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Barry Dimmock - Miner, New Greta & Leconfield Collieries. Recorded 10 February 1994. Part 1/1.

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SummaryTAPE 445B BARRY DIMMOCK
Recorded 10 February 1994.
Part 1/1.

00:25
New Greta Colliery, Leconfield Colliery.

00:40
12 February 1920, 1934.

1:10
Recalls working as a miner.

1:22
Furnace, location of, 2 chains to an inch.

1:24
Location of tunnels.

1:29
Whitburn Colliery.

1:31
21 May 1924

2:30
Air shaft, location of. Description of "Crown Coal".

3:02
Gravel Pit (Leconfield), location of.

3:09
Whitburn Colliery

4:17
31 December 1937

4:41
31 August 1932

5:01
26 June 1934

5:21
Location of travelling road. Main tunnel.

6:02
Newcastle Coal Mining Company, Whitburn.

6:30
Recollection of 1919 map.

6:50
12 February 1920.

7:50
Outcrop of "inferior" coal shown on map.

8:43
Born 1942, Greta.

9:00
First began working in pits at age 38.

9:05
Father was born at Abermain.

9:15
Father worked at Boxburn and Leconfield. 14 when started in the pits.

10:15
Excelsior Collieries took over New Greta, 1916.

10:30
N.E. Smith.

10:42
R.W. Miller.

10:57
Colliery gantry, location of.

12:05
Plan of Leconfield tunnels, 1932.

12:51
High Street.

12:56
Bathurst and Parkes Streets. Catholic Church is location of outcrop. Inferior coal, pillar extraction. Reservoirs.

23:44
End (Tape 445/Side B) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

SubjectNew Greta Colliery (N.S.W.)Leconfield Colliery (N.S.W.)Whitburn Colliery (N.S.W.)Coal minesDimmock, Barry Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorDimmock, BarryDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created10th February 1994Location^[1]Leconfield Colliery, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

^[2]Greta, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier445B Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Job Identifier445B

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