c.1890 pumping water 3 and a half miles to the reservoir.
21:07
New Greta reservoir, water gravitating down to the Colliery.
22:06
North Greta was the first reservoir in New Greta.
Fred Shaw
22:45
Location of Whitburn Colliery pipeline
23:05
Leo Beckett worked on pipeline repairs.
Photos of 1988.
Arthur Beckett.
24:12
Trig Station.
Original Leconfield tunnels.
Recollection of boilers, Leconfield.
John Harris walked the tunnels.
26:13
Reason for water tanks at New Greta (brick tanks) - Hunter River water.
The tanks collected the water for the boilers.
28:05
New Greta Colliery.
Bridge across the creek.
An endless rope done by gravitation to pull the empties up.
29:27
Recollection of 1966 accident at New Greta.
Coal washery plant, Whitburn.
(Jack has a map).
31:05
Central Greta Colliery
31:20
Hodges family, Greta
31:34
Recalls trestle bridge burning down
31:51
Recalls Greta "A" shaft burning down - the original shaft was near the railway.
It had a poppet head on it.
32:52
A.J. Rodgers supplied the boiler - lined with ironbark timber with a timber poppet head.
33:24
Recalls Greta pit burning down in 1885 - thought to be sabotaged.
33:44
Map of Farthing's Pit workings, c. 1870.
New Greta.
34:43
Location of original Farthing's working's - Staffordshire working style.
35:26
Went back into old Greta workings, 1926 - one went down 30ft.
There was a shaft and a drift.
Horses in shaft.
Central Greta Colliery, Old Greta Colliery Farthing's old pit had been bricked off.
The tunnel where the horses and men went down.
38:09
E.W.B.Lane
38:55
Humphrey's Pit - workings on one side of the railway.
Reference to December 1900.
40:51 Tape duration
SubjectHarris, JohnPersonJack DelaneyDepicts or Relates ToMary Hanna, née Ronaldson (1912-2005) - Greta resident. Recorded 20 April 1983. Part 1/1.Leo BeckettArthur BeckettCollectionVoices of the HunterLocation[1] Leconfield Colliery, NSWIdentifier444Aloading google map....
Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010, John Harris - Author. Recorded 22 December 1993. Part 1/2., [444A]. Living Histories, accessed 30/11/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/56112