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Jack Thomson - Mineworker, Maitland Main Colliery. Recorded c. 1989. Part 1/1.
Ron Day (1923-2014) - Engineer, Aberdare Central Colliery. Recorded 19 December 1989. Part 1/1.

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Les Vaisey (1906-2005) - Mine Worker. Recorded 22 November 1989. Part 1/1.

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SummaryTAPE 452A LES VAISEY
Recorded 22 November 1989.
Part 1/1

00:21
Recalls Mervin Harris naming "portal mining". Definition of "portal" (it's a doorway).

1:07
Open cut mining. Les worked with continuous mining 'Lee Norse'. Recalls opencutting operation in WW2. Reason for being named "portal mining". Recalls using continuous miners, shuttle cars. Belt came thru portal and into coal bin. Recalls lorries carting coal to washery.

4:30
Old Caldare.

5:10
Bridge's Hill.

5:49
Number of shuttle cars working in colliery.

5:55
Maitland Main. Worked at Aberdare Extended, Aberdare 7.

6:15
Len Smith, coal carrier.

6:31
Number of tunnels, Aberdare 7.

7:08
Aberdare 7 used Little Cessnock as return airway.

9:04
Aberdare East. Merv Harris, Ernie Harris.

10:11
Jack Thompson.

10:22
Recollection of "alligator", Aberdare East.

12:01
Kalingo Colliery fans. Left ventilator fans buried, Aberdare Extended.

12:19
"Jeffrey" shaker screens. Tommy Day. Ronnie Day.

14:05
Recollection of Singleton floods.

15:01
Number of conveyors, Bridge's Hill. Location of winch, Bridge's Hill, driven by electric motors.

16:39
Recalls boring machines used at Bridge's Hill.

17:48
"Joy" shuttle cars.

18:30
Recalls only "stowing" the drift. Ronnie Stacey.

20:43
Recollection of coal bins. Location of coal bin, Aberdare Extended.

21:50
Gordon Brown.

22:22
Recalls mechanisation introduction before working.

23:27
End (Tape 452/Side A) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

SubjectAberdare No. 7 Colliery (N.S.W.)Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- Hunter ValleyCaldare Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Aberdare East Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Bridge's Hill Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Aberdare Extended Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Kalingo Colliery (N.S.W.) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Vaisey, Leslie, 1906-2005 Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Depicts or Relates ToJack Thomson - Mineworker, Maitland Main Colliery. Recorded c. 1989. Part 1/1. Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Ron Day (1923-2014) - Engineer, Aberdare Central Colliery. Recorded 19 December 1989. Part 1/1. Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorVaisey, Leslie, 1906-2005Delaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created22nd November 1989Location^[1]Kalingo Colliery, NSW (Cessnock No. 1) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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

Identifier452A Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

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